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Wildwood Canyon Open Space

Wildwood Canyon Open Space from directly overhead

Wildwood Canyon Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 445 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Newhall Pass - Plourde, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Santa Clarita
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.36278, -118.53548

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
  • William S. Hart Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Bunkhouse: 1.0 mi
  • William S. Hart Ranch House: 1.0 mi
  • Heritage Junction Historic Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pardee House: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 5.1 mi
  • X2: 5.2 mi
  • Viper: 5.3 mi
  • Revolution: 5.3 mi
  • Mining Town Games: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites: 49
  • Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 1.0 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 1.1 mi
  • Johnson Park: 4.9 mi
Springs: 45
Waterfalls: 10
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 3.5 mi
  • Trail Canyon Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.0 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 22.9 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Wildwood Canyon Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainE 93°1,717.5 m17.5 mi
Condor PeakE 98°1,658 m18.2 mi
Mount LukensESE 111°1,546.6 m18.1 mi
Condor PointE 99°1,538.3 m17.5 mi
Mount McKinleyE 96°1,497 m15.5 mi
Magic MountainE 82°1,477 m11.9 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 94°1,413.1 m12.7 mi
Jupiter MountainNNE 23°1,350 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5716:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/545030066

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