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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 366 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
Coordinates34.24209, -118.75849
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 1.1 mi
  • Oakridge Estates Park: 1.3 mi
  • Runkle Canyon Park: 1.5 mi
  • Frontier Park: 1.6 mi
  • Rancho Simi Community Park: 1.7 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: 2.4 mi
  • Air Force 1: 3.7 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Simi Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Little Sandstone Hills: 3.3 mi
  • Whiteface: 5.4 mi
  • Happy Face Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Castle Peak: 6.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Mount Sinai Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Norwegian Grade: 6.1 mi
  • Martin Luther: 6.9 mi
  • Champions: 6.9 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites: 28
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 9.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 9.2 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 26
Springs: 19
Waterfalls: 10
  • Paradise Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.9 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 12.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.7 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Rancho Simi RPD Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainNE 56°1,138 m10.8 mi
BaldyN 351°1,029 m14.8 mi
Modelo PeakN 350°990 m14.6 mi
Sandstone PeakSW 230°948 m13.0 mi
Arundell PeakN 352°947 m15.7 mi
Tri PeaksSW 233°917 m13.7 mi
Exchange PeakSW 231°899 m13.8 mi
Big DomeSW 233°887.5 m13.5 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/1214450237

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