Castro Peak
Castro Peak rises to 855 m in California. Sandstone Peak stands 948 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is SMMC Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.
The story
Castro Peak, at 2,826 feet (861 m), is the highest peak in the middle part of the Santa Monica Mountains and is in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The town of Malibu is located to the southeast of the peak. The fire lookout tower that was once located on Castro Peak has been moved to Henninger Flats in the San Gabriel Mountains for display.
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Wikidata Q5050790, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- SMMC Open Space: 0.6 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 0.6 mi
- NPS Land: 0.7 mi
- SMMC Open Space: 0.9 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Cactus Garden: 2.0 mi
- Gardens of the World: 7.2 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 9.3 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 9.3 mi
- Ballard Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Saddle Rock: 2.6 mi
- Goat Buttes: 2.7 mi
- Ladyface Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Brents Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Kristy's Roadhouse (Gone): 2.2 mi
- Tropical Terrace: 3.1 mi
- Sai Anantam Ashram: 3.4 mi
- Keller House: 3.5 mi
- Mott Adobe Ruins: 3.6 mi
- M*A*S*H Filming Location: 2.4 mi
- Western Town: 2.6 mi
- Jim Rockford Trailer Site: 4.5 mi
- Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 6.0 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 7.1 mi
- Foxfield Park: 4.1 mi
- Three Springs Park: 4.4 mi
- Berniece Bennett Park: 4.5 mi
- Hillside Promontory Park: 4.5 mi
- Reyes Adobe Park: 4.6 mi
- Cottonsail: 4.1 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: 4.3 mi
- Pink Lady: 4.6 mi
- Tapestry of Dreams (The Fabric of Community): 4.6 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Seasons: 4.7 mi
- Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art: 5.5 mi
- Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum: 7.0 mi
- Wishtoyo Foundation's Chumash Discovery Village: 7.9 mi
- Firefighters Museum: 8.4 mi
- Latigo Beach: 4.3 mi
- Escondido Beach: 4.3 mi
- Escondido Beach: 4.4 mi
- Puerco Beach: 5.4 mi
- Lechuza Beach: 5.8 mi
- King Gillette Ranch: 4.8 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 11.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.5 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 11.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 3.0 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 3.0 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 10.0 mi
- Paradise Falls: 11.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 6.0 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Kima Point: 9.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.6 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 7.5 mi
- The Grotto: 8.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 12.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 16.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 17.1 mi
- Coba Arch: 8.1 mi
- Mentryville: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Castro Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Peak | WNW 286° | 948 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tri Peaks | WNW 285° | 917 m | 9.8 mi |
| Exchange Peak | WNW 282° | 899 m | 9.4 mi |
| Big Dome | WNW 286° | 887.5 m | 9.6 mi |
| Boney Mountain | W 280° | 865 m | 10.1 mi |
| Saddle Peak | E 94° | 851 m | 7.5 mi |
| Simi Peak | N 2° | 732 m | 8.2 mi |
| Chatsworth Peak | NE 35° | 692 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:12 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 240350 — Castro Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358781725
Day trips start here
- Agoura Hills · 5 mi
- Malibu · 5 mi
- Thousand Oaks · 9 mi
- Calabasas · 10 mi
- Topanga · 10 mi
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 11 mi
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