Conejo Mountain
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Conejo Mountain rises to 548 m in California. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dos Vientos Open Space, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.
The story
Conejo Mountain is a 1,814-foot-high mountain (553 m) in Ventura County, California, near Camarillo on the eastern boundary of the Oxnard Plain. At the western edge of the Conejo Valley, it is adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains. Crossing what was once a formidable barrier for travelers, U.S. Route 101 passes through the area on the steep Conejo Grade. The mountain was once a large volcano about 14 million years ago, but it has been extinct for millions of years. The mountain was under sea level at one point. Mining operations have been ongoing here since 1959, and most of the mountain is owned by the Pacific Rock mining operation. The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District, and Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency have interest in administrating the area as protected open space. Trails reach into the area from Pepper Tree Playfield and Dos Vientos Community Park via Dos Vientos Open Space in southwestern Newbury Park.
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Wikidata Q23016721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 548 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dos Vientos Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Dos Vientos Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Old Conejo Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Knoll Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Dos Vientos Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Dos Vientos Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Sycamore Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Camarillo Grove Park: 1.2 mi
- Del Prado Playfield: 1.4 mi
- Casas De La Senda Park (Private): 1.6 mi
- Sage Mountain: 2.2 mi
- CSUCI Repeater Station: 3.5 mi
- Elliott Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Peanut Hill: 4.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Tessie the Giraffe: 2.7 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Cece: 6.2 mi
- Heading For The Endzone: 6.6 mi
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 8.2 mi
- Cottonsail: 9.8 mi
- Camarillo House County Landmark: 2.8 mi
- Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: 2.9 mi
- Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Museum: 3.4 mi
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: 4.2 mi
- Timber School: 4.2 mi
- Danielson Monument: 4.1 mi
- Old Cabin: 4.1 mi
- Inspiration Point: 5.5 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 5.6 mi
- Martin Luther: 6.6 mi
- La Jolla Beach: 7.8 mi
- County Line Beach: 9.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Beach: 9.6 mi
- Staircase Beach: 9.9 mi
- Leo Carrillo State Beach: 10.3 mi
- Native Garden: 2.9 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 5.7 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 5.8 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Gardens of the World: 7.8 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 3.0 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 4.6 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 5.8 mi
- Modern Art: 7.6 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 4.2 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 4.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 4.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 4.5 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- The Grotto: 6.9 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 21.2 mi
- Rodeo Spring: 22.1 mi
- Arundell Spring: 22.1 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 3.9 mi
- Paradise Falls: 4.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 15.4 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 15.4 mi
- Punch Bowl: 18.9 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Kima Point: 10.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 19.4 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 24.8 mi
- Coba Arch: 11.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Conejo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Paula Peak | N 355° | 1,497 m | 17.5 mi |
| Hopper Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,381 m | 21.1 mi |
| San Cayetano Mountain | N 1° | 1,275 m | 17.3 mi |
| Modelo Peak | NNE 30° | 990 m | 20.9 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NNE 14° | 952 m | 18.6 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | SSE 148° | 948 m | 5.6 mi |
| Tri Peaks | SSE 157° | 917 m | 5.0 mi |
| Exchange Peak | SSE 156° | 899 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 240847 — Conejo Mountain, Ventura County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358782440
Day trips start here
- Camarillo · 4 mi
- Thousand Oaks · 6 mi
- Oxnard · 11 mi
- Port Hueneme · 12 mi
- Santa Paula · 12 mi
- Ventura County · 12 mi
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