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Wood Ranch Open Space

Wood Ranch Open Space from directly overhead

Wood Ranch Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 366 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Windmill Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.22855, -118.79355
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Windmill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sycamore Canyon Park: 1.0 mi
  • Coyote Hills Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rancho Madera Community Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sinaloa Youth Ball Fields: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
  • Little Sandstone Hills: 1.6 mi
  • Simi Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Clef: 5.3 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Fireworks Hill: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 1.8 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Boot Hill Cemetery: 1.8 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 1.8 mi
  • Air Force 1: 2.7 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 3.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Picnic sites: 28
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 6.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.0 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 7.1 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 28
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 10
  • Paradise Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.9 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Echo Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 14.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 14.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 1.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Wood Ranch Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainENE 58°1,138 m13.0 mi
BaldyN 359°1,029 m15.6 mi
Modelo PeakN 358°990 m15.4 mi
Sandstone PeakSW 227°948 m10.9 mi
Tri PeaksSW 231°917 m11.6 mi
Exchange PeakSW 228°899 m11.7 mi
Big DomeSW 231°887.5 m11.3 mi
Towsley PeakNE 53°875 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4519:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1214446652

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