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Rancho Tapo Community Park

Rancho Tapo Community Park from directly overhead

Rancho Tapo Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 308 m. Hopper Mountain stands 1,381 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Houghton Schreiber Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
308 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.28860, -118.72383
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Houghton Schreiber Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sequoia Park: 1.0 mi
  • Darrah Volunteer Park: 1.5 mi
  • Simi Hills Neighborhood Park & Fishing Pond: 1.6 mi
  • Atherwood Park: 1.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Las Flores Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Gardens of the World: 10.5 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 10.7 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Johnson Park: 8.4 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 9.4 mi
  • shady grass: 10.4 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 12.0 mi
Springs: 29
  • Hialeah Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Juan Fernandez Spring: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 25
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 10.3 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 16.2 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 17.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Rancho Tapo Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hopper MountainNNW 328°1,381 m15.4 mi
Oat MountainENE 68°1,138 m7.6 mi
BaldyNNW 339°1,029 m12.2 mi
Modelo PeakNNW 339°990 m12.0 mi
Oat MountainNW 317°952 m15.1 mi
Sandstone PeakSW 226°948 m16.6 mi
Arundell PeakNNW 341°947 m13.1 mi
Big DomeSW 229°887.5 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard99 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel40 obs
  • Western Honey Bee38 obs
  • Arizona Mantis36 obs
  • Mallard32 obs
  • Gopher Snake31 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper29 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard28 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/44288897

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