Historic site · California
Syuxtun Story Circle
Syuxtun Story Circle is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ambassador Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Dedicated to the City of Santa Barbara, November 7, 2009. This twenty-foot mosaic story circle was created with over 200,000 tiles, which were placed by more than 200 members of the Chumash community and their friends.
How to reach it
Coordinates34.41024, -119.69140
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ambassador Park: 0.0 mi
- Plaza del Mar: 0.3 mi
- Pershing Park: 0.3 mi
- Chase Palm Park: 0.3 mi
- La Playa Field: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 50
- Bicentennial Friendship Fountain: 0.2 mi
- The Deepwater Diving Monument: 0.4 mi
- Boy On a Seahorse: 0.5 mi
- Chromatic Gate, 1991: 1.0 mi
- Flora and Fauna: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 48
- Conception Memorial: 0.4 mi
- El Cuartel: 0.9 mi
- Casa del Herrero: 3.6 mi
- Hot Springs Hotel: 4.7 mi
- Edward "Bud" Girard: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 48
- Dibblee Hill: 0.5 mi
- Lavigia Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bubb's Peak: 4.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.5 mi
- Ortega Hill: 4.8 mi
Museums: 26
- 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
Gardens: 26
- 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: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 25
- Condor Express Whale Watching: 0.1 mi
- Black Swan: 1.6 mi
- Capybara: 1.6 mi
- Flamingos: 1.6 mi
- Fennic Fox: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 24
- West Beach: 0.1 mi
- Leadbetter Beach: 0.7 mi
- East Beach: 1.0 mi
- Hendrys Beach: 2.7 mi
- Arroyo Burro Beach: 3.1 mi
Springs: 24
- Veronica Springs: 2.9 mi
- Montecito Hot Springs: 4.7 mi
- Laurel Springs: 9.2 mi
- Middle Camuesa Spring: 10.2 mi
- Agua Caliente Spring: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 16
- Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland: 3.3 mi
- Modoc Preserve: 4.5 mi
- San Marcos Foothills Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 9.0 mi
- Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 13
- Harriet Miller Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Area 2: 6.3 mi
- Area 7: 6.3 mi
- Area 3: 6.3 mi
- Area 1: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Hot Springs Falls: 4.4 mi
- Seven Falls: 4.5 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 4.5 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 9.9 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
- San Ysidro Rock: 4.9 mi
- Barger Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Fire Crags: 8.2 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 11.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
- San Roque Arch: 5.5 mi
- Elusive Arch: 11.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Little Caliente Spring: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Syuxtun Story Circle. 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 337° | 1,887 m | 22.0 mi |
| Samon Peak | N 7° | 1,840 m | 22.5 mi |
| Monte Arido | NE 55° | 1,831 m | 15.6 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12978819797
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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