Santa Clarita City Open Space
Santa Clarita City Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 483 m. Granite Mountain stands 1,998 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Spring Canyon Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Santa Clarita
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Spring Canyon Park: 0.4 mi
- Begonias Lane Park: 1.1 mi
- Begonias Lane Park: 1.1 mi
- Vista Canyon Park: 1.4 mi
- Canyon Country Park: 1.9 mi
- BLM Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Stevenson Family Open Space: 2.2 mi
- BLM Open Space: 2.7 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.8 mi
- East Walker Ranch Open Space: 3.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 4.7 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 5.2 mi
- Meditation Garden: 6.5 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Communitree: 2.7 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 7.1 mi
- Construction UCLA: 7.4 mi
- Dos Picos: 7.5 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 9.2 mi
- Cruzan Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Manzanita Mountain: 5.0 mi
- May Peak: 5.2 mi
- Magic Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Abandoned Oil Rigs: 4.1 mi
- X2: 10.5 mi
- Bonzai Pipelines: 10.5 mi
- Black Snake Summit: 10.5 mi
- Taboo Tower: 10.5 mi
- Placerita Canyon Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 7.5 mi
- Pardee House: 7.5 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 7.6 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 4.9 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 4.9 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 4.9 mi
- Oak of the Golden Dream: 4.9 mi
- Car wreck: 6.0 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 5.2 mi
- Whisky Spring: 7.0 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.3 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.5 mi
- Quail Spring: 7.6 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 7.6 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 9.3 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 5.4 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 11.4 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 18.6 mi
- Royal Falls: 18.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 18.6 mi
- Mentryville: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Santa Clarita City Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Mountain | E 101° | 1,998 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Gleason | ESE 105° | 1,990 m | 13.6 mi |
| Strawberry Peak | ESE 121° | 1,879 m | 19.2 mi |
| Messenger Peak | ESE 105° | 1,833 m | 12.4 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,717.5 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cole Point | E 91° | 1,708.1 m | 19.2 mi |
| Josephine Peak | ESE 124° | 1,694 m | 17.5 mi |
| Condor Peak | ESE 123° | 1,658 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
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 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1337257348
Day trips start here
- Santa Clarita · 6 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 7 mi
- Valencia · 9 mi
- Magic Mountain · 11 mi
- Castaic · 13 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 13 mi
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