On foot · city, California
Battlefields in Simi Valley, CA
Simi Valley has a population of about 126,181. The list below comes straight from the published records, with the distance from the center of Simi Valley, CA and the source for each site.
Battlefields on the record near you, listed with what happened there and who fought.
On the record near Simi Valley, CA
The 12 nearest
There are no battlefields on the record within 300 miles of Simi Valley, CA. These are the 12 listed historic sites of any kind closest to it, out of 160 within 30 miles.
- Simi Adobe-Strathearn House1.2 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Simi · listed 1978National Register of Historic Places
- Colony House1.2 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Simi · listed 1978National Register of Historic Places
- Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village4.4 miles from the center of Simi Valley · District · Simi Valley · listed 1996National Register of Historic Places
- Bell Canyon Equestrian Center7.1 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Bell Canyon · listed 2024National Register of Historic Places
- Case Study House No. 288.7 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Thousand Oaks · listed 2013National Register of Historic Places
- Palmer, Minnie Hill, House9.5 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Chatsworth · listed 1979National Register of Historic Places
- Grand Union Hotel9.8 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Newbury Park · listed 1975National Register of Historic Places
- Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church11 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Fillmore · listed 1986National Register of Historic Places
- Leonis Adobe11 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Calabasas · listed 1975National Register of Historic Places
- Camarillo Ranch House14 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Camarillo · listed 2003National Register of Historic Places
- Pioneer Oil Refinery16 miles from the center of Simi Valley · District · Santa Clarita · listed 2020National Register of Historic Places
- Santa Paula Hardware Company Block--Union Oil Company17 miles from the center of Simi Valley · Building · Santa Paula · listed 1986National Register of Historic Places
Distances are straight-line from the center of Simi Valley, CA. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.
Battlefields in Simi Valley, step by step
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See every listed site of this kind in the area
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Sort by distance and pick the closest few
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Read the record for the year, the builder and the use
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View from the public way and note what has changed
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Collect the set and move on to the next county
What people in Simi Valley, CA ask first
How much does it cost to visit these sites in Simi Valley, CA?
Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.
Where does the information on these sites come from?
From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.
Are these buildings open to the public?
Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.
What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?
It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.
How a visit works in Simi Valley
- Step 1
Find the place
Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Simi Valley, CA the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.
- Step 2
Read the story
The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.
- Step 3
Get there under your own power
Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Simi Valley, CA are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.
- Step 4
Collect it and come back
Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.
The rules that make it work
The record comes first
Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.
Read the whole story
A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.
Movement makes it stick
People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.
Local beats famous
The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.
Respect the ground
Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.
Every visitor can improve it
Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.
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