Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary is a beach in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tar Pit Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Tar Pit Park: 0.2 mi
- Viola Fields: 0.6 mi
- Carpinteria Creek Park: 0.6 mi
- Monte Vista Park: 0.7 mi
- Carpinteria State Beach: 0.9 mi
- Carpinteria Warrior: 1.8 mi
- Chromatic Gate, 1991: 9.8 mi
- Bicentennial Friendship Fountain: 10.6 mi
- Syuxtun Story Circle: 10.7 mi
- Boy On a Seahorse: 10.7 mi
- Casa del Herrero: 8.2 mi
- Edward "Bud" Girard: 8.4 mi
- Hot Springs Hotel: 9.2 mi
- Conception Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Syuxtun Story Circle: 10.7 mi
- Shephard Mesa peak: 2.4 mi
- Snowball Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Rincon Mountain: 5.0 mi
- La Granada Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Noon Peak: 6.0 mi
- Carpinteria State Beach: 0.9 mi
- Rincon beach: 1.7 mi
- Santa Claus Beach: 2.9 mi
- La Conchita Beach: 3.6 mi
- Oil Piers Beach: 4.9 mi
- Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Carpinteria Valley Museum of History: 1.0 mi
- Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art: 9.9 mi
- Adams Center for the Visual Arts: 9.9 mi
- Santa Barbara Surfing Museum: 10.6 mi
- Carpinteria Community Garden Park: 1.3 mi
- Lotusland: 9.4 mi
- Formal Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Dart Coffee Co. Garden: 10.6 mi
- Mission Rose Garden: 12.2 mi
- Carpinteria Tar Pit: 0.3 mi
- Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club: 4.0 mi
- Giraffe: 9.2 mi
- African Lions: 9.3 mi
- Fennic Fox: 9.3 mi
- Montecito Hot Springs: 9.2 mi
- Agua Caliente Spring: 11.1 mi
- Veronica Springs: 13.5 mi
- La Carpa Spring: 14.9 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 16.2 mi
- Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland: 8.1 mi
- Big Rock Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Ventura River Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Area 4: 4.5 mi
- Area 2: 11.1 mi
- Harriet Miller Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 8.1 mi
- Barger Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 15.7 mi
- Fire Crags: 18.0 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 22.1 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 9.0 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 10.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 12.9 mi
- 33 Falls: 16.8 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 18.8 mi
- San Roque Arch: 14.8 mi
- Elusive Arch: 22.1 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Peak | NE 37° | 2,284 m | 21.2 mi |
| Haddock Mountain | NE 43° | 2,265 m | 22.3 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | NNW 339° | 2,077 m | 23.1 mi |
| Madulce Peak | NNW 347° | 1,993 m | 21.7 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | ENE 71° | 1,945 m | 24.1 mi |
| Monte Arido | NNE 12° | 1,831 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chief Peak | ENE 66° | 1,703 m | 21.1 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,688 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:14 | 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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.72 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Rincon Island, Mussel Shoals, CA, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/781940414
Day trips start here
- Carpinteria · 1 mi
- Montecito · 8 mi
- Santa Barbara · 12 mi
- Ojai · 15 mi
- Goleta · 18 mi
- Ventura · 18 mi
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