Roads
The closest major roadways to Dos Vientos Ranch are U.S. 101, highway 23, and highway 27 and highway 118.
Distances Between Towns/Cities
The community of Dos Vientos is located in the beautiful town of Newbury Park which is actually part of the greater Thousand Oaks area. Close by are the cities of Westlake Village, Oak Park, Agoura Hills, Moorpark, and Simi Valley. Camarillo and Malibu are less than 15 miles away. The City of Los Angeles is roughly 35 miles from Dos Vientos Ranch.
Airports
A few of the public use airports near Dos Vientos Ranch also provide shuttle planes to Los Angeles International. Less than 12 miles away are the shuttle airports of Camarillo and Oxnard in Ventura County. The two major airports closest to Dos Vientos Ranch are Santa Monica Airport and Los Angeles International Airport that are less than 40 miles away.
Terrain
The master planned community of Dos Vientos Ranch is nuzzled in the foot hills of the Santa Monica Mountains and catches the cool breeze from the Pacific Ocean less than 20 minutes away. Dos Vientos Ranch is a 2,300 acre master-planned community with a K - 8 grade school, parks, soccer and baseball fields, hiking trails, a large and well equipped community/recreational center, and will soon have a community town center with shops, restraurants, and a YMCA.
Jobs
The major employment sectors for the area of Dos Vientos Ranch, Thousand Oaks and surrounding area are education, health, and social services, as well as manufacturing, management, and administration. Those sectors equal approximately 50% of the work force population. Finance, real estate, insurance, and retail trade are also major employment sectors for the area.
There are many high-tech companies near Thousand Oaks. Many of those companies are in the biotechnology field. Such companies include Baxter and Amgen.
Amgen is the world’s largest biotechnology company and its world headquarters is in Thousand Oaks. There are approximately 40 buildings and 12,900 employees in the world with close to 3,400 of those employees in the Conejo Valley. Amgen is the number one employer in Ventura County.
Schools
The student residents of Dos Vientos Ranch attend the Conejo Valley Unified School District. This district is acknowledged as one of the most attractive and highly rated school districts in the state of California.
In addition, there are numerous colleges and universities in the area. Some notable colleges and universities in the Dos Vientos Ranch area are California Lutheran University, California Art Institute, Pierce College, Kennedy-Western University, California State University-Channel Islands & California State University Northridge. The community Colleges of Ventura, Oxnard, and Moorpark are also close by.
Types of Housing
Inside the community of Dos Vientos Ranch are various housing options. There are homes ranging in various sizes, condos, and apartments. The average sold house value in the Dos Vientos Ranch Community is $1,147,000; however, there are homes well over $2 million.
Interesting Facts
Dos Vientos Ranch used to have two large barns that were built in 1930. A man by the name of Joseph Lewis farmed close to 8,000 acres of Dos Vientos Ranch. Lewis created the lima bean industry in Ventura County. However, these historic barns were dismantled during the construction of the Dos Vientos Ranch residential development.