The city of Simi
Valley is located in the Southeast corner of Ventura County
in Southern California with approximately 127,000 residents and a variety of
businesses, restaurants, shopping centers, schools and recreation facilities.
Simi Valley is also well-known for being the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
According to crime statistics by the FBI in 2013, Simi Valley is the
seventh-safest city in the U.S. with a population of 100,000 or more.
There are a host of
great schools
in Simi Valley including public schools, private schools and magnet
schools. The Simi Valley YMCA
is centrally located as well as the Simi Valley Boys and Girls
Club. You can find beautiful parks and many hiking and biking trails in
Simi Valley and there are also activities at the Simi
Valley Parks and Recreation. Simi
Valley Hospital is centrally located and offers a wide array of patient
care services. The Simi Town Center is an open concept mall and a popular
destination for shopping and dining. The Simi Town Center hosts large
department stores such as Macy’s and many smaller boutique stores as well. The Studio
Movie Grill is a popular movie and dining experience.
The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center offers
entertainment as well as community involvement opportunities. The Simi Valley Senior Center
offers a wide variety of activities, exercise classes, excursions and more!
There is a wonderful Simi Valley
Public Library located near Lemon
Park where you will find barbecues, softball
diamond, tennis courts, pickle ball courts, basketball courts, a tot lot, bocce
ball courts, fitness equipment area, covered and uncovered picnic tables, a
pre-teen play area, and a water fun.
Some landmarks in Simi Valley include the
former Corriganville
Movie Ranch and its Fort Apache film set, now
Corriganville Regional Park, in the Santa Susana
Knolls. Many television series were filmed there during the 1950s,
such as Richard Carlson's Mackenzie's
Raiders though that program was set at the former Fort Clark near Brackettville. Other
areas of filming includes Big Sky Ranch,
where the Little
House on the Prairie was filmed, Poltergeist was
filmed on Roxbury Street, and Welcome Danger (1929)
and numerous others in Santa Susana.
Some
popular neighborhoods in Simi Valley include:
Indian
Hills Ranch, Indian Hills Vista, Indian Meadows, Indian Hills Ridge, Montaire,
White Cloud Estates, White Oak Creek, Encantada, The Crest@Whildhorse Cyn., Big
Sky, Silverthorne, Shadowhawk, Wood Ranch, Sinaloa Highlands, Brentwood, Auburn
Lane, Texas Tract, Hopetown, The Fairways and many more. The 118 fwy. runs
through the City of Simi Valley and connects to the 23 fwy. and the 101 fwy. to
the west, and the 405 fwy. and the 5 fwy. to the east.
Golf
courses in Simi Valley include Wood Ranch
Golf Club, Simi Hills Golf Course,
Sinaloa Golf Course, Tierra Rejada Golf Club, and Rustic Canyons Golf Course in
the nearby city of Moorpark.
Just
23 miles to Malibu and 53 miles to Santa Barbara, 54 miles to L.A. and 132
miles to Palm Springs! Simi Valley is a great place to live!
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