Simi Valley recreational park with native oak trails
855 N Planetree Ave, Simi Valley, CA
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
Free public park
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved paths, dirt trails, rocky areas
Equipment
Photos OK
Sycamore Park is operated by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District in Simi Valley, California, just off the Ventura Freeway. The grounds contain native oaks and sycamores, a climbing wall, disc golf, basketball courts, and Elephant Rock — a sandstone landmark visible in district archival photographs dating to the 1940s.
District materials describe the park as a community recreation site rather than a historically significant landmark. No incident, fatality, or institutional history that would anchor a documented haunting was located during research.
Sycamore Park is documented by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District as a neighborhood park containing the Elephant Rock formation, used historically by the Chumash people as shelter and later by early Simi Valley pioneer families as a picnic destination. The Strathearn Historical Park and Museum (operated by the Simi Valley Historical Society) preserves regional historical records connecting Sycamore Park's rock formations to the broader Chumash and rancho-era settlement history of the Simi Valley. Visit Simi Valley's parks guide lists Sycamore Park among the city's principal public parks, with amenities including playgrounds, walking trails, and the Elephant Rock climbing feature.
Sources
Community-submitted folklore describes a white, furred figure that runs on all fours, floating apparitions that drift between trees, and glowing patches in the grass that swallow people who step into them. There are also reports of a figure described as a white man sitting on the rocks who stands when approached.
None of these accounts appears in newspaper archives, district records, or published investigations. The submission reads as anonymous community folklore and should be treated as such.
Walk the trails through native oaks and sycamores at this Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District property. Features include Elephant Rock, a climbing wall, disc golf, and basketball courts. The folklore associated with the park is unverified; visit for the landscape.
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