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Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve

Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve from directly overhead

Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Camino Corto Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Isla Vista Recreation and Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.41620, -119.86563
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Estero Park: 0.2 mi
  • Children's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sueño Orchard: 0.3 mi
  • Tierra de Fortuna Park: 0.3 mi
  • Trigo-Pasado Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 47
Peaks: 42
  • Brush Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Condor Point: 7.0 mi
  • Lavigia Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Barger Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Broadcast Peak: 9.2 mi
Museums: 30
Springs: 27
  • Veronica Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Laurel Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Willow Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Loma Alta Spring: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Devereux Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Isla Vista Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Sands Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Depressions Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Ellwood Beach: 1.4 mi
Attractions: 25
Picnic sites: 17
Gardens: 16
  • Ramona Court: 0.2 mi
  • Malibu Court: 0.2 mi
  • Calaveras Court: 0.3 mi
  • Elsinore Court: 0.3 mi
  • The Learning Garden: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wellhouse Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Seven Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Nojoqui Falls: 19.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Elusive Arch: 5.3 mi
  • San Roque Arch: 8.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainNNE 32°2,077 m22.9 mi
Madulce PeakNE 39°1,993 m24.6 mi
San Rafael MountainN 8°1,973 m20.6 mi
McKinley MountainN 3°1,887 m19.8 mi
Monte AridoENE 69°1,831 m24.2 mi
Old Man MountainENE 73°1,688 m24.5 mi
Santa Cruz PeakN 10°1,687 m17.7 mi
Hildreth PeakNE 54°1,527 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:12
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 °F535356575961646464625753
Precip in4.84.43.31.00.50.10.10.00.10.81.22.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Barbara 11 W, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California brittlebush1,232 obs
  • California poppy778 obs
  • Great Blue Heron762 obs
  • Great Egret691 obs
  • Wavy Turban644 obs
  • lemonade berry634 obs
  • Snowy Plover632 obs
  • Snowy Egret617 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/42909086

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