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Mission Canyon

Mission Canyon is a census-designated place and an unincorporated suburb of , in , . The population was 2,540 at the 2020 census, up from 2,381 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Village with 2,380 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Mission Canyon, CA” and “Mission Canyon, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Mission Santa Barbara.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum in . organization is a 501 non-profit which operates both a flagship Mission Canyon campus located along Mission Creek in the , and the ocean-focused located on .

Church
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is a Spanish mission in , 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.

Park
Photo: Niranjan Arminius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 15.78-acre public park located at the intersection of Mission Ridge Road and Franceschi Road within the Riviera neighborhood of , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Barbara and Hope Ranch.

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is a city and metropolitan area less than 100 miles from 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.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated coastal suburb of , located in Santa Barbara County. It is bounded on the east by , on the north and west by the unincorporated area of the eastern Goleta Valley, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. is situated 4 miles southwest of Mission Canyon.

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is an upscale community in that is home to high end resorts and the rich and famous including Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe.

Mission Canyon

Latitude
34.4507° or 34° 27′ 3″ north
Longitude
-119.71306° or 119° 42′ 47″ west
Population
2,380
Elevation
633 feet (193 metres)
Open location code
8562F72P+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7921756965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5373614
Wiki­data ID
Q2537425
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Mission Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mission Canyon”
  • Catalan: “Mission Canyon”
  • Cebuano: “Mission Canyon”
  • Chechen: “Мишен-Каньйон”
  • Chinese: “Mission Canyon”
  • Chinese: “米申坎寧”
  • Croatian: “Mission Canyon”
  • Dutch: “Mission Canyon”
  • French: “Mission Canyon”
  • German: “Mission Canyon”
  • Gilaki: “میشن کنين”
  • Irish: “Mission Canyon”
  • Italian: “Mission Canyon”
  • Ladin: “Mission Canyon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mission Canyon”
  • Newari: “मिसन क्यान्यन, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मिसन क्यान्यन”
  • Persian: “میشن کانیون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “میشن کانیون”
  • Polish: “Mission Canyon”
  • Portuguese: “Mission Canyon”
  • Serbian: “Мишон Канјон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mission Canyon, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mission Canyon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میشن کانیون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Mission Canyon (California)”
  • Spanish: “Mission Canyon”
  • Tatar: “Мишен-Каньйон”
  • Turkish: “Mission Canyon, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Mission Canyon”
  • Ukrainian: “Мішен-Каньйон”
  • Uzbek: “Mission Canyon, Kaliforniya”
  • Uzbek: “Mission Canyon”
  • Volapük: “Mission Canyon”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “Mission Canyon”. Photo: Arminnius, CC BY-SA 4.0.