Bridle Path is a community in the southwestern area of the
City of Simi Valley
Simi Valley (; Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in the valley of the same name in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States. Simi Valley is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. The ...
, in
Ventura County, Southern
California.
The residential development is located in the north−central
Simi Hills, east of the southern end of First Street as it turns into Long Canyon Road, and east of the Wood Ranch community.
[United States National Park Service (1991). ''Cheeseboro Canyon: Environmental Impact Statement''. Northwestern University. Pages 229 and 239.]
The area was developed in the mid-1970s, during one of Simi Valley's housing development booms. The
equestrian community is one of few areas within the city that is zoned for residents to keep horses on their property,
The Bridle Path Homeowners Association (HOA) includes owners of the 630 homes within the original community. Nearby neighborhoods along First Street to Fitzgerald Road are sometimes identified as part of the Bridle Path neighborhood.
In November 2018, most of the Bridle Path Mountain Park was burned during the
Woolsey Fire. Areas of Bridle Path were placed under voluntary evacuation, while nearby neighborhoods of Wood Ranch and Long Canyon were placed under mandatory evacuation.
Recreation
The Mountain Park, a private
homeowners association open-space park is accessible to paying members of the Bridle Path Homeowners Association.
There also are public parks and open-spaces in the area, including Coyote Hills Park, Chumash Park, and Wood Ranch Open Space. The expansive Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyon open space park is to the south, via the Montgomery Fire Road.
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Ecology
The Bridle Path community is adjacent to notable Simi Hills wildlife corridors that have an abundance of wildlife species. They include bobcats, mountain lions
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, skunks, ducks
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, opossums, deer, raptors, rabbits
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, coyotes, grey fox
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es, barn owl
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s, rattle snakes, American bull frog
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s, and other fauna of Simi Valley.[
The nearby natural habitats include ]chaparral
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, oak woodlands, and grasslands.
See also
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* Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains + adjacent Simi Hills.
References
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Simi Valley, California
Neighborhoods in Ventura County, California
Simi Hills