Lizards Mouth
Lizards Mouth is a cliff in California, at a modelled elevation of 920 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Markowitz Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
scenic, climbing and hiking area
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stow Grove Park: 3.9 mi
- Stow Canyon Open Space: 4.1 mi
- Paradise Park: 4.2 mi
- Andamar Park: 4.4 mi
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park: 4.5 mi
- Hot Spring: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Springs: 4.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.7 mi
- Loma Alta Spring: 6.0 mi
- 19 Oaks Spring: 8.0 mi
- The Women: 5.6 mi
- Good Time Clock: 5.6 mi
- Optimism Eternal: 5.8 mi
- Virgen De Guadellupe: 6.0 mi
- Industry, Navigation, and Aviation: 6.0 mi
- Brush Peak: 0.7 mi
- Condor Point: 3.2 mi
- Broadcast Peak: 5.4 mi
- Sage Hill: 5.5 mi
- Loma Alta: 5.9 mi
- Markowitz Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Old Stagecoach Route: 4.8 mi
- Ovington's Hangar: 5.2 mi
- Chuck Wagner Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Rotary Room For Community Use: 5.3 mi
- Ranchyard and History Education Center: 4.1 mi
- Stow House: 4.2 mi
- South Coast Railroad Museum: 4.2 mi
- Art, Design & Architecture Museum: 6.3 mi
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: 9.7 mi
- Coronado Butterfly Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Earl Warren Show Grounds: 9.0 mi
- Sycamore Grove: 9.4 mi
- Fallen Forest: 9.5 mi
- Canyon: 9.5 mi
- Haskell's Beach: 5.7 mi
- Ellwood Beach: 5.9 mi
- Devereux Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sands Beach: 6.5 mi
- Isla Vista Beach: 6.5 mi
- Sexton Grove: 5.5 mi
- Elsinore Court: 5.8 mi
- Malibu Court: 5.8 mi
- Ramona Court: 5.8 mi
- Calaveras Court: 5.8 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 5.5 mi
- North Campus Open Space: 5.6 mi
- Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Camino Corto Open Space: 6.1 mi
- Coal Oil Point Reserve: 6.3 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 4.9 mi
- Seven Falls: 9.5 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 12.1 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 13.4 mi
- Nojoqui Falls: 17.4 mi
- Fire Crags: 4.3 mi
- Barger Bluff: 7.5 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 14.3 mi
- Elusive Arch: 0.8 mi
- San Roque Arch: 7.5 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lizards Mouth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Mountain | NE 42° | 2,077 m | 18.2 mi |
| Madulce Peak | NE 50° | 1,993 m | 20.4 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,973 m | 14.7 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | N 5° | 1,887 m | 13.9 mi |
| Samon Peak | NE 38° | 1,840 m | 20.4 mi |
| Monte Arido | E 83° | 1,831 m | 23.0 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | E 87° | 1,688 m | 23.6 mi |
| Santa Cruz Peak | NNE 15° | 1,687 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:15 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 57 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/649990810
Day trips start here
- Goleta · 5 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 7 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 10 mi
- Santa Barbara · 11 mi
- Montecito · 14 mi
- Santa Ynez · 15 mi
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