Rincon Point (Santa Barbara County)

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{{Short description|Cape on the Santa Barbara Channel}}

Rincon Point is a cape on the Santa Barbara Channel at the boundary between Santa Barbara County and Ventura County. This landmark is the site of the Rincon surf spot.{{cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/12/17/ventura-pier-closed-high-surf-damages-pylons/2342125002/|title=Ventura Pier closed after high surf causes damage to pilings|date=December 17, 2018|newspaper=Ventura County Star|access-date=18 December 2018}} A gated residential community occupies much of Rincon Point and straddles the countyline that roughly follows Rincon Creek down out of the Santa Ynez Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, just east of the extremity of Rincon Point.{{GNIS|248203|Rincon Point}}

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