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Summit House Open Space

Summit House Open Space from directly overhead

Summit House Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 272 m. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Suburbia Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.21978, -118.88593
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Suburbia Park: 0.3 mi
  • Buth Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Field: 0.4 mi
  • Wildflower Playfield: 0.5 mi
  • Kingsmen Park (Pepper Tree Grove): 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Mount Clef: 1.0 mi
  • Tarantula Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Elliott Mountain: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Wildwood Tepee: 1.4 mi
  • Modern Art: 2.3 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 3.1 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 3.8 mi
  • Air Force 1: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 55
  • Conejo Valley Art Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Firefighters Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Stagecoach Inn Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Timber School: 3.3 mi
  • Reagan Library Grounds: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 38
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 14
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 1.8 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 1.9 mi
Springs: 14
  • The Grotto: 8.7 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Paradise Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.6 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.7 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Echo Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Kima Point: 12.5 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 16.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Summit House Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakNNW 335°1,497 m16.8 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW 340°1,275 m16.1 mi
Modelo PeakNNE 17°990 m16.7 mi
Oat MountainN 356°952 m15.9 mi
Sandstone PeakSSW 201°948 m7.4 mi
Tri PeaksSSW 209°917 m7.7 mi
Exchange PeakSSW 205°899 m8.0 mi
Big DomeSSW 208°887.5 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4519:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5816:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/765532007

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