Visit Simi Valley California

Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the Greater Los Angeles Area. According to the United States Bureau of the Census estimate, the city had a total population of 118,687 in 2005.

Simi Valley is presently known as the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It currently ranks as the seventh safest U.S. city with a population between 100,000 and 500,000 but has been ranked most safe in the same class in a number prior years. The Bridle Path, a community adjacent to Wood Ranch, is recognized for its dedicated horse trails and abundant land. In 1994, portions of Simi Valley received significant damage from the Northridge earthquake. The city council appoints both the city attorney and city manager, who heads the executive branch of the city government.

Simi Valley's Geography

Simi Valley is situated 3 miles north of the city of Los Angeles' Border community of Chatsworth and 40 miles from Downtown Los Angeles, 380 miles south of San Francisco, 160 miles north of San Diego, and 350 miles south of Sacramento. Commutes to Los Angeles are ordinarily via the Ronald Reagan 118 Freeway or the Southern California Metrolink Commuter Train, which makes a few daily trips from Simi Valley.
Simi Valley borders the Santa Susana Mountains to the north, Simi Hills to the east and south. Simi Valley is connected to the nearby San Fernando Valley by the Santa Susana Pass in the extreme east of Simi Valley.

Simi Valley's Recreation

Simi Valley has 20 city parks and five county parks to preserve large swaths of open space in the nearby Santa Susana Mountains, locally known as the "foothills". The city boasts six golf courses and the Kanan Ranch home development has nature trails for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians to enjoy. Two collegiate baseball teams: The Simi Valley Senators and the California Oaks of the California Collegiate League in Thousand Oaks, provide sports action to local fans.

To the East, Rocky Peak has a trail system for Mountain Biking, Hiking and Equestrian activities. The trail is accessed at Kuehner Road - The Hummingbird Trail, Rocky Peak Road - the main fire road or by the Chumash Trail. A technical downhill mountain bike run known as the G Spot can be accessed via the main fire road.

To the West, a number trails are accessible for Mountain Biking, Hiking and Equestrian activities. The main access point is at the intersection of Wood Ranch Parkway and Long Canyon Parkway. The trail system travels as far west as highway 23, as far east as the Rocketdyne facility and connects to the Lang Ranch trail system (Westlake Village) and Chesebro trail system which begins in Agoura Hills. Simi Peak is accessible from this trail system via China Flats in the Chesebro trail system. Ahmundson Ranch also connects to this trail system

Here are some interesting movie facts about Simi Valley:
The skatepark in the 2005 movie Bad News Bears is in Simi Valley. The video for "Hexagram," by The Deftones was filmed with fans watching the band play the song in an indoor skatepark in Simi Valley. The Brandeis-Bardin Institute's House of the Book is the location of the original Power Ranger Power Chamber. In 1983, Colleen McCullough's TV mini-series, The Thorn Birds, was brought to life in a remote corner of the Simi Valley. Simi Valley and the surrounding hills have been the site of several television series, including the long running television series Gunsmoke and M*A*S*H. The 1982 motion picture Poltergeist addresses the issue of ghosts, with an oblique treatise on the rampant development and buried history of suburban Southern California.