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Shadow Ranch Park

Shadow Ranch Park from directly overhead

Shadow Ranch Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Remington Place Private Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
248 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.19521, -118.61977

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • LA River - Valley Biome: 1.1 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 1.1 mi
  • Streams Meet - Become the River: 1.1 mi
  • Trolley: 1.1 mi
  • Spiral Wind: 1.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 1.8 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 2.0 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 2.7 mi
  • Munch Box: 4.4 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 5.9 mi
Gardens
  • The Secret Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 2.2 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 2.2 mi
  • Channel Islands: 2.6 mi
  • Old Dawn Redwood: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Red Barn Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Castle Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 3.8 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 51
Beaches: 26
Springs: 16
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 7.3 mi
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 13.9 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.0 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 12.2 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 18.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Shadow Ranch Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNE 45°1,203 m15.4 mi
Oat MountainN 7°1,138 m9.4 mi
Contract PointNE 50°1,108 m15.8 mi
Kagel MountainNE 54°1,081 m16.5 mi
Limerock PeakENE 60°905 m17.2 mi
Towsley PeakN 8°875 m11.2 mi
Castro PeakSW 231°855 m12.1 mi
Saddle PeakSSW 194°851 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1116:49

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard104 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel86 obs
  • Western Honey Bee58 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard55 obs
  • Arizona Mantis50 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper49 obs
  • Mourning Dove48 obs
  • Monarch46 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/139039336

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