Big Pine Mountain
Big Pine Mountain rises to 2,077 m in California. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Pine Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Big Pine Mountain is a mountain located in the San Rafael Mountains of the California Transverse Ranges. High enough to receive snowfall during the winter, the summit, at 6,803+ feet (2,074+ m), is the highest point in the San Rafael Mountains, the Dick Smith Wilderness, and Santa Barbara County. The peak and the surrounding area were severely impacted by the Zaca Fire in 2007.
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Wikidata Q4906126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2077 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Pine Spring: 0.4 mi
- Chokecherry Spring: 2.4 mi
- Oak Spring: 5.2 mi
- Lower Sand Spring: 5.3 mi
- Logan Spring: 5.6 mi
- Samon Peak: 2.6 mi
- Madulce Peak: 3.6 mi
- Loma Pelona: 4.3 mi
- Alamar Hill: 5.9 mi
- Little Pine Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Paradise Park: 14.0 mi
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park: 15.4 mi
- Gould Park: 16.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon Park: 16.3 mi
- Skofield Park: 16.9 mi
- Beacon Of Hope: 19.0 mi
- California Fishroom: 19.0 mi
- Cubist Fish: 19.0 mi
- Fossil Erosion: 19.0 mi
- Octopus: 19.0 mi
- root cellar: 15.3 mi
- possible root cellar location: 15.3 mi
- Hot Springs Hotel: 16.3 mi
- Edward "Bud" Girard: 16.9 mi
- Las Barrancas Trailhead: 17.2 mi
- Mission Dam: 16.8 mi
- Canyon: 16.8 mi
- Sycamore Grove: 16.9 mi
- Fallen Forest: 16.9 mi
- Desert: 16.9 mi
- Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art: 17.1 mi
- Adams Center for the Visual Arts: 17.1 mi
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: 18.1 mi
- Carriage Museum: 18.9 mi
- Bossé Toy Train Museum: 19.1 mi
- Butterfly Beach: 19.4 mi
- Summerland Beach: 19.5 mi
- East Beach: 19.6 mi
- Summerland Beach Cove: 19.7 mi
- West Beach: 20.0 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Site: 11.6 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Falls Picnic Site: 12.3 mi
- Lower Oso Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- First Crossing Picnic Site: 12.7 mi
- Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Formal Gardens: 17.1 mi
- Lotusland: 17.7 mi
- Mission Rose Garden: 18.3 mi
- Dart Coffee Co. Garden: 19.6 mi
- Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary: 5.4 mi
- San Marcos Foothills Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland: 18.7 mi
- Modoc Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 22.0 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 5.4 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 14.0 mi
- Seven Falls: 15.7 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 15.7 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 16.6 mi
- Barger Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Fire Crags: 16.1 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 16.9 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 18.2 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 23.5 mi
- San Roque Arch: 15.8 mi
- Elusive Arch: 18.9 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 11.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Peak | ESE 102° | 2,284 m | 21.6 mi |
| Haddock Mountain | ESE 102° | 2,265 m | 24.0 mi |
| Madulce Peak | E 97° | 1,993 m | 3.6 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | W 276° | 1,973 m | 9.2 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | W 272° | 1,887 m | 10.9 mi |
| Samon Peak | N 10° | 1,840 m | 2.6 mi |
| Monte Arido | SE 136° | 1,831 m | 15.2 mi |
| Cuyama Peak | ENE 69° | 1,787 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gibraltar DAM #2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807814
Day trips start here
- Montecito · 18 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 19 mi
- Santa Barbara · 19 mi
- Goleta · 20 mi
- Carpinteria · 22 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 24 mi
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