Goleta
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.Landmarks in the Area
South Coast Railroad Museum
Museum
Located in Goleta, California, the South Coast Railroad Museum is a showplace for the Goleta Depot, a preserved 1901 Southern Pacific Railroad train station. South Coast Railroad Museum is situated 1½ miles west of Goleta. Photo: Gcoombs, CC BY 2.5.
Stow House
Museum
The Stow House is a U.S. historical landmark in Goleta, California. Stow House is situated 1½ miles west of Goleta.
Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Museum
The Art, Design & Architecture Museum, formerly the University Art Museum, is located on the campus of the UCSB in Goleta, California, United States. Art, Design & Architecture Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Goleta. Photo: Airickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Goleta Slough
Wetland
The Goleta Slough is an area of estuary, tidal creeks, tidal marsh, and wetlands near Goleta, California, United States. Goleta Slough is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Goleta. Photo: Antandrus, Public domain.
Localities in the Area
Goleta
Town
Goleta is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Photo: Jw4nvc, CC BY 3.0.
Isla Vista
Town
Isla Vista is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California in the United States. Isla Vista is situated 2½ miles southwest of Goleta.
Goleta
- Location: Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
- Population: 29,900
- Postal codes: 93116-93118 and 93199
- United Nations Location Code: US GO2
- Latitude: 34.4358° or 34° 26' 9" north
- Longitude: -119.8276° or 119° 49' 39.5" west
- Elevation: 20 feet (6 meters)
- GeoNames ID: 5352963
Also Known As
- Arabic: غوليتا
- Bulgarian: Голита
- Chinese: 戈利塔
- Danish: Skonnert
- Dutch: Schoener
- Finnish: Kuunari
- French: Goleta
- French: Goélette
- German: Goleta
- German: Schoner
- Icelandic: Skonnorta
- Italian: Schooner
- Japanese: ゴリータ
- Newari: गोलेटा
- Norwegian: Skonnert
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skonnert
- Persian: گولیتا، کالیفرنیا
- Polish: Szkuner
- Portuguese: Goleta
- Russian: Шхуна
- Serbian: Голита
- Serbo-Croatian: Škuna
- Slovak: Škuner
- Spanish: Goleta
- Swedish: Skonert
- La Patera Village
In the Area
Localities
- CoromarLocality, 2½ miles west
- University of California, Santa BarbaraLocality, 2½ miles southwest
- El Encanto HeightsNeighborhood, 3 miles west
- El SuenoHamlet, 3½ miles east
- Las PositasNeighborhood, 3½ miles east
- Hope RanchHamlet, 3½ miles east
Landmarks
- West WindMovie theater
- GoletaRailway station, 1 mile west
- Mescalitan IslandIsland, 1 mile south
- Goleta Valley Junior High SchoolSchool, 1 mile northwest
- Harder StadiumStadium, 2 miles southwest
- Isla Vista TheaterUniversity, 2½ miles southwest
One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things. - Henry Miller
Your World is Without Borders
Popular Destinations in Santa Barbara County
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Based on the page Goleta. See this page's contributions.