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Carpinteria Tar Pit

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Elevation, modelled
22 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Reyes Peak2,284 m · 21.1 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:14local time
Coordinates
34.3861, -119.5023

Carpinteria Tar Pit is a attraction in California, at a modelled 22 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary, a beach 0.3 miles away. 208 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

Natural Tar Seep / Natural Tar Pit

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carpinteria Tar Pit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakNE 37°2,284 m21.1 mi
Haddock MountainNE 42°2,265 m22.1 mi
Big Pine MountainNNW 338°2,077 m23.2 mi
Madulce PeakNNW 347°1,993 m21.7 mi
Topatopa BluffENE 71°1,945 m23.8 mi
Monte AridoN 11°1,831 m10.8 mi
Chief PeakENE 66°1,703 m20.9 mi
Old Man MountainNNE 17°1,688 m9.5 mi

208 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3719:10
June solstice05:4719:3720:14
September equinox06:4718:2318:56
December solstice07:0116:1416:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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