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Paradise Falls

Paradise Falls, a waterfall in California
Paradise Falls, a waterfall in CaliforniaBazzy11 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Paradise Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Santa Paula Peak stands 1,497 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Tepee, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

Year-round cascade into shallow pool.

About

The story

waterfall in Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Wikidata Q123540163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
21.4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.21444, -118.91051
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Wildwood Tepee: 0.1 mi
  • Modern Art: 3.3 mi
  • Underwood Family Farms: 4.4 mi
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza: 4.5 mi
  • Hartley Botanica: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Lynnmere Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hill Canyon Treatment Plant Wetlands: 0.9 mi
  • Wildflower Playfield: 0.9 mi
  • Suburbia Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rancho Conejo Playfields: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Elliott Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Tarantula Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Little Tarantula Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Clef: 1.9 mi
  • Sage Mountain: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 58
Museums: 52
  • Stagecoach Inn Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Timber School: 2.5 mi
  • Conejo Valley Art Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Firefighters Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 36
Beaches: 36
Springs: 15
  • The Grotto: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Sulphur Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Hialeah Springs: 16.6 mi
  • Arundell Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Sycamore Flats: 0.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 0.3 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 0.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Sycamore Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Upper): 14.0 mi
  • Escondido Falls (Lower): 14.0 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 18.6 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Echo Cliffs: 6.2 mi
  • Kima Point: 11.9 mi
  • Malibu Bluffs: 17.3 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.1 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 21.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Paradise Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Paula PeakNNW 340°1,497 m16.6 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW 345°1,275 m16.0 mi
BaldyNNE 21°1,029 m17.7 mi
Modelo PeakNNE 21°990 m17.5 mi
Oat MountainN 1°952 m16.2 mi
Sandstone PeakS 191°948 m6.6 mi
Tri PeaksSSW 200°917 m6.8 mi
Exchange PeakSSW 196°899 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:08
June solstice05:4519:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5916:1216:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575758606266697070656156
Precip in2.92.92.00.60.30.10.00.00.10.50.91.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camarillo AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6789102403

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