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Rancho Simi RPD Open Space

Rancho Simi RPD Open Space from directly overhead

Rancho Simi RPD Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the northeast, 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.23913, -118.75095
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 1.1 mi
  • Runkle Canyon Park: 1.2 mi
  • Oakridge Estates Park: 1.8 mi
  • Frontier Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rancho Simi Community Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 2.3 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Boot Hill Cemetery: 2.3 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 2.3 mi
  • Air Force 1: 4.2 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 5.8 mi
Peaks
  • Simi Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Little Sandstone Hills: 3.4 mi
  • Whiteface: 5.5 mi
  • Happy Face Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Castle Peak: 5.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Picnic sites: 29
  • Redwood Grove: 8.9 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 9.4 mi
  • shady grass: 9.5 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.5 mi
Beaches: 26
Springs: 21
Waterfalls: 10
  • Paradise Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.7 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 11.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 12.7 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Rancho Simi RPD Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainNE 54°1,138 m10.6 mi
BaldyN 349°1,029 m15.1 mi
Modelo PeakN 349°990 m14.9 mi
Sandstone PeakSW 232°948 m13.2 mi
Arundell PeakN 350°947 m16.0 mi
Tri PeaksSW 235°917 m14.0 mi
Exchange PeakSW 232°899 m14.1 mi
Big DomeSW 235°887.5 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1214450238

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