What is the geography of Goleta, California?
Goleta is located at (34.440493, -119.813608). Goleta is about 8 miles west of the city of Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, along the coast (the coast runs east to west in this portion of southern California). Nearby is the University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara campus of the University of California and the student community of Isla Vista, CaliforniaIsla Vista. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 68.3 km sq (26.4 square miles). 68.0 km sq (26.3 mi sq) of it is land and 0.3 km sq (0.1 mi sq) of it (0.38%) is water.