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Castle Peak Park

Castle Peak Park from directly overhead

Castle Peak Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Encino Man -- Family House, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
297 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.20718, -118.65344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 0.2 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 0.5 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 1.3 mi
  • Munch Box: 4.6 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Doc Brown's Tombstone: 6.7 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Castle Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 2.7 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Red Barn Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Dean's Point: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Flying Pig: 2.4 mi
  • Stone Woman Face: 2.4 mi
  • LA River - Valley Biome: 3.1 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 3.2 mi
  • Streams Meet - Become the River: 3.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • The Secret Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 4.3 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 4.3 mi
  • Channel Islands: 4.7 mi
  • Old Dawn Redwood: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 47
Beaches: 27
Springs: 16
Waterfalls: 8
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.4 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 13.5 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.2 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 8.4 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 12.4 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 16.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 7.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Castle Peak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNE 52°1,203 m16.3 mi
Oat MountainNNE 20°1,138 m9.0 mi
Contract PointENE 56°1,108 m16.8 mi
Kagel MountainENE 60°1,081 m17.6 mi
Sandstone PeakWSW 249°948 m17.0 mi
Towsley PeakNNE 19°875 m10.9 mi
Castro PeakSW 222°855 m11.3 mi
Saddle PeakS 181°851 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard191 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk88 obs
  • southern coastal bushmallow75 obs
  • Western Honey Bee69 obs
  • Coyote68 obs
  • purple sage61 obs
  • Desert Cottontail56 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard55 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/140287051

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