Ventura Vinnie
Ventura Vinnie is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
Sculpture of a sea monster made out of the sheaths and fronds of palm trees for the body and flippers and a dragon head. A sign below it says "Beware! Ventura Vinnie, Sea monster of the bay"
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- California Street Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- Downtown Mini Park: 0.4 mi
- Mission Park: 0.5 mi
- Surfers Point Park: 0.5 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.5 mi
- Loma de la Cruz: 0.7 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Twin Peaks: 8.4 mi
- Rincon Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 10.5 mi
- A J Comstock Fire Museum: 0.4 mi
- Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Ventura County: 0.5 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.5 mi
- Dudley House: 2.9 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Rancho Ventura: 3.4 mi
- Big Rock Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 5.5 mi
- BLM Open Space: 5.5 mi
- Little Beach: 1.8 mi
- Big Beach: 2.3 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 2.9 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 5.6 mi
- Mandalay Beach: 6.3 mi
- Cannon: 0.2 mi
- Jake Kochel: 0.4 mi
- Old Well and Borrow Pit: 0.5 mi
- Old Mission Church Foundation: 0.5 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.5 mi
- Phoenix: 0.2 mi
- China Alley Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Ventura V: 1.6 mi
- The Mermaid of Soter Point: 2.2 mi
- VC: 3.3 mi
- Chilean Cactus and Succulents: 0.6 mi
- Acacia Trees: 0.6 mi
- Rockery Plantings: 0.6 mi
- Chilean Wine Palms: 0.6 mi
- Chilean Matorral: 0.6 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 0.5 mi
- Carpinteria Tar Pit: 14.2 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 14.3 mi
- Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club: 18.4 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 19.2 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 14.0 mi
- Hot Spring: 15.7 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 16.7 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 16.8 mi
- Kerr Spring: 22.7 mi
- 33 Falls: 17.6 mi
- Punch Bowl: 18.3 mi
- Rose Valley Falls: 18.5 mi
- Jackson Falls: 18.8 mi
- White Swift Falls: 19.9 mi
- Area 2: 5.8 mi
- Area 4: 18.7 mi
- Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 21.8 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 21.9 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 13.6 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 18.1 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 22.5 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Ventura Vinnie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Peak | N 1° | 2,284 m | 24.5 mi |
| Haddock Mountain | N 7° | 2,265 m | 24.2 mi |
| Thorn Point | NNE 22° | 2,092 m | 24.7 mi |
| Hines Peak | NE 37° | 2,041 m | 20.4 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | NE 34° | 1,945 m | 18.6 mi |
| Monte Arido | NNW 331° | 1,831 m | 20.8 mi |
| Chief Peak | NNE 24° | 1,703 m | 17.7 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,688 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12423430204
Day trips start here
- Ventura · 4 mi
- Ventura County · 7 mi
- Oxnard · 9 mi
- Port Hueneme · 10 mi
- Ojai · 12 mi
- Santa Paula · 14 mi
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