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Taxco Trails Park

Taxco Trails Park from directly overhead

Taxco Trails Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 262 m. May Peak stands 1,203 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Orcutt Ranch Horticultural Center Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
262 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.21250, -118.63824

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Valley Girl -- Party House: 0.5 mi
  • Encino Man -- Family House: 0.8 mi
  • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 1.1 mi
  • Munch Box: 3.8 mi
  • Ralph Prator Fountain: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Castle Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Chatsworth Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Laskey Mesa: 3.5 mi
  • Red Barn Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Dean's Point: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Flying Pig: 1.8 mi
  • Stone Woman Face: 2.2 mi
  • LA River - Valley Biome: 2.6 mi
  • LA River - Connect the Valley: 2.6 mi
  • Streams Meet - Become the River: 2.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
  • The Secret Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Pierce College Farm Fields: 3.6 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 3.7 mi
  • Channel Islands: 4.0 mi
  • Australian Grass Tree: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 48
Beaches: 27
Springs: 17
Waterfalls: 8
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 14.2 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.3 mi
  • Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 13.0 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 17.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 8.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Taxco Trails Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
May PeakNE 51°1,203 m15.3 mi
Oat MountainNNE 15°1,138 m8.4 mi
Contract PointNE 56°1,108 m15.9 mi
Kagel MountainENE 60°1,081 m16.7 mi
Sandstone PeakWSW 249°948 m18.0 mi
Limerock PeakENE 66°905 m17.6 mi
Towsley PeakNNE 15°875 m10.3 mi
Castro PeakSW 224°855 m12.2 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 solstice06:5716:1116:49

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard137 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk60 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel55 obs
  • Western Honey Bee55 obs
  • Coyote53 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard49 obs
  • Mourning Dove45 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper45 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/140287055

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