Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, between the San Fernando and Conejo Valleys to the north, and Malibu to the south.Photo: Seanydelight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Park
- Description: protected area in Southern California, USA
- Also known as: “SAMO”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castro Peak and Goat Buttes.
Castro Peak
Peak
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Castro Peak, at 2,826 feet, is the highest peak in the middle part of the Santa Monica Mountains and is in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
Goat Buttes
Peak
The Goat Buttes are a group of sandstone outcroppings located along the Backbone Trail in Malibu, California. The area is locally famous for the 'Morrison Cave', a spot which was frequented by Jim Morrison in the 1960s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cornell and Seminole Hot Springs.
Cornell
Hamlet
Cornell is an unincorporated community in the Santa Monica Mountains, within western Los Angeles County, California. It is located 5 miles west of Agoura Hills and around 2.5 miles north of Malibu.
Seminole Hot Springs
Hamlet
Seminole Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Seminole Hot Springs is located in the Santa Monica Mountains near Cornell, 3.6 miles south-southeast of Agoura Hills at an elevation of 932 feet.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Categories: National Recreation Area and National Park System unit
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة الترفيه الوطنية في جبال سانتا مونيكا”
- Catalan: “Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area”
- Cebuano: “Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area”
- French: “Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area”
- Hebrew: “אתר נופש לאומי הרי סנטה מוניקה”
- Russian: “национальная зона отдыха ‘Горы Санта-Моника’”
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