Whitecap ForeDunes Protected Area
Whitecap ForeDunes Protected Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Hines Peak stands 2,041 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mandalay Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City Of Oxnard
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Neptune Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Oxnard Shores Park: 0.4 mi
- Westport Park: 0.6 mi
- Mandalay County Park: 0.7 mi
- 'olołkoy Beach Park: 0.8 mi
- Rancho Ventura: 6.7 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 8.3 mi
- BLM Open Space: 10.1 mi
- BLM Open Space: 10.2 mi
- Loma de la Cruz: 7.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Peanut Hill: 11.3 mi
- Laguna Peak: 11.7 mi
- CSUCI Repeater Station: 11.8 mi
- Channel Islands Maritime Museum: 2.1 mi
- United States Navy Seabee Museum: 3.1 mi
- Ventura County Maritime Museum: 3.2 mi
- Carnegie Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Port Hueneme Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Mandalay Beach: 0.2 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 0.8 mi
- Oxnard Beach: 0.9 mi
- Hollywood Beach: 1.9 mi
- Hobie Beach: 2.5 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Jake Kochel: 6.5 mi
- Cannon: 6.6 mi
- The Sunset Bench: 6.8 mi
- The Mermaid of Soter Point: 4.3 mi
- Connections: 4.6 mi
- Connections: 4.8 mi
- Connections: 4.9 mi
- Coastal Conversion: 5.1 mi
- Community Roots Garden: 3.0 mi
- Community Roots Garden: 3.0 mi
- Acacia Trees: 7.0 mi
- Chilean Cactus and Succulents: 7.0 mi
- Rockery Plantings: 7.0 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 6.9 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 15.4 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 16.4 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 17.3 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 19.1 mi
- Area 2: 12.1 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 18.7 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 18.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 18.9 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 17.3 mi
- Paradise Falls: 19.1 mi
- Punch Bowl: 21.1 mi
- Jackson Falls: 21.8 mi
- White Swift Falls: 23.1 mi
- The Grotto: 19.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 19.2 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 21.1 mi
- Hot Spring: 22.0 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 22.5 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 19.3 mi
- Kima Point: 20.3 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitecap ForeDunes Protected Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Peak | NNE 23° | 2,041 m | 24.0 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | NNE 20° | 1,945 m | 22.6 mi |
| Chief Peak | N 11° | 1,703 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sisar Peak | NNE 15° | 1,680 m | 22.0 mi |
| Santa Paula Peak | NE 38° | 1,497 m | 21.7 mi |
| White Ledge Peak | NNW 336° | 1,396 m | 21.0 mi |
| Divide Peak | NNW 330° | 1,384 m | 22.8 mi |
| Nordhoff Peak | N 0° | 1,349 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
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 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1065387186
Day trips start here
- Oxnard · 3 mi
- Ventura County · 3 mi
- Port Hueneme · 4 mi
- Ventura · 6 mi
- Camarillo · 12 mi
- Santa Paula · 15 mi
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