Nature reserve · California
Santa Clara River Preserve
Santa Clara River Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Thorn Point stands 2,092 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Las Posadas Park, a park 2.0 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
Coordinates34.30992, -119.09968
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Las Posadas Park: 2.0 mi
- Charles M Teague Park: 2.6 mi
- Obregon Park: 2.9 mi
- Fagan Barranca Park: 3.0 mi
- Citrus Place Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- South Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Santa Paula Peak: 10.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.5 mi
- CSUCI Repeater Station: 10.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 5.9 mi
- BLM Open Space: 6.2 mi
- BLM Open Space: 6.5 mi
- BLM Open Space: 7.2 mi
- BLM Open Space: 7.3 mi
Museums: 39
- Aviation Museum of Santa Paula: 3.5 mi
- Agriculture Museum: 3.8 mi
- California Oil Museum: 3.8 mi
- Santa Paula Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- Santa Paula Art Museum: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 30
- Big Beach: 10.0 mi
- Little Beach: 10.1 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 10.7 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 11.4 mi
- Mandalay Beach: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 29
- Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Cannon: 11.1 mi
- Junipero Serra: 11.4 mi
- Mission Cross: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 27
- Century Theatres Mural: 6.5 mi
- Coastal Conversion: 6.5 mi
- VC: 7.9 mi
- Connections: 9.0 mi
- Ventura V: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 20
- Community Roots Garden: 8.6 mi
- Community Roots Garden: 8.6 mi
- Mediterranean Diversity Olive Grove: 11.1 mi
- California Spring Wildflower Meadow: 11.1 mi
- California Coastal Sage Scrub: 11.1 mi
Springs: 20
- Wilsie Spring: 12.4 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.0 mi
- Kerr Spring: 17.3 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 17.4 mi
- The Grotto: 17.5 mi
Attractions: 17
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 3.9 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 8.7 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 11.2 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 12.7 mi
- Modern Art: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Punch Bowl: 10.3 mi
- Jackson Falls: 11.1 mi
- White Swift Falls: 12.5 mi
- Paradise Falls: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Skunk Hollow: 12.3 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 12.4 mi
- Oak Grove: 12.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 12.5 mi
- Area 2: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Topatopa Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 14.1 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Kima Point: 20.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Coba Arch: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Santa Clara River Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorn Point | N 356° | 2,092 m | 20.5 mi |
| Hines Peak | N 6° | 2,041 m | 13.9 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | N 358° | 1,945 m | 13.0 mi |
| Topatopa Peak | NNE 22° | 1,891 m | 17.1 mi |
| Chief Peak | NNW 344° | 1,703 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sisar Peak | N 350° | 1,680 m | 13.3 mi |
| Devils Heart Peak | NNE 23° | 1,566 m | 17.7 mi |
| Santa Paula Peak | NNE 30° | 1,497 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1479528152
Day trips start here
- Santa Paula · 4 mi
- Camarillo · 7 mi
- Ventura · 8 mi
- Oxnard · 9 mi
- Ventura County · 10 mi
- Fillmore · 12 mi
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