Tarantula Hill
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Tarantula Hill rises to 324 m in California. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Tarantula Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away.
The story
Tarantula Hill, is a 1,057-foot-high (322 m) peak in Thousand Oaks, California. It is located on a 45-acre (18 ha) open space and is operated by the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA). Climbing Tarantula Hill is a steep 0.5-mile (0.80 km) trail; the trailhead is located at 287 West Gainsborough Road, across the road from the main entrance to Conejo Valley Botanic Garden. Atop the mountain there is a 360-degree panoramic view of the Conejo Valley, the Simi Hills and the Santa Monica Mountains. There is also a fenced-in water reservoir located on top. It was once a popular hang-gliding site. It was once a volcanic mound but went dormant 16 million years ago. The hill is located near the center of the Conejo Valley. The origin of the name "Tarantula Hill" is unclear, although it has been called that since at least 1966. A brewery in Thousand Oaks is named for it. The hill is occasionally referred to as "Dawn's Peak", although that also refers to "Peak 6582, California" in Riverside county.
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Wikidata Q30621511, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Tarantula Hill: 0.3 mi
- Fireworks Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Clef: 2.6 mi
- Elliott Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Sage Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Fireworks Hill Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Fireworks Hill Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Labisco Hill Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Walnut Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Summit House Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Conejo Cottontail: Cece: 0.8 mi
- Heading For The Endzone: 2.1 mi
- Tessie the Giraffe: 3.1 mi
- Connejo Cottontails: Westlake Elementary Wizards: 4.2 mi
- Cottonsail: 5.5 mi
- Walnut Grove Park: 1.0 mi
- Glenwood Park: 1.2 mi
- Suburbia Park: 1.3 mi
- Lynnmere Park: 1.4 mi
- Rancho Conejo Playfields: 1.4 mi
- Wildwood Fort (former site): 1.3 mi
- Martin Luther: 2.0 mi
- Healing Garden: Borderline Bar Victims Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Champions: 2.1 mi
- Norwegian Grade: 2.9 mi
- Wildwood Tepee: 1.8 mi
- Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 2.7 mi
- Modern Art: 3.9 mi
- Underwood Family Farms: 4.6 mi
- Chumash Demonstration Village: 5.3 mi
- Conejo Valley Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Firefighters Museum: 1.2 mi
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: 1.9 mi
- Timber School: 1.9 mi
- Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: 5.3 mi
- Kids Adventure Garden: 0.3 mi
- Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 0.3 mi
- Las Flores Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Gardens of the World: 2.6 mi
- Native Garden: 5.3 mi
- Nicholas Canyon Beach: 10.7 mi
- County Line Beach: 10.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Beach: 10.8 mi
- El Pescador Beach: 10.8 mi
- Encinal Beach: 10.9 mi
- Meadows Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 1.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 2.0 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 2.0 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 2.2 mi
- The Grotto: 7.1 mi
- Lower Sulphur Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Spring: 19.3 mi
- Arundell Spring: 19.5 mi
- Paradise Falls: 1.8 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 5.1 mi
- Escondido Falls (Upper): 12.3 mi
- Escondido Falls (Lower): 12.3 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 19.6 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Kima Point: 10.9 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 15.5 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.2 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 20.4 mi
- Coba Arch: 5.7 mi
- Mentryville: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Tarantula Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Paula Peak | NNW 338° | 1,497 m | 18.2 mi |
| San Cayetano Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,275 m | 17.6 mi |
| Oat Mountain | N 357° | 952 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sandstone Peak | SSW 206° | 948 m | 5.8 mi |
| Tri Peaks | SW 215° | 917 m | 6.2 mi |
| Exchange Peak | SSW 210° | 899 m | 6.5 mi |
| Big Dome | SW 215° | 887.5 m | 6.0 mi |
| Boney Mountain | SW 215° | 865 m | 7.1 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 | 06:44 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3843767511
Day trips start here
- Thousand Oaks · 1 mi
- Agoura Hills · 8 mi
- Camarillo · 9 mi
- Simi Valley · 12 mi
- Santa Clara Valley · 13 mi
- Fillmore · 14 mi
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