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Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park from directly overhead

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 779 m. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Springs, a spring 0.7 miles away. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates34.50364, -119.78852
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Paradise Park: 3.0 mi
  • San Antonio Canyon Park: 3.1 mi
  • Tucker's Grove County Park: 3.6 mi
  • Town and Country Open Space: 3.6 mi
  • Tarragona Open Space: 3.9 mi
Springs: 58
  • Laurel Springs: 0.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 4.9 mi
  • 19 Oaks Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Hot Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Middle Camuesa Spring: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Barger Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Sage Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Brush Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Cathedral Peak: 4.2 mi
  • La Cumbre Peak: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 53
Historic sites: 47
  • The Pauper's Cemetery: 3.6 mi
  • Old Stagecoach Route: 3.6 mi
  • County Firefighters Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Markowitz Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Ovington's Hangar: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Sycamore Grove: 5.4 mi
  • Canyon: 5.4 mi
  • Mission Dam: 5.4 mi
  • Fallen Forest: 5.5 mi
  • Desert: 5.5 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 26
Picnic sites: 17
  • First Crossing Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Oso Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
  • Falls Picnic Site: 3.3 mi
  • Area 2: 3.5 mi
  • Area 9: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wellhouse Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Seven Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Tangerine Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Hot Springs Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Sisquoc Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • San Roque Arch: 3.2 mi
  • Elusive Arch: 4.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 9.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine MountainNNE 30°2,077 m15.4 mi
Madulce PeakNE 41°1,993 m17.1 mi
San Rafael MountainN 354°1,973 m14.4 mi
McKinley MountainNNW 347°1,887 m14.1 mi
Samon PeakNNE 27°1,840 m17.9 mi
Monte AridoE 82°1,831 m18.5 mi
Cuyama PeakNE 46°1,787 m24.8 mi
Old Man MountainE 87°1,688 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:11
June solstice05:4819:3820:16
September equinox06:4818:2418:57
December solstice07:0316:1516:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254586369747571645749
Precip in7.17.64.71.60.70.10.10.00.11.11.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibraltar DAM #2, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bush Poppy75 obs
  • Large-flowered Phacelia58 obs
  • California snowdrop bush52 obs
  • Prickly Phlox50 obs
  • southern bush monkeyflower49 obs
  • chaparral pea44 obs
  • Late-blooming Mariposa Lily41 obs
  • woolly bluecurls39 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/40118334

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