Saddle Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Name: Saddle Peak
Address: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, United States

#20 among attractions in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Saddle Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

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Saddle Peak is a mountain located in the Santa Monica Mountains between Malibu and Calabasas. The summit is accessible via the Backbone Trail. There is also a feeder trail to the top from near the top of Stunt Road maintained by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. And there is an informal trail up the bottom East nose of the massif right across the intersection from the Scheuren Viewpoint. This latter trail passes around a water tower and eventually joins the main trails near the top. ()

Elevation: 2805 ftCoordinates: 34°4'33"N, 118°39'29"W

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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area United States

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Saddle Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Malibu Country Mart, Malibu Hindu Temple, Adamson House, Theatricum Botanicum.

3.2 miSW
Shopping, Department store
Malibu Country Mart, Malibu
82 min walk • The Malibu Country Mart is a large outdoor lifestyle center or "boutique mall" located in the heart of Malibu at the Civic Center of Malibu, California.
3.3 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Hindu temple, Temple
Malibu Hindu Temple, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
84 min walk • Malibu Hindu Temple, a temple of the Hindu god Venkateswara, built in 1981, is located in the city of Calabasas near Malibu, California, in the Santa Monica Mountains. It is owned and operated by the Hindu Temple Society of Southern California.
3.1 miSW
Art museum, History museum, Museum
Adamson House, Malibu
80 min walk • The Adamson House and its associated land, which was known as Vaquero Hill in the nineteenth century, is a historic house and gardens in Malibu, California. The residence and estate is on the coast, within Malibu Lagoon State Beach park.
4.4 miNE
Theater
Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga
114 min walk • The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, named for the English botanist John Parkinson's herbal, Theatrum Botanicum, is an open-air theater founded in Topanga Canyon, near The Getty Villa by Will Geer in 1973. In the 1950s Will Geer was blacklisted for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
3.8 miSW
Museum, Art museum
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu
98 min walk • The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art is an art gallery on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. The museum was founded in 1992 with a $1.5 million gift from Frederick R. Weisman, a noted art collector and philanthropist.
2.5 miN
Mountain
Calabasas Peak, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
65 min walk • Calabasas Peak is a mountain located in the Santa Monica Mountains in the city of Calabasas, California. The summit is accessible via the Calabasas Peak Motorway, a wide trail maintained by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
3.2 miSW
Beach
Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Malibu
82 min walk • Malibu Lagoon State Beach in Malibu, California, United States, is also known as Surfrider Beach. It was dedicated as the first World Surfing Reserve on October 9, 2010. The 110-acre site was established as a California state park in 1951. It lies within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
3.5 miNW
Mountainous outdoor spot with rock pool
Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu
90 min walk • Malibu Creek State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving the Malibu Creek canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. The 8,215-acre park was established in 1974. Opened to the public in 1976, the park is also a component of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Corral Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
125 min walk • The Corral Canyon is a valley of the Santa Monica Mountains that slopes down to the striking and diverse terrain of the Malibu coast.
3.8 miSW
Universities and schools
Pepperdine University, Malibu
98 min walk • Pepperdine University is a private research university affiliated with Churches of Christ whose main campus is located near Malibu, California. Founded by entrepreneur George Pepperdine in South Los Angeles in 1937, the school expanded to Malibu in 1972.
1 miN
Protected area
Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
27 min walk • Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve, also known as UCLA Stunt Ranch, is a 121-hectare University of California Natural Reserve System reserve and biological field station located in Los Angeles County. The reserve protects habitat surrounded by the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.