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Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens

Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens from directly overhead

Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Manzanita, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1926
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.45605, -119.71017
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Skofield Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rocky Nook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Laurel Canyon Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mission Historical Park: 1.2 mi
  • Sheffield Open Space: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 51
Peaks: 50
  • Bubb's Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 1.1 mi
  • Arlington Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Cathedral Peak: 2.1 mi
  • White Mountain: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 44
Springs: 40
  • Veronica Springs: 3.6 mi
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 4.1 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Middle Camuesa Spring: 7.1 mi
  • 19 Oaks Spring: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 27
Attractions: 24
  • Manzanita: 0.0 mi
  • Home Demo: 0.0 mi
  • Quail Grove: 0.0 mi
  • Arroyo: 0.0 mi
  • Raptor's Perch: 0.0 mi
Museums: 24
Picnic sites: 16
Nature reserves: 15
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • Seven Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Wellhouse Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Sisquoc Falls: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • San Roque Arch: 2.3 mi
  • Elusive Arch: 9.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 7.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainN 11°2,077 m17.0 mi
Madulce PeakNNE 23°1,993 m17.6 mi
San Rafael MountainNNW 341°1,973 m18.6 mi
McKinley MountainNNW 336°1,887 m18.7 mi
Samon PeakN 11°1,840 m19.6 mi
Monte AridoENE 67°1,831 m15.0 mi
Cuyama PeakNNE 33°1,787 m24.5 mi
Old Man MountainENE 74°1,688 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3819:11
June solstice05:4819:3820:15
September equinox06:4818:2418:57
December solstice07:0216:1416:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575759616365686969666156
Precip in4.44.43.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • red-cage fungus500 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard428 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker208 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog192 obs
  • Western Honey Bee186 obs
  • Hummingbird Sage186 obs
  • Toyon171 obs
  • Hoary Rock-rose168 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/44581005

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