Locations

Find our key landmarks around Conejo Valley

1. The Stagecoach Inn Museum: 51 S. Ventu Park Road. Newbury Park

2. Sycamore Tree: Located at the N.E. corner of the Stagecoach Inn Museum property.

3. Timber School and Auditorium: 1872 Newbury Road, Newbury Park

After leaving the Museum grounds, turn left on Ventu Park Road. At the first signal, turn left on Newbury Road.

The school is on the left corner at the intersection of Newbury Road and Kelley Road.

4. Hunt Olive Tree: 600 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks

Return to Ventu Park Road. Turn left. Go to Hillcrest Drive and turn right. When approaching Lynn Road, slow

down and look for the entrance of the parking lot for a market on the right side of the street. Turn right into the

driveway. A historical marker is located near the olive tree that is close to the driveway.

5. Hillcrest Center: 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks

Proceed on Hillcrest Drive to McCloud Ave. Turn left. Go one block and turn right into the driveway and drive up

the hill.

6. Janss House: 482 Greenmeadow Drive, Thousand Oaks

Return to Hillcrest Drive. Turn left and continue to Moorpark Road. Turn right. Proceed on Moorpark Rd. to

Greenmeadow Dr. Turn right. The house is at the top of the hill.

7. Goebel’s Lion Farm Site: Jungleland 2100 East Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks

Take Moorpark Road to Thousand Oaks Blvd. Turn right. Continue to 2100, East Thousand Oaks Blvd.

8. Crowley House: 2224 Pleasant Way, Thousand Oaks

Continue east on Thousand Oaks Blvd. Turn right on Oak View Dr. The house is on the corner of Oak View

Dr. and Pleasant Way. It is not open to the public, but you can walk around it.

9. Conejo School Monument: 2686 Townsgate Rd, WLV –Parking lot on Wild Rose St.

Return to Thousand Oaks Blvd. Continue to Westlake Blvd. Turn right. Proceed on Westlake Blvd. to Townsgate

Rd. Turn right. Turn left at the next street, Wild Rose St. Turn right into the first driveway on your right.

Immediately turn left. Look for a planted area with a large rock. The plaque is on the rock.

10. Lake Eleanor Dam: Westlake Blvd about a half mile south of East Potrero Road

Return to Westlake Blvd. Turn right. Continue about half a mile past Portrero Rd. The dam is difficult to see from

the road. There is a large turnout next to the lake. Park your car and walk to the telephone pole. There is a good

view of the dam and lake from this point.

11. Westlake Historical Monument: S.E. corner of Westlake Blvd./Triunfo Canyon Road

To safely turn around continue driving about a half mile on Westlake Blvd. to Carlisle Rd. Turn around and

drive north on Westlake Blvd. just past Triunfo Road. Park your car in the Westshore Medical Plaza parking lot.

Walk across Triunfo Road at the signal.

12. Oakbrook Regional Park and Chumash Indian Museum: 3290 Lang Ranch Parkway

Exit the parking lot. Turn right. Continue down Westlake Blvd. to Lang Ranch Parkway. Turn right. Proceed

on Lang Ranch Parkway until you see the gates to the parking lot of the museum on the right-hand side of the

road. Turn right into the parking lot. Admission fee.

13. The Norwegian Grade: Road to Santa Rosa Valley

Return to Westlake Blvd. Turn right. Continue to Avenida de los Arboles. Turn left. Continue to Moorpark Rd.

Turn right. You will soon descend into the Santa Rosa Valley via The Norwegian Grade. The plaque is on the

right-hand side of the road at the top of the grade attached to a rock.

14. McCrea Ranch: 4500 North Moorpark Rd., Thousand Oaks

The white barns of the McCrea Ranch can be seen on the right-hand side of the road at the bottom of the grade.

The property is only accessible during scheduled events.

15. Pederson House and Water Tower: Faculty Street, Thousand Oaks

Turn around at the second gate for the McCrea Ranch. Continue back up the Norwegian Grade. Turn right on

Olsen Rd. Go to Mountclef Rd. Turn left. Proceed on Mountclef Rd to Faculty St. The house is on the corner of

Faculty St. and Regent Ave.

Historical Landmarks Driving Tour

Welcome to a fun and exciting way to visit the historical landmarks of Conejo Valley. In this tour, you will start at the Stagecoach Inn Museum, visit 15 historical sites and finish at the Pederson House on the California Lutheran University campus. Enjoy your trip through history here...

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