South Coast Railroad Museum
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South Coast Railroad Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Stow House, a museum 0.1 miles away. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The South Coast Railroad Museum in Goleta, California is a showplace for the Goleta Depot, a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. The museum also features the Goleta Short Line, a 7+1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge miniature railroad, a Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, and a model train layout room, set in a panorama of the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, California, in the early 1940’s. The depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on the California Register of Historical Resources.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1901.
Wikidata Q7566859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stow Grove Park: 0.6 mi
- Stow Canyon Open Space: 0.8 mi
- The Orchard: 1.1 mi
- Decker's Cabrillo Park: 1.2 mi
- Berkeley Park: 1.7 mi
- The Women: 1.5 mi
- Good Time Clock: 1.5 mi
- Optimism Eternal: 1.7 mi
- Industry, Navigation, and Aviation: 1.9 mi
- Flying Pencils: 1.9 mi
- Carlos Luis Serrano-Dodd: 1.6 mi
- Ovington's Hangar: 1.6 mi
- Jude Martin Keefer: 1.6 mi
- World War II Aviator's Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Rotary Room For Community Use: 1.7 mi
- Brush Peak: 4.6 mi
- Condor Point: 5.9 mi
- Barger Peak: 7.5 mi
- Inspiration Point: 8.1 mi
- Lavigia Hill: 8.3 mi
- Laurel Springs: 5.7 mi
- Veronica Springs: 6.7 mi
- Hot Spring: 6.7 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.4 mi
- Loma Alta Spring: 10.0 mi
- Stow House: 0.1 mi
- Ranchyard and History Education Center: 0.1 mi
- Art, Design & Architecture Museum: 2.1 mi
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: 7.9 mi
- Bossé Toy Train Museum: 8.5 mi
- Coronado Butterfly Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Earl Warren Show Grounds: 6.7 mi
- Raptor's Perch: 8.1 mi
- Sycamore Grove: 8.1 mi
- Fallen Forest: 8.1 mi
- Isla Vista Beach: 2.4 mi
- Depressions Beach: 2.4 mi
- Devereux Beach: 2.6 mi
- Ellwood Beach: 2.7 mi
- Sands Beach: 2.8 mi
- Ramona Court: 1.8 mi
- Malibu Court: 1.8 mi
- Calaveras Court: 1.9 mi
- Elsinore Court: 1.9 mi
- The Learning Garden: 1.9 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve: 2.0 mi
- North Campus Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Camino Corto Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Coal Oil Point Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 7.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 8.7 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 11.2 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 12.2 mi
- Nojoqui Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 4.2 mi
- Fire Crags: 4.9 mi
- Barger Bluff: 7.2 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 13.1 mi
- Elusive Arch: 3.6 mi
- San Roque Arch: 7.0 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Coast Railroad Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,077 m | 21.0 mi |
| Madulce Peak | NE 41° | 1,993 m | 22.7 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | N 7° | 1,973 m | 18.7 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | N 1° | 1,887 m | 18.0 mi |
| Samon Peak | NNE 30° | 1,840 m | 23.4 mi |
| Monte Arido | ENE 73° | 1,831 m | 23.0 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,688 m | 23.3 mi |
| Santa Cruz Peak | N 8° | 1,687 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:15 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 57 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara Muni AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Goleta · 2 mi
- Santa Barbara · 8 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 11 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 12 mi
- Montecito · 13 mi
- Santa Ynez · 18 mi
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