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Willoughby Preserve

Willoughby Preserve from directly overhead

Willoughby Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Emma Wood State Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Ventura Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.28102, -119.30810
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Emma Wood State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Seaside Wilderness Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eastwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Loma de la Cruz: 0.8 mi
  • Red Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 7.8 mi
  • Rincon Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 10.7 mi
Museums: 46
Nature reserves: 31
Historic sites: 30
  • The Sunset Bench: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.5 mi
  • Old Well and Borrow Pit: 0.5 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.5 mi
Beaches: 27
  • Little Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Surfer's Knoll: 3.7 mi
  • Faria Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Rincon Beach: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 16
Springs: 10
  • Sulphur Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Area 2: 5.3 mi
  • Area 4: 17.8 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 22.7 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • 33 Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 19.3 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 13.5 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 18.4 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 21.6 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Arch Rock: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Willoughby Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakN 4°2,284 m24.2 mi
Haddock MountainN 9°2,265 m24.0 mi
Thorn PointNNE 24°2,092 m24.7 mi
Hines PeakNE 40°2,041 m20.7 mi
Topatopa BluffNE 37°1,945 m18.9 mi
Monte AridoNNW 333°1,831 m20.0 mi
Chief PeakNNE 27°1,703 m17.8 mi
Old Man MountainNNW 333°1,688 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1316:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565757596164676767656056
Precip in2.93.32.30.70.30.10.00.00.10.50.72.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/899231246

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