Dry Creek
Dry Creek is a stream in Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California. Dry Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Orchams, as well as near the locality La Patera.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stow House and Goleta Depot.
Stow House
Museum
The Stow House is a U.S. historical landmark in Goleta, California, United States. Formerly the headquarters of Rancho La Patera, the Stow House, in the Carpenter Gothic style, is now the headquarters of Goleta Historical Society which preserves and interprets the history of the Goleta Valley. Stow House is situated 1½ miles south of Dry Creek.
Goleta Depot
Railway station
Goleta Depot is a train station building in Goleta, California constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901, as part of the completion of the Coast Route linking Los Angeles and San Francisco. Goleta Depot is situated 1½ miles south of Dry Creek.
Goleta Railroad Museum
Museum
The South Coast Railroad Museum in Goleta, California is a showplace for the Goleta Depot, a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. The museum also features the Goleta Short Line, a 7+1⁄2 in gauge miniature railroad, a Southern Pacific bay-window caboose, and a model train layout room, set in a panorama of the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, California, in the early 1940’s. Goleta Railroad Museum is situated 1½ miles south of Dry Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goleta and Isla Vista.
Goleta
Photo: Damian Gadal, CC BY 2.0.
Goleta is a city a few miles west of Santa Barbara and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California. This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Isla Vista
Town
Goleta is a city a few miles west of Santa Barbara and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California. This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara. Isla Vista is situated 4 miles south of Dry Creek.
Painted Cave
Hamlet
Painted Cave is an unincorporated community of Santa Barbara County located in the Santa Ynez Mountains and is so named due to its proximity to Painted Cave State Historic Park. Painted Cave is situated 4½ miles northeast of Dry Creek.
Dry Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.46722° or 34° 28′ 2″ northLongitude
-119.8582° or 119° 51′ 30″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
8562F48R+VPGeoNames ID
5344052
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