Saddle Peak
Saddle Peak rises to 851 m in California. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is LA County Open Space, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off.
The story
Saddle Peak is a mountain located in the Santa Monica Mountains between Malibu and Calabasas. The summit is accessible via the Backbone Trail. There is also a feeder trail to the top from near the top of Stunt Road (one block below the ridge intersection with Scheuren Road at the viewpoint) maintained by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and an informal trail up the bottom east nose of the massif across from the Scheuren Viewpoint. This latter trail passes a water tower and joins the main trails near the top. Saddle Peak's true summit, the South Eastern hummock, is much degraded. Views from the peak are of the Pacific Ocean to the west, and other Santa Monica Mountains ridges and peaks to the east and west. Saddle Peak has a second summit to the northwest; it is reached by a private road and blocked by a wire-fenced compound, inside of which are numerous radio relay towers. A house foundation in disrepair is located beyond the compound, on a slope that burned in 1989. Beyond and below the slope is a private road that connects to Stunt Road, with private residences below. Vegetation is sparse on the peak; dwarf forest and chaparral are located on the approaches, with scrub and grass at the top. There are also oaks at lower elevations and occasionally are rattlesnakes on the peak's trails.
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Wikidata Q7397711, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 851 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Calabasas Peak: 2.4 mi
- Mesa Peak: 3.8 mi
- McAuley Peak: 3.9 mi
- Brents Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs Peak: 4.3 mi
- Bonnell Park (Private): 2.5 mi
- Legacy Park: 3.5 mi
- Highlands Park: 3.6 mi
- Vista Point (Courtesy of Caltrans): 3.9 mi
- Dolphin View: 3.9 mi
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers Album Cover Location: 2.6 mi
- M*A*S*H Filming Location: 5.3 mi
- Western Town: 6.4 mi
- Jim Rockford Trailer Site: 8.6 mi
- Maison Johnny Halliday: 8.6 mi
- Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum: 3.3 mi
- Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: 3.5 mi
- Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art: 4.0 mi
- Leonis Adobe: 5.6 mi
- The Getty Villa: 5.7 mi
- Microwave Communications Tower Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Topanga Lookout Tower: 1.5 mi
- Mott Adobe Ruins: 4.0 mi
- Tropical Terrace: 6.0 mi
- Keller House: 6.1 mi
- East Garden: 5.7 mi
- The Secret Garden: 6.8 mi
- Cactus Garden: 7.5 mi
- Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 8.3 mi
- Arboretum and Braille Trail: 8.5 mi
- First Lights: 3.0 mi
- Pink Lady: 3.1 mi
- Flying Pig: 3.3 mi
- Great Wall of Topanga: 4.0 mi
- Drunken Satyr: 5.6 mi
- King Gillette Ranch: 3.3 mi
- shady grass: 7.4 mi
- Redwood Grove: 8.7 mi
- Common Grounds: 15.4 mi
- Lake Side: 16.9 mi
- Carbon Beach: 2.8 mi
- Carbon - La Costa Beach: 2.8 mi
- La Costa Beach: 2.9 mi
- Big Rock Beach: 3.4 mi
- Ranger Steven's Beach: 4.1 mi
- LA County Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Camp 8 (NPS land): 1.3 mi
- Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 29 Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Cold Creek Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Carbon Canyon Open Space: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Spring: 5.4 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 6.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.5 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 11.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 13.9 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 5.0 mi
- Temescal Falls: 6.8 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 7.5 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 7.6 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 17.3 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 4.2 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.9 mi
- Kima Point: 16.3 mi
- Coba Arch: 11.5 mi
- Mentryville: 21.0 mi
- Spa Palace: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Saddle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat Mountain | N 10° | 1,138 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | W 281° | 948 m | 16.1 mi |
| Tri Peaks | W 280° | 917 m | 17.2 mi |
| Exchange Peak | W 279° | 899 m | 16.8 mi |
| Big Dome | W 281° | 888 m | 17.0 mi |
| Boney Mountain | W 278° | 865 m | 17.6 mi |
| Castro Peak | W 274° | 855 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mission Point | NNE 23° | 832 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:11 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256074 — Saddle Peak, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796572
Day trips start here
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area · 3 mi
- Topanga · 3 mi
- Westside · 5 mi
- Calabasas · 6 mi
- Malibu · 7 mi
- Agoura Hills · 8 mi
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