Top of Topanga Overlook
Top of Topanga Overlook is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 453 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is LA County Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- LA County Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Calabasas Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Summit Valley Edmund D. Edelman Park: 0.5 mi
- NPS Land: 0.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Cairnloch Park: 0.8 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.8 mi
- Alizondo Drive Park: 0.9 mi
- Alizondo Drive Park: 0.9 mi
- Tanterra Homeowners Association Park: 1.2 mi
- Flying Pig: 1.3 mi
- Flying Pig: 2.1 mi
- labyrinth: 2.5 mi
- Great Wall of Topanga: 2.5 mi
- Fernandobelisk: 2.6 mi
- The Secret Garden: 2.1 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 3.1 mi
- Arboretum and Braille Trail: 3.2 mi
- Native Shade: 3.4 mi
- Cactus: 3.4 mi
- Chalk Hill: 2.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.8 mi
- Red Barn Hill: 3.3 mi
- Calabasas Peak: 3.6 mi
- Gizmo Peak: 3.7 mi
- Van Dekker House (Plaque): 2.6 mi
- Cleveland Park / Old Trapper's: 3.3 mi
- Smallwood Fountain: 3.4 mi
- Charles R. Kessler, Ph.D.: 3.4 mi
- sun dial: 3.5 mi
- Leonis Adobe: 2.6 mi
- West Valley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Los Encinos State Historic Park: 5.9 mi
- Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
- The Getty Villa: 6.9 mi
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers Album Cover Location: 3.1 mi
- Valley Girl -- Party House: 5.5 mi
- Encino Man -- Family House: 5.6 mi
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 6.6 mi
- The Japanese Garden: 7.4 mi
- shady grass: 2.6 mi
- Redwood Grove: 3.9 mi
- King Gillette Ranch: 6.5 mi
- Common Grounds: 15.4 mi
- Lake Side: 15.9 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 7.0 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 7.1 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 7.1 mi
- La Costa Beach: 7.4 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 7.5 mi
- Eagle Spring: 2.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 5.9 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 6.3 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 9.7 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 10.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 3.8 mi
- Temescal Falls: 6.1 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.2 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.3 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 17.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 9.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.9 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Coba Arch: 11.6 mi
- Mentryville: 16.6 mi
- Spa Palace: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Top of Topanga Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat Mountain | N 360° | 1,138 m | 13.1 mi |
| Towsley Peak | N 2° | 875 m | 15.0 mi |
| Castro Peak | WSW 251° | 855 m | 11.2 mi |
| Saddle Peak | SW 217° | 851 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mission Point | NNE 18° | 832 m | 12.5 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NNW 349° | 797 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sand Rock Peak | N 359° | 744 m | 15.9 mi |
| Simi Peak | WNW 294° | 732 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1025394100
Day trips start here
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 2 mi
- Calabasas · 3 mi
- Topanga · 3 mi
- Westside · 5 mi
- South Valley · 6 mi
- Chatsworth · 8 mi
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