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Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum from directly overhead

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Deepwater Diving Monument, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.40393, -119.69386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • La Playa Field: 0.1 mi
  • Plaza del Mar: 0.3 mi
  • Leadbetter Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pershing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ambassador Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
Artworks: 53
Peaks: 48
  • Dibblee Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Lavigia Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Bubb's Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 4.9 mi
  • Ortega Hill: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 26
Attractions: 25
  • Condor Express Whale Watching: 0.3 mi
  • Black Swan: 1.9 mi
  • Capybara: 1.9 mi
  • Fennic Fox: 2.0 mi
  • Flamingos: 2.0 mi
Museums: 25
Springs: 25
  • Veronica Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Montecito Hot Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Middle Camuesa Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Picnic sites: 15
Waterfalls: 5
  • Hot Springs Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Seven Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Wellhouse Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Sisquoc Falls: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • San Roque Arch: 5.9 mi
  • Elusive Arch: 11.9 mi
  • Arch Rock: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 10.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainN 6°2,077 m20.4 mi
Madulce PeakNNE 16°1,993 m20.7 mi
San Rafael MountainNNW 342°1,973 m22.3 mi
McKinley MountainNNW 337°1,887 m22.4 mi
Samon PeakN 7°1,840 m23.0 mi
Monte AridoNE 54°1,831 m16.0 mi
Old Man MountainENE 60°1,688 m15.8 mi
Santa Cruz PeakNNW 340°1,687 m19.5 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/275865140

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