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Oat Mountain

Oat Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Oat Mountain rises to 1,138 m in California. Magic Mountain stands 1,477 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is MRCA Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.

About

The story

Oat Mountain is a peak of the Santa Susana Mountains overlooking the San Fernando Valley (near Los Angeles, California) to the south and southeast. Oat Mountain is the highest peak in the Santa Susana Mountains of California. The Los Angeles district of Chatsworth is to the south of the mountain. There are many microwave relay antennas as well as Doppler weather equipment at Oat Mountain. SoCal Gas has several wells in the area as well.

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Wikidata Q7074451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1138 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.32975, -118.60082

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 0.7 mi
  • Munch Box: 5.0 mi
  • Roaring Rapids: 6.3 mi
  • Viper: 6.3 mi
  • SlingShot: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Jane & Bert Boeckmann Park: 3.0 mi
  • Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Pico Canyon Park: 3.4 mi
  • Moonshine Canyon Park: 3.6 mi
  • Jake Kuredjian Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites: 45
  • Johnson Park: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Tumbleweeds: 5.3 mi
  • Wagon Tracks: 5.3 mi
Springs: 42
Beaches: 14
Waterfalls: 9
Cliffs: 5
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.8 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 21.4 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Oat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Magic MountainENE 76°1,477 m16.0 mi
Mendenhall PeakE 85°1,413.1 m16.4 mi
Hopper MountainNW 304°1,381 m18.2 mi
Whitaker PeakNNW 336°1,262 m18.4 mi
Red MountainNNE 14°1,213 m18.3 mi
May PeakE 81°1,203 m9.9 mi
Warm Springs MountainN 4°1,193 m18.4 mi
Contract PointE 86°1,108 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4319:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5816:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246792 — Oat Mountain, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358789966

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