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Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum

Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum from directly overhead

Carpinteria Valley Historical Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Carpinteria Valley Historical Society
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.39742, -119.51781
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carpinteria State Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Canalino School Park: 0.4 mi
  • King's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Carpinteria Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Franklin Creek Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 59
Historic sites: 56
Peaks: 52
  • Shephard Mesa peak: 2.8 mi
  • Snowball Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Ortega Hill: 5.5 mi
  • La Granada Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Noon Peak: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 37
Museums: 31
Gardens: 28
Attractions: 25
  • Carpinteria Tar Pit: 1.2 mi
  • Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club: 3.0 mi
  • Giraffe: 8.4 mi
  • African Lions: 8.5 mi
  • Fennic Fox: 8.5 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 24
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Hot Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Veronica Springs: 12.8 mi
  • La Carpa Spring: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hot Springs Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Seven Falls: 11.9 mi
  • 33 Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Wellhouse Falls: 17.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • San Roque Arch: 13.9 mi
  • Elusive Arch: 21.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakNE 40°2,284 m21.0 mi
Haddock MountainNE 45°2,265 m22.2 mi
Big Pine MountainNNW 340°2,077 m22.1 mi
Madulce PeakNNW 348°1,993 m20.7 mi
Topatopa BluffENE 73°1,945 m24.4 mi
Samon PeakNNW 343°1,840 m24.4 mi
Monte AridoNNE 16°1,831 m10.2 mi
Cuyama PeakN 6°1,787 m24.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3719:10
June solstice05:4719:3720:14
September equinox06:4718:2318:56
December solstice07:0116:1416:53

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/775194641

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