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Valley View Preserve

Valley View Preserve from directly overhead

Valley View Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Grouse Mountain stands 2,613 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Daly Ranch Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.46529, -119.24105
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Magic Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Nordhoff Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Black Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Krotona Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 29
Springs: 28
  • Sulphur Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 4.0 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Hot Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 23
Historic sites: 21
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 12.9 mi
  • Mission Cross: 12.9 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 13.1 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 15
  • Water Conservation Mural: 2.3 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 2.5 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 2.5 mi
  • VC: 12.4 mi
  • Ventura V: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 11
Waterfalls: 7
  • 33 Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 10.6 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.6 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 0.7 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
  • Area 2: 8.6 mi
  • Area 4: 18.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Valley View Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grouse MountainN 8°2,613 m24.4 mi
Reyes PeakNNW 349°2,284 m11.7 mi
Haddock MountainN 0°2,265 m10.9 mi
Alamo MountainNE 49°2,248 m21.3 mi
Peak 7047NE 52°2,148 m19.8 mi
Thorn PointNNE 33°2,092 m11.7 mi
McDonald PeakNE 56°2,090 m20.7 mi
Sewart MountainENE 57°2,076 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0116:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/398943390

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