Chatsworth Homes for Sale
Community with small town feel, and great outdoor recreation!
Chatsworth is a community of about 54,000 people located in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County. This suburb of Los Angeles is known for its small-town feel despite being so close to the city. Chatsworth is known for its pleasant year-round weather and central location with easy access to the nearby cities of Northridge, Canoga Park and West Hills. It’s also known for being quiet and peaceful and for its Old West appeal. Chatsworth is situated in the foothills of the Santa Susana Mountains, and this location is perfect for many outdoor activities including hiking, biking and horseback riding. There are many parks, restaurants and shopping areas including Northridge Fashion Center, Mason Devonshire Plaza and Chatsworth Center.
Things to Do in Chatsworth
History and Recreation
2,326-acre Michael D. Antonovich Regional Park at Joughin Ranch is located on the southern slopes of the Santa Susana Mountains between Chatsworth and Simi Valley. The park offers stunning vistas, rolling hills, oak and walnut woodland, water sources, and an abundance of wildlife. Throughout the park, majestic views of the San Fernando Valley; the Santa Monica, Totopa, and Santa Susana Mountains; and the Simi Hills abound. The rolling topography of the park includes grasslands, chaparral and woodlands of oak, ash, walnut, sycamore and some big-cone Douglas fir. Several threatened plant species, such as the slender mariposa lily and the Santa Susana tarplant, are found in and around the park. The surrounding area provides optimal foraging and nesting habitat for many raptors, including golden eagles, great horned owls, northern harriers and red-tailed, prairie and Copper’s hawks. The wilderness area abuts Rocky Peak Park, a 4,815-acre wilderness park to the west.
Chatsworth Park South includes more than 100 acres of the rocky landmark Simi Hills adjacent to the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, a 174-acre National Register of Historic Places property consisting of historic features and deposits, prehistoric village site remnants, and portions of the Old Santa Susana Stage Road, which was the main route for mail and travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1861 until the opening of rail connections between the two cities in 1876. The park has miles of horseback, jogging, and hiking trails, picnic tables and barbecue pits, and bouldering outcrops. Chatsworth Recreation Center facilities are located within the lower area of Chatsworth Park South, with lighted indoor basketball courts, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children’s play area, an indoor gymnasium, a stage, and lighted tennis courts.
Stoney Point Park is a natural rock outcropping, geographic promontory landmark and legendary bouldering and rock climbing location on 76-acre. Stoney Point is a popular destination for hikers, equestrians and also with rock climbers because of its large boulders, which afford many opportunities to practice the sport of bouldering. The top of the rock formation offers excellent views of Chatsworth, the Santa Susana Mountains, Coyote Pass, and the entire San Fernando Valley.
Shopping and Entertainment
The Vineyards at Porter Ranch is just north of Chatsworth and opened in 2019 and is a premier outdoor entertainment, shopping and dining destination.
Log Cabin Mercantile is a quaint Eclectic Boutique near Chatsworth and was one of the first structures to be built in the community of Chatsworth Lake in the early 1900’s. They specialize in fresh Roasted coffee, local honey, oxygen water and weekly healthy produce boxes.
