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King Gillette Ranch

King Gillette Ranch from directly overhead

King Gillette Ranch is a picnic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 192 m. Oat Mountain stands 1,138 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Visitor Center Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, a museum 0.2 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
192 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.10287, -118.70410

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Cactus Garden: 4.4 mi
  • The Secret Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Pierce Farm Pastures and Meadows: 8.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.9 mi
  • East Garden: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • shady grass: 7.7 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 8.6 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 27
Springs: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 6.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 6.0 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Temescal Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Malibu Bluffs: 4.9 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 12.8 mi
  • Kima Point: 13.9 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.6 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 15.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 8.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of King Gillette Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oat MountainNNE 21°1,138 m16.8 mi
Sandstone PeakW 275°948 m13.1 mi
Tri PeaksW 275°917 m14.1 mi
Exchange PeakW 273°899 m13.8 mi
Big DomeW 276°887.5 m14.0 mi
Towsley PeakNNE 20°875 m18.6 mi
Boney MountainW 272°865 m14.6 mi
Castro PeakWSW 256°855 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1216:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636773787976696156
Precip in3.74.62.70.80.40.10.00.00.10.60.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodland Hills Pierce College, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358826996

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