Presidio of Santa Barbara
El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara, also known as the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara, is a former military installation in Santa Barbara, California, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: 18th-century Spanish fort in Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Also known as: “El Presidio of Santa Barbara” and “Santa Barbara Presidio”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mission Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Mission Santa Barbara
Church
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Mission Santa Barbara is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California.
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Museum
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The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Santa Barbara, California. organization is a 501 non-profit which operates both a flagship Mission Canyon campus located along Mission Creek in the Upper Eastside, and the ocean-focused Sea Center located on Stearns Warf.
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Hospital
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a teaching and tertiary care hospital in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by the Cottage Health System.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mission Canyon and Santa Barbara.
Mission Canyon
Village
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Mission Canyon is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburb of Santa Barbara, California, in Santa Barbara County, United States. The population was 2,540 at the 2020 census, up from 2,381 at the 2010 census.
Santa Barbara
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Santa Barbara is a city and metropolitan area less than 100 miles from Los Angeles but vastly different in pace from its huge neighbor to the south. With a temperate climate and lush natural environs, the "Riviera of the West" is a pleasant day or weekend trip from L.A.
Hope Ranch
Hamlet
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Hope Ranch is an unincorporated coastal suburb of Santa Barbara, California, located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by Santa Barbara, on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. Hope Ranch is situated 3½ miles west of Presidio of Santa Barbara.
Presidio of Santa Barbara
- Categories: presidio and recreation area
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.4383° or 34° 26′ 18″ northLongitude
-119.71577° or 119° 42′ 57″ westElevation
338 feet (103 metres)Open location code
8562C7QM+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 389994750OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Presidio of Santa Barbara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريسيديو سانتا باربرا”
- Cebuano: “El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park”
- French: “Presidio de Santa Barbara”
- French: “Presidio de Santa Bárbara”
- Hebrew: “הפרזידיו של סנטה ברברה”
- Spanish: “Presidio de Santa Barbara”
- Spanish: “Presidio Real de Santa Barbara”
- Spanish: “Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper State and Westside.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santa Bárbara mission cemetary and old prison building.
Santa Barbara County: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Presidio of Santa Barbara”. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.