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The Topatopa Mountains are within the southern Los Padres National Forest. The Sespe Wilderness Area, and the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, are primarily within the Topatopa Mountains and foothills. They are part of the home range of the endangered California condor. The habitat is of the California montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
They are part of the Transverse Ranges of Southern California. The Topatopa Mountains lie in an east-west direction east of the Sierra Madre Mountains, and west of the Sierra Pelona Mountains. The range reaches an elevation of 6,716 feet (2,047 m) at Hines Peak, about six miles north of Thomas Aquinas College.
The western Transverse Ranges also include the Topatopa Mountains and the Santa Susana Mountains of Ventura County and Los Angeles County, the Simi Hills, the Santa Monica Mountains that run along the Pacific coast behind Malibu, and whose eastern portion are known as the Hollywood Hills, and the Chalk Hills.
When viewing the Topatopa Mountains from the east, Cobblestone Mountain is the most visibly prominent mountain of the entire range. It can be seen from the Santa Clarita Valley, the San Fernando Valley from higher areas, on the westbound descent of the Santa Susana Pass on State Route 118, and in Gorman heading southbound on Interstate 5
Topatopa Mountains This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 23:07 (UTC). Text is ... Category: Mountain ranges of Ventura County, California.
The Topatopa Mountains — of the Transverse Ranges system, located in northeastern Ventura County, southern California. Protected within the southern Los Padres National Forest , and within a section of the Sespe Wilderness Area.
Other mountain ranges within the Los Padres include the Santa Lucia Mountains, La Panza Range, Caliente Range (a small part), Sierra Madre Mountains, San Rafael Mountains, Topatopa Mountains, and a tiny section of the Sierra Pelona Mountains; the highest parts of the forest are not within named mountain ranges, but are adjacent to the western ...
Hines Peak is a mountain of the Topatopa Mountains, in Ventura County, California, at an elevation of 6,703 feet (2,043 m). [1] It is the second highest peak of the Topatopa Mountains after Cobblestone Mountain. It is located within the Ventura County section of Los Padres National Forest, several miles northeast of Santa Paula. Snow falls on ...