Gaviota Peak is a summit in the
Santa Ynez Mountains
The Santa Ynez Mountains are a portion of the Transverse Ranges, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges of the west coast of North America. It is the westernmost range in the Transverse Ranges.
The range is a large fault block of Cenozoic age create ...
in
Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County, California, officially the County of Santa Barbara, is located in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 448,229. The county seat is Santa Barbara, and the largest city is Santa Maria.
Santa Barba ...
,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
. It is located west of
Santa Barbara, east of
Point Conception
Point Conception (Chumash: ''Humqaq'') is a headland along the Gaviota Coast in southwestern Santa Barbara County, California. It is the point where the Santa Barbara Channel meets the Pacific Ocean, and as the corner between the mostly north ...
and from the Pacific Ocean.
Gaviota Grade is the most formidable in length and elevation change along U.S. Route 101 in Southern California.
Background
The Gaviota Peak Fire Road trail starts near the junction of
U.S. Route 101 and
California State Route 1, in
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park is a state park of California, United States. It is located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, about west of the city of Santa Barbara. One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast, it extends from the Pacif ...
, and ends on the summit in the
Los Padres National Forest
Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California. Administered by the United States Forest Service, Los Padres includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Mo ...
. The trail passes Gaviota Hot Springs, and offers views of the
Santa Ynez Mountains
The Santa Ynez Mountains are a portion of the Transverse Ranges, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges of the west coast of North America. It is the westernmost range in the Transverse Ranges.
The range is a large fault block of Cenozoic age create ...
, Lompoc Valley, the Pacific Ocean and the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...
.
See also
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Gaviota Tunnel
The Gaviota Tunnel (officially known as the Gaviota Gorge Tunnel) is a tunnel on U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 completed in 1953 in the center of Gaviota State Park, northwest of Santa Barbara, California on the Gaviota Coa ...
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Gaviota, California
Gaviota (Spanish language, Spanish for "Seagull") is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California on the Gaviota Coast about west of Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara and south of Buellton, Calif ...
References
External links
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Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest
Mountains of Santa Barbara County, California
Mountains of Southern California
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