SMMC Open Space
SMMC Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Strawberry Peak stands 1,879 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is La Tuna Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- La Tuna Peak: 0.6 mi
- Robert Katz Peak: 3.7 mi
- Verdugo Peak: 3.9 mi
- Tongva Peak: 5.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.9 mi
- Villa Cabrini Park: 1.1 mi
- The Wendell Dayton Sculpture Park: 1.7 mi
- Sun Valley Park: 1.7 mi
- Park 2: 1.8 mi
- Stonehurst Recreation Center: 2.1 mi
- KKK Cross: 1.6 mi
- Destroyed Ku Klux Klan Monument: 1.6 mi
- Boy Scout Camp: 2.2 mi
- Earthwalk Park Dedication: 2.6 mi
- WWI Living Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Elmer Ave Green Street: 2.2 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Sunland Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Howard Finn Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Agave Hill: 3.7 mi
- La Tuna Canyon Park: 2.5 mi
- MCRA: 2.6 mi
- Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Stough Landfill Park: 2.7 mi
- Big Tujunga Wash Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Tree of Life: 2.5 mi
- Elephant Bush: 2.9 mi
- Green Lantern: 2.9 mi
- Villa Casitas Arch: 3.1 mi
- Mutualism 상생 （相生）: 3.2 mi
- Burbank Christmas Tree: 2.6 mi
- Warner Bros Studio Tour: 5.5 mi
- Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge: 6.2 mi
- Transformers: The Ride-3D: 6.2 mi
- Meet Mario, Luigi & Princess Peach: 6.2 mi
- Bolton Hall: 3.6 mi
- Discovery Cube Science Center: 4.0 mi
- Martial Arts History Museum: 4.1 mi
- Travel Town Museum: 5.7 mi
- Grand Central Airport Terminal: 5.8 mi
- Wishing Tree Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Mineral Wells Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Amir's Garden Picnic Site: 6.8 mi
- 3-Mile Tree Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Griffith Park Old Zoo: 7.4 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 4.4 mi
- Fascination Spring: 4.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 7.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Spring: 8.7 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 8.1 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Royal Falls: 10.6 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Switzer Falls: 11.2 mi
- Palisades Beach: 17.2 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 17.8 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 18.1 mi
- Mother's Beach: 18.4 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 18.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 11.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.6 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 24.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 12.8 mi
- Mentryville: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of SMMC Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Peak | ENE 74° | 1,879 m | 13.4 mi |
| Messenger Peak | NE 39° | 1,833 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Deception | E 84° | 1,767 m | 13.3 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NE 39° | 1,717.5 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Lowe | E 90° | 1,699 m | 13.7 mi |
| Josephine Peak | ENE 71° | 1,694 m | 11.6 mi |
| Condor Peak | NE 48° | 1,658 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Lukens | ENE 66° | 1,546.6 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 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 | 56 | 57 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1037391120
Day trips start here
- Burbank · 4 mi
- North Hollywood · 4 mi
- Studio City · 6 mi
- Universal City · 6 mi
- Glendale · 7 mi
- San Fernando Valley · 7 mi
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