Figueroa Mountain
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Figueroa Mountain rises to 1,378 m in California. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Figueroa Lookout, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Figueroa Mountain is a summit in Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California. It is in the San Rafael Mountains, part of the Transverse Ranges group of ranges. The mountain is located in Los Padres National Forest.
Figueroa Mountain was named for a member of the well-known southern California family, the most eminent of whom was José Figueroa, governor of Alta California in 1833–35. In turn, the mountain itself served as the inspiration for the name for the Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company. The Figueroa Mountain Recreation Area has excellent spring wildflower displays after wet winters. Late March brings out the early blooming specimens such as purple shooting stars (Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. clevelandii). Later arrivals on the mountain include chocolate lilies (Fritillaria biflora), and the scarlet Indian paintbrush (Castilleja spp). The open grassland areas support a profusion of annual species including goldfields (Lasthenia spp.), sky lupine (Lupinus nanus), and California poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Other favorites include hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) and blue dicks (Dipterostemon capitatus). The plant community here is an inland central oak woodland dominated by valley oak (Quercus lobata), blue oak (Quercus douglasii), interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii), and gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). The companion shrub species are manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), coffeeberry and redberry (Rhamnus spp.) and gooseberry and currants (Ribes spp.). This Mountains records the oldest confirmed "modern" biological community related with a Deep sea vent, the Figueroa Sulfide, from the Early Jurassic.
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Wikidata Q5447982, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1378 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Willow Spring: 0.6 mi
- Fine Spring: 0.7 mi
- La Jolla Spring: 1.8 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 3.3 mi
- Soldiers Home Spring: 4.5 mi
- Los Olivos Park: 9.1 mi
- Santa Ynez Park: 10.8 mi
- kitiyepumu' Park: 11.2 mi
- Elders Park: 11.4 mi
- Sunny Fields Park: 12.2 mi
- Ranger Peak: 2.4 mi
- Zaca Peak: 2.8 mi
- Grass Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 4.0 mi
- Coulter Peak: 4.3 mi
- Ballard School: 10.3 mi
- Camino Real Bell: 13.4 mi
- Grotto of Saint Joseph: 13.4 mi
- Markowitz Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Site of WWII Japanese Attack: 21.9 mi
- St Francis: 7.3 mi
- Junípero Serra: 13.4 mi
- Junípero Serra: 13.4 mi
- Gruta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: 13.5 mi
- Hans Christian Andersen: 13.5 mi
- Figueroa Lookout: 0.1 mi
- Pino Alto: 0.3 mi
- Cumbre Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- First Crossing Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Lower Oso Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum.: 10.5 mi
- Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center: 10.7 mi
- Hans Christian Andersen Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mission Santa Inés: 13.4 mi
- Wildling Museum: 13.6 mi
- Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary: 14.3 mi
- Los Flores Ranch Park: 21.8 mi
- North Campus Open Space: 23.1 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 23.4 mi
- San Marcos Foothills Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden: 15.5 mi
- Sexton Grove: 23.3 mi
- Elsinore Court: 23.4 mi
- Calaveras Court: 23.4 mi
- Malibu Court: 23.4 mi
- Gaviota Nude Beach: 22.2 mi
- Haskell's Beach: 22.3 mi
- Ellwood Beach: 23.1 mi
- Sands Beach: 23.9 mi
- Devereux Beach: 24.0 mi
- Sycamore Valley Ranch: 5.6 mi
- Neverland Ranch Zoo: 5.8 mi
- Neverland Ranch Park: 5.8 mi
- Michael Jackson's Neverlandland Ranch Gatehouse: 5.9 mi
- Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch: 6.1 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 14.4 mi
- Nojoqui Falls: 18.3 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 18.6 mi
- Seven Falls: 24.5 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 17.9 mi
- Fire Crags: 20.4 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Barger Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Elusive Arch: 18.5 mi
- San Roque Arch: 22.9 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Gaviota Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Figueroa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Mountain | E 99° | 2,077 m | 19.1 mi |
| Madulce Peak | E 99° | 1,993 m | 22.7 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,973 m | 10.0 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,887 m | 8.4 mi |
| Samon Peak | E 92° | 1,840 m | 19.3 mi |
| Peak Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,773 m | 13.1 mi |
| McPherson Peak | NE 44° | 1,752.3 m | 14.0 mi |
| Santa Cruz Peak | ESE 118° | 1,687 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:15 | 16:53 |
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 | 51 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cachuma Lake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801256
Day trips start here
- Los Olivos · 9 mi
- Santa Ynez · 11 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 12 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 14 mi
- Solvang · 14 mi
- Buellton · 15 mi
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