Experience "Nightlife" in the Wild

The view from 3,111-foot Sandstone Peak—the highest point in the Santa Monica Mountains —is breathtaking by day, but it is even lovelier by night. Far below, the lights of the Conejo and San Fernando valleys sprawl in a Milky Way twinkle; at eye level small planes move like fireflies.

From the trailhead a mile east of Circle X Ranch , the summit is easily reached by a 1.5-mile hike, mostly on fire road, through the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.