Getting Around Santa Barbara

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District runs buses all over Santa Barbara proper, and neighboring Goleta and Montecito. Routes and fares are on their website. The SBMTD also runs shuttle bus services along State St between downtown Sola St and the waterfront, and along the waterfront, leaving every 15 or 30 minutes between 9AM and 6PM. Read More »

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Schools in Santa Barbara County, California

La Cuesta Continuation High School
La Cuesta High School, 1 km (1 mile)
La Cumbre Junior High School, 3 km (2 miles)
Laguna Blanca School, 6 km (4 miles)
Montecito Elementary School, 6 km (4 miles)
Summerland Elementary School, 9 km (6 miles)

Parks in Santa Barbara County, California

Storke Plaza
Bohnett Park, 1 km (1 mile)
La Playa Field, 2 km (1 mile)
Sunflower Park, 2 km (1 mile)
Rocky Nook Park, 3 km (2 miles)
La Mesa Park, 3 km (2 miles)
Las Positas Park, 4 km (2 miles)
Las Positas Tennis Courts, 4 km (2 miles)
Gould Park, 6 km (3 miles)
Monte Vista Park, 19 km (12 miles)

Buildings in Santa Barbara County, California

La Arcadia Building
La Casa de la Raza, 1 km (1 mile)
La Casa de Maria Conference and Retreat Center, 7 km (5 miles)

Santa Barbara County, California

Mesa Oil Field, 2 km (2 miles)
Las Fuentes Ranch (historical), 8 km (5 miles)
Bluff Camp Forest Service Faciltiy, 28 km (17 miles)
Grapevine Trail, 28 km (17 miles)
Bluff Campground, 28 km (18 miles)
Stutz Ranch, 53 km (33 miles)

Streams in Santa Barbara County, California

Montecito Creek, 6 km (4 miles)
Grapevine Creek, 27 km (17 miles)
Lacosca Creek, 29 km (18 miles)

Capes in Santa Barbara County, California

Fernald Point, 7 km (4 miles)

Swamps in Santa Barbara County, California

El Estero, 15 km (9 miles)

Streams in Ventura County, California

Sulphur Creek, 23 km (14 miles)
Laguna Creek, 23 km (14 miles)
Coyote Creek, 36 km (23 miles)
Ladybug Creek, 39 km (24 miles)

Capes in Ventura County, California

Punta Gorda, 25 km (15 miles)

Ventura County, California

Laguna Ranch, 25 km (16 miles)
Murietta Campground, 30 km (18 miles)
Felt Ranch, 39 km (24 miles)
Stuart Canyon Picnic Ground, 41 km (26 miles)
Stewart Canyon Debris Burn, 42 km (26 miles)
Gore Ranch, 49 km (30 miles)
Nettle Spring Recreation site, 56 km (35 miles)
Nettle Spring Campground, 57 km (35 miles)
Kern County Industrial Road Camp, 59 km (37 miles)

Ridges in Ventura County, California

Laguna Ridge, 28 km (17 miles)

Parks in Ventura County, California

Lake Casitas Recreation Area, 33 km (20 miles)

Reservoirs in Ventura County, California

Lake Casitas, 34 km (21 miles)

Bays in Ventura County, California

Dead Horse Canyon Arm, 34 km (21 miles)

Springs in Ventura County, California

LaJolla Springs, 34 km (21 miles)
Sulphur Spring, 44 km (27 miles)
Nettle Spring, 56 km (35 miles)
Blue Rock Spring, 57 km (35 miles)
Mesa Spring, 61 km (38 miles)

Valleys in Ventura County, California

Canada Larga, 38 km (24 miles)
Stewart Canyon, 41 km (26 miles)
Sulphur Spring Canyon, 49 km (30 miles)

Schools in Ventura County, California

Meiners Oaks Elementary School, 39 km (24 miles)

Springs in Santa Barbara County, California

Sulphur Spring, 43 km (26 miles)
Goode Spring, 48 km (30 miles)

Valleys in Santa Barbara County, California

Sulphur Spring Canyon, 45 km (28 miles)
Deer Park Canyon, 53 km (33 miles)
Goode Canyon, 53 km (33 miles)

Plains in Ventura County, California

Cowhead Potrero, 63 km (39 miles)

Gaps in Kern County, California

Puerta del Suelo, 65 km (40 miles)

Ridges in Kern County, California

Blue Ridge, 67 km (41 miles)

Kern County, California

Klipstein Ranch, 67 km (42 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Brown Hollow, a valley in Monroe County, Tennessee
Browns Gulch, a valley in Granite County, Montana
Ci Kembang, an intermittent stream in West Java, Indonesia
Dabakgaun in Fujel, Gorkha, Gandaki Zone, Western Region, Nepal
Danilovskaya in Arkhangelskaya oblast, Russia
Daqq-e-Biyarjomand, an intermittent salt lake in Ostan-e Semnan, Iran
El Mezcal in Departmento de La Paz, Honduras
El Rincon in Estado Portuguesa, Venezuela
Geriful in Gobolka Bay, Somalia
Hickory Grove School (historical), a school in Sullivan County, Missouri
Imam Bakhsh Amar in Sindh, Pakistan
Isla Ech, an island in Region Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Chile
Jabal Bin Qumatah, a mountain in Rasad, Muhafazat Abyan, Yemen
Jasen in Serbia
Kabuanga in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kathalbari in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Kobuk-pawi, a rock in Hamgyong-namdo, North Korea

Lake Forrest Dam in Rusk County, Texas
Nguel Babandi, a well in Zinder, Niger
Nil Dik Nawar, an intermittent pond in Balochistan, Pakistan
Numero Uno in Las Tunas, Cuba
Pembei Segundo, a stream in Provincia do Moxico, Angola
Qomo, a peak in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ruisseau Bordeleau, a stream in Quebec
Salachi, a stream in Amurskaya Oblast', Russia
Salam in Central Java, Indonesia
Semikolennyye in Kirovskaya Oblast', Russia
Spring Creek, a stream in Phillips County, Kansas
Taibata in Guinea-Bissau
Tamontaka River, a distributary in Philippines
Uncupa in Provincia de Nampula, Mozambique
Wulffvatnet, a lake in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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