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Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara

Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in CaliforniaCarol M. Highsmith · Public domain
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Thomas Camargo · CC BY 3.0
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Thomas Camargo · CC BY 3.0
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Thomas Camargo · CC BY 3.0
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Thomas Camargo · CC BY 3.0
Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, a museum in California
Thomas Camargo · CC BY 3.0

Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Storke Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) is a contemporary art museum in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1976.

Wikidata Q85787145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.41875, -119.70016
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Storke Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • De la Guerra Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Bath Street Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Plaza de Vera Cruz: 0.3 mi
  • Plaza Vera Cruz: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 53
Artworks: 52
Peaks: 49
  • Dibblee Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Lavigia Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bubb's Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 3.8 mi
  • Arlington Peak: 4.5 mi
Springs: 28
  • Veronica Springs: 2.5 mi
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 4.7 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Middle Camuesa Spring: 9.6 mi
  • 19 Oaks Spring: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 27
Museums: 25
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Picnic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 5
  • Seven Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Wellhouse Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Sisquoc Falls: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • San Roque Arch: 4.8 mi
  • Elusive Arch: 11.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 9.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Museum Of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainN 8°2,077 m19.5 mi
Madulce PeakNNE 18°1,993 m19.8 mi
San Rafael MountainNNW 342°1,973 m21.2 mi
McKinley MountainNNW 337°1,887 m21.3 mi
Samon PeakN 8°1,840 m22.0 mi
Monte AridoENE 58°1,831 m15.7 mi
Old Man MountainENE 64°1,688 m15.6 mi
Santa Cruz PeakNNW 340°1,687 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3819:11
June solstice05:4819:3820:15
September equinox06:4818:2418:57
December solstice07:0216:1516:53

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13042209249

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