Sandstone Peak
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Sandstone Peak rises to 948 m in California. Tri Peaks stands 917 m to the west, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Split Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Sandstone Peak, also known as Mount Allen, is a mountain in Ventura County, California. It is the highest summit in the Santa Monica Mountains, with an elevation of 3,114 feet (949 m). Located near the western edge of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the summit provides panoramic views of Malibu, the Pacific Ocean, the Conejo Valley, and four of the Channel Islands.
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Wikidata Q7416955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 948 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Split Rock: 0.3 mi
- Skull Rock: 0.3 mi
- Boney Peak: 0.5 mi
- Exchange Peak: 0.9 mi
- Big Dome: 0.9 mi
- NPS Land: 2.2 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.4 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.5 mi
- NPS Land: 2.6 mi
- Deer Ridge Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Banyan Park: 2.8 mi
- Wendy Park: 3.0 mi
- Hickory Park: 3.2 mi
- Dos Vientos Neighborhood Park: 3.7 mi
- Cypress Park: 3.7 mi
- Tessie the Giraffe: 4.1 mi
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 4.9 mi
- Cottonsail: 6.2 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Cece: 6.5 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Seasons: 7.6 mi
- Inspiration Point: 0.7 mi
- Old Cabin: 1.5 mi
- Danielson Monument: 1.5 mi
- Ranch House Ruins: 5.4 mi
- Old Reservoir: 5.7 mi
- Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: 2.7 mi
- Timber School: 4.1 mi
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: 4.1 mi
- Firefighters Museum: 5.2 mi
- Conejo Valley Art Museum: 5.3 mi
- County Line Beach: 5.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Beach: 5.0 mi
- Staircase Beach: 5.1 mi
- Leo Carrillo State Beach: 5.3 mi
- Nicholas Canyon Beach: 5.3 mi
- Native Garden: 2.7 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 5.7 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 5.8 mi
- Gardens of the World: 6.2 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 2.6 mi
- Santa Monica College Astronomical Observing Site: 3.4 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 6.1 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 6.6 mi
- Modern Art: 9.6 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 1.7 mi
- Paradise Falls: 6.6 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 10.2 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 10.2 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 20.9 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 6.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.6 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 6.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 6.6 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 0.5 mi
- Kima Point: 5.3 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 14.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 24.8 mi
- The Grotto: 1.5 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 20.4 mi
- Eagle Spring: 20.9 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 24.9 mi
- Coba Arch: 10.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Sandstone Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri Peaks | W 277° | 917 m | 1.0 mi |
| Exchange Peak | WSW 244° | 899 m | 0.9 mi |
| Big Dome | WNW 290° | 887.5 m | 0.9 mi |
| Boney Mountain | WSW 249° | 865 m | 1.7 mi |
| Castro Peak | ESE 106° | 855 m | 8.7 mi |
| Saddle Peak | E 100° | 851 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rocky Peak | NE 55° | 797 m | 20.6 mi |
| Simi Peak | NE 56° | 732 m | 10.4 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 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358792195
Day trips start here
- Thousand Oaks · 6 mi
- Camarillo · 9 mi
- Agoura Hills · 10 mi
- Malibu · 12 mi
- Oxnard · 15 mi
- Port Hueneme · 15 mi
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