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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
Historic sites: 52
Artworks: 52
Museums: 51
  • 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
Nature reserves: 35
Beaches: 35
Gardens: 34
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: 12
  • 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: 5
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 PeakNNW1,497 m16.6 mi
San Cayetano MountainNNW1,275 m16.0 mi
BaldyNNE1,029 m17.7 mi
Modelo PeakNNE990 m17.5 mi
Oat MountainN952 m16.2 mi
Sandstone PeakS948 m6.6 mi
Tri PeaksSSW917 m6.8 mi
Exchange PeakSSW899 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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