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Betteravia

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Betteravia is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Tepusquet Peak stands 982 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Westgate Park, a park 3.3 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 13 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in California, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates34.91780, -120.51500

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westgate Park: 3.3 mi
  • Heritage Square Community Park: 3.3 mi
  • Cielo Playground: 3.9 mi
  • Paseo Park: 4.1 mi
  • Marilyn Stanley Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 45
  • Mount Lospe: 5.4 mi
  • Lions Head: 6.7 mi
  • Newlove Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Nipomo Mesa: 9.2 mi
  • Mount Solomon: 9.4 mi
Museums: 20
Picnic sites: 15
  • Area 6: 4.1 mi
  • Area 7: 4.1 mi
  • Area 8: 4.2 mi
  • Area 4: 4.2 mi
  • Area 5: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 13
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 11
  • Independence: 10.6 mi
  • Bitter Creek Western Railroad: 10.9 mi
  • Barbeque Flats: 12.3 mi
  • ATV Safety Training Area: 12.3 mi
  • Worm Valley: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge: 8.9 mi
  • Los Flores Ranch Park: 10.9 mi
  • Pismo Preserve: 18.2 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Difficult Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Barrel Springs: 21.0 mi
  • Cherokee Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Little Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Little Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Big Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Storybrook Falls: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Brighton Avenue Garden: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tepusquet PeakE 92°982 m18.6 mi
Pine Ridge SummitNNE 33°981 m24.0 mi
Hi MountainNNE 12°969 m24.2 mi
Manzanita MountainE 94°957 m24.7 mi
Los Coches MountainENE 73°919 m15.3 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroNNE 11°865 m24.6 mi
Bald MountainN 2°855 m22.3 mi
Bone MountainE 100°854 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4119:14
June solstice05:4919:4220:20
September equinox06:5118:2719:00
December solstice07:0716:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535455575962646564625752
Precip in2.72.82.60.90.40.10.00.00.10.51.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Maria Public AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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