La Cumbre Peak
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La Cumbre Peak rises to 1,215 m in California. Big Pine Mountain stands 2,077 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
La Cumbre Peak is a 3,997-foot (1,218 m) peak in the Santa Ynez Mountains north of Santa Barbara, California and located within the Los Padres National Forest. Composed of boulders and slabs of the Matilija Sandstone amid groves of pine trees, it is the highest summit in proximity to the city. Adjacent to La Cumbre is Arlington Peak (3,258 ft (993 m)) and Cathedral Peak (3,336 ft (1,017 m)). Other peaks within the Santa Ynez Range include Santa Ynez Peak, 15 miles (24 km) to the west, and Divide Peak, 15 miles (24 km) to the east. East Camino Cielo (originally known as Ridge Route) was constructed between October 1930 and June 1931 as a single lane road that extended 18 miles (29 kilometres) from San Marcos Pass to the summit of La Cumbre Peak. The intermittently curvaceous road was opened to the public, built with frequent turnouts and a set maximum speed limit of 15 mi (24 km) per hour. Today the road is frequently used by runners and cyclists for training, as the elevation gain is substantial and sustained, while there is relatively little car traffic. Construction of a fire lookout station upon the summit featuring a seasonal glass house was completed in the summer of 1923 by the US Forest Service, but may have been impacted by a fire that approached it from three sides in September of that year. In 1946, "La Cumbre Peak Lookout" was built to replace a California Region 5 Plan 4AR cabin that was mounted on a 10 ft (3.0 m) open timber tower. Utilizing an "innovative experimental design" that employed relatively high walls and sloped glass, the newer structure was considered to be expensive for its time (at a cost of $6,500) and was therefore the only model of its type to be constructed. The lookout was listed in the National Historic Lookout Register on June 19, 2010.
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Wikidata Q6462147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1215 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Canyon Park: 2.7 mi
- Skofield Park: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Canyon Park: 3.1 mi
- Stevens Park: 3.4 mi
- Sheffield Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Middle Camuesa Spring: 4.5 mi
- Montecito Hot Springs: 4.7 mi
- Laurel Springs: 4.9 mi
- 19 Oaks Spring: 5.9 mi
- Veronica Springs: 6.0 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 0.6 mi
- Arlington Peak: 0.8 mi
- Barger Peak: 1.3 mi
- White Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Inspiration Point: 1.5 mi
- Beacon Of Hope: 4.5 mi
- California Fishroom: 4.6 mi
- Cubist Fish: 4.6 mi
- Fossil Erosion: 4.6 mi
- Octopus: 4.6 mi
- root cellar: 3.2 mi
- possible root cellar location: 3.3 mi
- Las Barrancas Trailhead: 4.2 mi
- The Pauper's Cemetery: 4.2 mi
- County Firefighters Memorial: 4.4 mi
- East Beach: 5.9 mi
- West Beach: 6.0 mi
- Leadbetter Beach: 6.5 mi
- Arroyo Burro Beach: 6.6 mi
- Hendrys Beach: 6.7 mi
- Mission Dam: 2.5 mi
- Canyon: 2.5 mi
- Sycamore Grove: 2.5 mi
- Fallen Forest: 2.6 mi
- Desert: 2.6 mi
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: 3.7 mi
- Adams Center for the Visual Arts: 4.2 mi
- Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art: 4.2 mi
- Carriage Museum: 4.8 mi
- Bossé Toy Train Museum: 4.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
- Red Rock Picnic Site: 3.1 mi
- Falls Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- Harriet Miller Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Lower Oso Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
- Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Mission Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Lotusland: 4.8 mi
- Dart Coffee Co. Garden: 5.6 mi
- San Marcos Foothills Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Modoc Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Casa Dorinda Oak Woodland: 6.2 mi
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve: 9.2 mi
- Del Sol Vernal Pool Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Seven Falls: 1.4 mi
- Tangerine Falls: 3.5 mi
- Wellhouse Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hot Springs Falls: 4.9 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 17.2 mi
- Barger Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Fire Crags: 4.6 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 5.8 mi
- Lizards Mouth: 8.9 mi
- San Roque Arch: 1.8 mi
- Elusive Arch: 9.1 mi
- Little Caliente Spring: 6.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Cumbre Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,077 m | 14.4 mi |
| Madulce Peak | NNE 27° | 1,993 m | 15.2 mi |
| San Rafael Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,973 m | 16.0 mi |
| McKinley Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,887 m | 16.2 mi |
| Samon Peak | NNE 13° | 1,840 m | 17.0 mi |
| Monte Arido | ENE 77° | 1,831 m | 14.3 mi |
| Cuyama Peak | NE 37° | 1,787 m | 22.4 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | E 84° | 1,688 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 244399 — La Cumbre Peak, Santa Barbara County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358787092
Day trips start here
- Santa Barbara · 5 mi
- Montecito · 6 mi
- Goleta · 7 mi
- Carpinteria · 13 mi
- Cachuma Lake Recreation Area · 15 mi
- Santa Barbara County · 18 mi
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