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Coronado Butterfly Preserve

Coronado Butterfly Preserve from directly overhead

Coronado Butterfly Preserve is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellwood Forest Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Goleta
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.42282, -119.89099
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ellwood Forest Park: 0.2 mi
  • Climbing Castle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cannon Green Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ellwood Mesa Sperling Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Wavecrest Ct. Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 47
Peaks: 39
  • Condor Point: 6.0 mi
  • Brush Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Broadcast Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Santa Ynez Peak: 8.8 mi
  • Lavigia Hill: 10.1 mi
Museums: 30
Attractions: 27
  • Earl Warren Show Grounds: 8.8 mi
  • Raptor's Perch: 10.5 mi
  • Quail Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Fallen Forest: 10.5 mi
Springs: 26
  • Hot Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Veronica Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Loma Alta Spring: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Ellwood Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Sands Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Haskell's Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Devereux Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Isla Vista Beach: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Gardens: 16
  • Elsinore Court: 1.3 mi
  • Calaveras Court: 1.3 mi
  • Malibu Court: 1.3 mi
  • Ramona Court: 1.4 mi
  • The Learning Garden: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wellhouse Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Seven Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Nojoqui Falls: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Elusive Arch: 4.9 mi
  • San Roque Arch: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainNE 35°2,077 m23.3 mi
San Rafael MountainNNE 12°1,973 m20.4 mi
McKinley MountainN 8°1,887 m19.5 mi
Santa Cruz PeakNNE 15°1,687 m17.6 mi
Hildreth PeakENE 57°1,527 m22.9 mi
Cachuma MountainN 358°1,409 m21.0 mi
Figueroa MountainNNW 346°1,378 m22.8 mi
Ranger PeakN 351°1,376 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:12
June solstice05:4819:3920:16
September equinox06:4818:2518:58
December solstice07:0316:1516:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535356575961646464625753
Precip in4.84.43.31.00.50.10.10.00.10.81.22.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara 11 W, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/649550077

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