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Art, Design & Architecture Museum

Art, Design & Architecture Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Untitled, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

The Art, Design and Architecture Museum (branded as AD&A Museum) is a museum within the University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Built in 1959, the museum was originally a gallery for art education at UC Santa Barbara. Faculty member and architectural historian David Gebhard served as its director for twenty years. Today the AD&A contains a fine art collection of over 8,500 original works.

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Dates from 1959.

Wikidata Q4796632, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
University of California, Santa Barbara
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.41199, -119.84917

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pardall Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Noble Hall Courtyard: 0.3 mi
  • People's Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Anisq'Oyo' Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 47
Peaks: 45
  • Brush Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Lavigia Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Condor Point: 7.7 mi
  • Barger Peak: 8.6 mi
  • Dibblee Hill: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Depressions Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Isla Vista Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Devereux Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Sands Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Ellwood Beach: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 25
Springs: 25
  • Veronica Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Loma Alta Spring: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Gardens: 16
  • Native Habitat Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Manzanita Village Habitat Garden: 0.2 mi
  • UCSB Rain Garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Learning Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Ramona Court: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wellhouse Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Seven Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Nojoqui Falls: 20.1 mi
Natural arches: 3
  • Elusive Arch: 5.7 mi
  • San Roque Arch: 7.8 mi
  • Arch Rock: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Art, Design & Architecture Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainNNE 29°2,077 m22.7 mi
Madulce PeakNE 37°1,993 m24.2 mi
San Rafael MountainN 6°1,973 m20.8 mi
McKinley MountainN 1°1,887 m20.1 mi
Monte AridoENE 68°1,831 m23.5 mi
Old Man MountainENE 72°1,688 m23.7 mi
Santa Cruz PeakN 7°1,687 m17.9 mi
Hildreth PeakNE 52°1,527 m21.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:11
June solstice05:4819:3920:16
September equinox06:4818:2518:58
December solstice07:0316:1516:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535456586062666665625752
Precip in3.83.93.10.90.40.10.00.00.10.71.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara Muni AP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/221404492

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