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Knapp Ranch Park

Knapp Ranch Park from directly overhead

Knapp Ranch Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 308 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is El Escorpion Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
308 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.18849, -118.66358

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Castle Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 1.3 mi
  • Red Barn Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 5.1 mi
Parks
Attractions
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 1.6 mi
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 1.8 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 2.7 mi
  • Munch Box: 6.0 mi
  • Back to the Future Part III -- Delgado Mine Entrance: 6.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • labyrinth: 3.1 mi
  • Trolley: 3.4 mi
  • Spiral Wind: 3.4 mi
  • LA River - Valley Biome: 3.4 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 3.4 mi
Gardens
  • The Secret Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 4.6 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 4.6 mi
  • Old Dawn Redwood: 5.0 mi
  • Channel Islands: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 46
Beaches: 27
Springs: 15
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 9.6 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.1 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 11.0 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 15.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Knapp Ranch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainNNE 20°1,138 m10.4 mi
Sandstone PeakWSW 253°948 m16.1 mi
Tri PeaksWSW 254°917 m17.0 mi
Exchange PeakWSW 253°899 m16.9 mi
Big DomeWSW 255°887.5 m16.8 mi
Towsley PeakNNE 20°875 m12.3 mi
Castro PeakSW 224°855 m10.0 mi
Saddle PeakS 176°851 m7.6 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 solstice06:5716:1116:50

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 Lizard162 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard124 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk101 obs
  • southern coastal bushmallow80 obs
  • Sacred Datura69 obs
  • purple sage62 obs
  • Western Honey Bee61 obs
  • Coyote59 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424429203

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