Gates Canyon Park
Gates Canyon Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Sulphur Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Zev Yaroslavsky Las Virgenes Highlands Park: 1.0 mi
- Liberty Canyon Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Las Virgenes MWD Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Fran Pavley Meadow: 2.7 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Laskey Mesa: 1.1 mi
- Castle Peak: 3.1 mi
- Calabasas Peak: 4.1 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 4.6 mi
- Ladyface Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Grape Arbor Park: 1.7 mi
- Knapp Ranch Park: 2.5 mi
- Juan Bautista de Anza Park: 2.6 mi
- Calabasas Open Space Park: 2.7 mi
- Calabasas and Park Grenada Waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Leonis Adobe: 3.0 mi
- Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- West Valley Museum: 5.9 mi
- Santa Susana Depot: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum: 8.1 mi
- Encino Man -- Family House: 4.0 mi
- Valley Girl -- Party House: 4.3 mi
- Western Town: 4.9 mi
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 5.0 mi
- M*A*S*H Filming Location: 5.4 mi
- labyrinth: 4.7 mi
- Flying Pig: 4.7 mi
- Spiral Wind: 5.1 mi
- Fernandobelisk: 5.1 mi
- Trolley: 5.3 mi
- The Secret Garden: 4.8 mi
- Cactus Garden: 6.0 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 6.4 mi
- Pierce College Farm Fields: 6.5 mi
- Old Dawn Redwood: 6.8 mi
- Mott Adobe Ruins: 5.1 mi
- Topanga Lookout Tower: 5.8 mi
- Kristy's Roadhouse (Gone): 6.1 mi
- Microwave Communications Tower Ruins: 6.2 mi
- Cleveland Park / Old Trapper's: 6.4 mi
- King Gillette Ranch: 4.1 mi
- shady grass: 5.2 mi
- Redwood Grove: 5.6 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 13.2 mi
- Carbon Beach: 8.7 mi
- Carbon - La Costa Beach: 8.9 mi
- Ranger Steven's Beach: 9.0 mi
- La Costa Beach: 9.1 mi
- Amarillo Beach: 9.1 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 0.9 mi
- Eagle Spring: 8.1 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 8.8 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 11.0 mi
- The Grotto: 14.3 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 8.5 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 9.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 9.7 mi
- Temescal Falls: 11.0 mi
- Paradise Falls: 13.0 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 9.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.1 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 12.2 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- Coba Arch: 6.2 mi
- Mentryville: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Gates Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,138 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | WSW 258° | 948 m | 14.0 mi |
| Tri Peaks | W 260° | 917 m | 15.0 mi |
| Exchange Peak | WSW 258° | 899 m | 14.9 mi |
| Big Dome | W 260° | 887.5 m | 14.8 mi |
| Towsley Peak | NNE 23° | 875 m | 14.6 mi |
| Boney Mountain | WSW 257° | 865 m | 15.7 mi |
| Castro Peak | SW 226° | 855 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 7 mi away.
- Common Side-blotched Lizard103 obs
- Western Fence Lizard87 obs
- valley oak73 obs
- Western Toad65 obs
- Pacific chorus frog64 obs
- narrowleaf milkweed63 obs
- Hubby's Phacelia63 obs
- Black-bellied Slender Salamander57 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/486286454
Day trips start here
- Calabasas · 3 mi
- Agoura Hills · 4 mi
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 6 mi
- Topanga · 7 mi
- Chatsworth · 8 mi
- Simi Valley · 9 mi
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