West Beach
West Beach is a beach in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Syuxtun Story Circle, a artwork 0.1 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in the city of Santa Barbara, California.
Wikidata Q7984419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ambassador Park: 0.1 mi
- Chase Palm Park: 0.3 mi
- Plaza del Mar: 0.3 mi
- Pershing Park: 0.4 mi
- La Playa Field: 0.5 mi
- Syuxtun Story Circle: 0.1 mi
- Bicentennial Friendship Fountain: 0.1 mi
- The Deepwater Diving Monument: 0.5 mi
- Boy On a Seahorse: 0.5 mi
- Chromatic Gate, 1991: 1.0 mi
- Syuxtun Story Circle: 0.1 mi
- Conception Memorial: 0.4 mi
- El Cuartel: 0.9 mi
- Casa del Herrero: 3.5 mi
- Hot Springs Hotel: 4.6 mi
- Dibblee Hill: 0.5 mi
- Lavigia Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bubb's Peak: 4.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.5 mi
- Ortega Hill: 4.7 mi
- Santa Barbara Surfing Museum: 0.2 mi
- MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation: 0.2 mi
- Reagan Ranch Center: 0.3 mi
- Carriage and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara: 0.4 mi
- Santa Barbara Maritime Museum: 0.5 mi
- Dart Coffee Co. Garden: 0.4 mi
- Mission Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Lotusland: 2.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Condor Express Whale Watching: 0.2 mi
- Black Swan: 1.5 mi
- Capybara: 1.5 mi
- Flamingos: 1.6 mi
- Fennic Fox: 1.6 mi
- Veronica Springs: 3.0 mi
- Montecito Hot Springs: 4.7 mi
- Laurel Springs: 9.2 mi
- Middle Camuesa Spring: 10.2 mi
- Agua Caliente Spring: 11.5 mi
- Leadbetter Beach: 0.7 mi
- East Beach: 0.9 mi
- Hendrys Beach: 2.8 mi
- Arroyo Burro Beach: 3.1 mi
- Butterfly Beach: 3.3 mi
- Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland: 3.2 mi
- Modoc Preserve: 4.6 mi
- San Marcos Foothills Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 9.1 mi
- Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Harriet Miller Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Area 2: 6.3 mi
- Area 7: 6.3 mi
- Area 3: 6.4 mi
- Area 1: 6.4 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 4.4 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 4.5 mi
- Seven Falls: 4.5 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 9.9 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 23.1 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 4.9 mi
- Barger Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Fire Crags: 8.2 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 11.9 mi
- San Roque Arch: 5.6 mi
- Elusive Arch: 11.9 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Mountain | N 6° | 2,077 m | 20.0 mi |
| Madulce Peak | NNE 16° | 1,993 m | 20.2 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,973 m | 21.9 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,887 m | 22.0 mi |
| Samon Peak | N 6° | 1,840 m | 22.5 mi |
| Monte Arido | NE 55° | 1,831 m | 15.5 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,688 m | 15.4 mi |
| Santa Cruz Peak | NNW 339° | 1,687 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:15 | 16:53 |
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, under a mile away.
Mean tidal range 3.66 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Santa Barbara, CA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1050207589
Day trips start here
- Santa Barbara · 1 mi
- Montecito · 4 mi
- Goleta · 7 mi
- Carpinteria · 10 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 19 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 21 mi
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