Recreation Area and Point Mugu State Park. Rancho Sierra Vista is a National Recreation Area in Newbury Park's southern edge and is administrated by the U.S. National Park Service. With more than a hundred miles of trails in the Santa Monica Mountains, the Rancho Sierra Vista in southern Newbury Park is a popular nature area for hiking, mountain biking, camping, horseback-riding, and other recreational activities. While the Backbone Trail leads to Will Rogers State Beach in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, Sandstone Peak is the highest mountain in the Santa Monica Mountains and another popular hiking destination. The peak provides views of the Pacific Ocean, Malibu, Santa Monica, Conejo Valley, and numerous Channel Islands. The Conejo Mountain Edison Road Trail, commonly known as the Powerline Trail, is located in the Dos Vientos Open Space Area and provides panoramic views of the cities of Camarillo and Oxnard. On the northern end is Wildwood Regional Park, which offers fourteen trails covering more than . Wildwood is recognized as a natural attraction and a contributing factor to Ventura County being ranked the most desirable U.S. county to live in by The Washington Post in 2015. The regional park comprises and borders of open space. It is accessible from northern Newbury Park and is located within the Thousand Oaks city limits. While Wildwood provides trails to the cities of Thousand Oaks and Moorpark, the Los Robles Trail is a contiguous route to Westlake Village. Point Mugu is accessible through the Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa in the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area comprises more than of natural open-space area, where approximately 928 acres are located within the town's southern edge. Two campgrounds, Danielson and Circle X, are reached from Potrero Road in Newbury Park. List of parks and public open-space List of public-owned open-space areas and parks in Newbury Park: Politics Newbury Park is considered a stronghold for the Republican Party, and had three registered Republican voters for every Democratic voter as of 2007. Calvary Chapel Godspeak in Newbury Park is a church that is often visited by Republican politicians for speeches and events. Some notable speakers include Republican nominees for president, Rand Paul in 2013 and Newt Gingrich in 2011. The senior pastor is Rob McCoy, who was the 2014 Republican candidate for California's 44th State Assembly district and is a former mayor of Thousand