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Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden

Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden from directly overhead

Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. San Rafael Mountain stands 1,973 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is River View Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Buelton
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.61699, -120.20977
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 40
  • Chalk Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Santa Rosa Hills: 5.5 mi
  • Redrock Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Gaviota Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 9.0 mi
Springs: 29
  • Monjas Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Hot Springs: 7.9 mi
  • La Jolla Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Fine Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Willow Spring: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 28
Artworks: 22
Museums: 16
Picnic sites: 14
  • Cumbre Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Pino Alto: 15.5 mi
  • Figueroa Lookout: 15.5 mi
  • Lakeside Terrace: 23.6 mi
  • Area 1: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Gaviota Nude Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Little Cojo Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Haskell's Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Ellwood Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Wall Beach: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 8
  • Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Elsinore Court: 23.7 mi
  • Calaveras Court: 23.8 mi
  • Malibu Court: 23.8 mi
  • Ramona Court: 23.8 mi
Attractions: 7
  • The Little Mermaid Fountain: 4.3 mi
  • Michael Jackson's Neverlandland Ranch Gatehouse: 10.6 mi
  • Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch: 10.9 mi
  • Neverland Ranch Park: 11.3 mi
  • Neverland Ranch Zoo: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Elusive Arch: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Rafael MountainENE 74°1,973 m23.4 mi
McKinley MountainENE 74°1,887 m21.5 mi
Santa Cruz PeakE 81°1,687 m22.9 mi
Cachuma MountainENE 67°1,409 m19.1 mi
Figueroa MountainNE 56°1,378 m15.5 mi
Ranger PeakENE 64°1,376 m16.4 mi
Zaca PeakNE 45°1,312 m14.8 mi
Santa Ynez PeakESE 115°1,308 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:4019:13
June solstice05:4919:4020:18
September equinox06:5018:2618:59
December solstice07:0516:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515255586166707169645650
Precip in4.95.33.61.30.50.10.00.00.10.81.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cachuma Lake, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle16 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard16 obs
  • California poppy14 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay13 obs
  • coast live oak12 obs
  • Western Honey Bee11 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker9 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/1280945873

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