Rocky Peak
Rocky Peak rises to 797 m in California. Hopper Mountain stands 1,381 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hialeah Springs, a spring 1.0 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 27 miles off.
The story
Rocky Peak, located in Rocky Peak Park, is the fourth-highest point in the Santa Susana Mountains, and overlooks the San Fernando Valley and Chatsworth, the Simi Hills, and the Simi Valley in Southern California. The peak, which is 2,715 feet (828 m) in elevation, sits on the Los Angeles County–Ventura County line.
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Wikidata Q7355955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 797 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Oaks Park: 1.5 mi
- Chumash Park: 2.1 mi
- Verde Park: 2.4 mi
- Chumash Park Natural Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Santa Susana Park: 2.6 mi
- Dean's Point: 1.6 mi
- Happy Face Hill: 1.8 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 2.0 mi
- Stoney Point: 2.4 mi
- Chatsworth Peak: 2.4 mi
- Virginia Watson Chatsworth Museum: 2.5 mi
- Santa Susana Depot: 2.6 mi
- Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village: 4.0 mi
- West Valley Museum: 6.5 mi
- Museum of the San Fernando Valley: 6.5 mi
- Transformers -- Mikaela Under Bumblebee's Hood: 2.7 mi
- Munch Box: 3.2 mi
- Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday -- Voorhees House: 4.7 mi
- Little house on the prairie - House of the Ingalls family: 5.5 mi
- Valley Girl -- Party House: 5.7 mi
- Botanical Garden: 7.3 mi
- Rainforest: 7.3 mi
- Pierce College Farm Fields: 7.9 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 8.1 mi
- Australian Grass Tree: 8.2 mi
- Stone Woman Face: 3.5 mi
- Tiki: 3.7 mi
- Flying Pig: 3.7 mi
- Tree of Life: 5.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Old Santa Susana Stage Road: 2.1 mi
- Apollo Rocket Engine: 4.9 mi
- Pico No. 4: 5.4 mi
- Dr. Mario A. De Campos Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Johnson Park: 5.7 mi
- Redwood Grove: 6.9 mi
- shady grass: 8.2 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 8.5 mi
- Wagon Tracks: 8.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 1.0 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 9.3 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 11.7 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 12.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 13.4 mi
- Carbon - La Costa Beach: 17.5 mi
- Carbon Beach: 17.6 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 17.6 mi
- La Costa Beach: 17.6 mi
- Topanga County Beach: 17.8 mi
- Indian Springs Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Rancho Simi RPD Open Space: 1.7 mi
- LA County Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Chumash Park: 2.2 mi
- Gopher Canyon (Native Plant Restoration Area): 2.3 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 10.7 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 14.4 mi
- Temescal Falls: 16.5 mi
- Paradise Falls: 16.5 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 19.0 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 4.7 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Kima Point: 24.3 mi
- Mentryville: 6.2 mi
- Coba Arch: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Rocky Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper Mountain | NW 315° | 1,381 m | 18.3 mi |
| May Peak | ENE 71° | 1,203 m | 12.6 mi |
| Oat Mountain | NE 38° | 1,138 m | 3.3 mi |
| Contract Point | ENE 75° | 1,108 m | 13.5 mi |
| The Pinnacle | ENE 77° | 1,094 m | 17.2 mi |
| Kagel Mountain | ENE 79° | 1,081 m | 14.7 mi |
| Baldy | NW 320° | 1,029 m | 14.5 mi |
| Modelo Peak | NW 320° | 990 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northridge CAL State, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248314 — Rocky Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358791262
Day trips start here
- Chatsworth · 3 mi
- Simi Valley · 5 mi
- Valencia · 8 mi
- Calabasas · 9 mi
- North Valley · 9 mi
- Magic Mountain · 10 mi
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