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Mugu Peak

Mugu Peak, a peak in California
Mugu Peak, a peak in CaliforniaDaniel Guo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mugu Peak rises to 384 m in California. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is La Jolla Valley Natural Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49055604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
384 m
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Coordinates34.09265, -119.05504
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Point Mugu Game Reserve: 4.7 mi
  • South Quad: 4.7 mi
  • Ralph Bliss Memorial Courtyard: 4.8 mi
  • Central Quad/Mall: 4.8 mi
  • North Quad: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 54
Museums: 39
Historic sites: 34
Beaches: 32
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 21
  • Chumash Demonstration Village: 6.7 mi
  • Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 9.5 mi
  • Wildwood Tepee: 11.8 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 13.1 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Native Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Kids Adventure Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Community Roots Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Community Roots Garden: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Skunk Hollow: 11.5 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 11.7 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Sycamore Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 16.1 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Grotto: 7.2 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 20.8 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Coba Arch: 17.1 mi
  • Arch Rock: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mugu Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakN 6°1,497 m24.2 mi
San Cayetano MountainN 10°1,275 m24.3 mi
Sandstone PeakENE 75°948 m7.3 mi
Tri PeaksENE 71°917 m6.3 mi
Exchange PeakENE 76°899 m6.4 mi
Big DomeENE 70°887.5 m6.6 mi
Boney MountainENE 76°865 m5.6 mi
Castro PeakE 92°855 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4619:3520:12
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice06:5916:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565557576063666665645955
Precip in2.43.92.20.50.40.10.00.00.10.40.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PT Mugu NF, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246337 — Mugu Peak, Ventura County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358789569

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