Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Bald Mountain stands 796 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Las Animas Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
106 named places within 25 miles
- Jalama Beach County Park: 3.2 mi
- Miguelito County Park: 7.7 mi
- Beattie Park: 10.3 mi
- Westvale Park: 10.3 mi
- Centennial Square: 10.7 mi
- Palo Alto Hill: 2.1 mi
- Oak Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Sudden Peak: 6.3 mi
- La Tinta Hill: 7.0 mi
- Round Hill: 8.3 mi
- Santa Barbara County Building;Lompoc Museum;Lompoc Museum Associates Research Library: 10.6 mi
- Artesia Schoolhouse Museum: 11.0 mi
- Mendenhall Museum: 17.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
- Elverhøj Museum: 19.1 mi
- Original Site of Mission de La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima: 10.2 mi
- Lavandería: 10.3 mi
- Mission Water Basin Ruins: 10.3 mi
- Church ruins: 10.3 mi
- Church ruins: 10.3 mi
- Las Animas Spring: 0.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.1 mi
- Big Spring: 2.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.0 mi
- Hot Springs: 13.4 mi
- Little Cojo Beach: 5.4 mi
- Trestle Beach: 13.6 mi
- Gaviota Nude Beach: 14.8 mi
- Wall Beach: 17.7 mi
- Seal Beach: 20.0 mi
- Giant Troll Lulu Hyggelig: 19.1 mi
- Hans Christian Andersen: 19.4 mi
- Gruta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: 19.5 mi
- Junípero Serra: 19.5 mi
- Junípero Serra: 19.5 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Espada Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Nojoqui Falls: 16.2 mi
- Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden: 16.6 mi
- The Little Mermaid Fountain: 19.5 mi
- Los Flores Ranch Park: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | E 81° | 796 m | 20.8 mi |
| Gaviota Peak | E 85° | 747 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sudden Peak | NNW 334° | 643 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tranquillon Mountain | NW 318° | 628 m | 9.3 mi |
| Oak Mountain | NNW 329° | 612 m | 5.5 mi |
| Redrock Mountain | NE 36° | 599 m | 17.8 mi |
| La Tinta Hill | NNW 344° | 512 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wild Horse Peak | NW 313° | 494 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
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 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 58 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lompoc, 12 mi away.
- Grassland Tarweed13 obs
- coast live oak7 obs
- Mediterranean red bug7 obs
- Western Rattlesnake5 obs
- tidy tips5 obs
- California chicory5 obs
- California sagebrush5 obs
- Hummingbird Sage5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/548610843
Day trips start here
- Lompoc · 11 mi
- Buellton · 17 mi
- Solvang · 19 mi
- Los Olivos · 23 mi
- Santa Ynez · 23 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 24 mi
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