Editing Sunnydale (section)

===Sunnydale's surroundings===
Sunnydale is somewhat isolated.<ref>When Sunnydale is stricken by a town-wide epidemic — such as the silence spell in "Hush" (4.10) — no other towns seem to be nearby.</ref>

The town is situated near several acres of woods and forest, including Miller's Woods.<ref>The woods in "Homecoming" (3.05) are named "Miller's Woods". In "Bargaining, Part Two" (6.02) and "Villains" (6.20) the woods are large enough to get lost in. In season 2's "Phases," they are shown to be between Oz's house and the school.</ref> Breaker's Woods is a 45-minute drive from town.<ref> Giles visited there during "Lovers Walk" (3.08).</ref>

Sunnydale is located on or near the [[Pacific Ocean]]. An ocean port with several docked ships is nearby.<ref>The port is seen in "Surprise" (2.13) and "Consequences" (3.15). In "Consequences", Giles refers to Buffy and Faith's return from the docks as "coming back to town", indicating that the docks are not part of Sunnydale itself.</ref> Kingman's Bluff stands on a tall cliff overlooking the sea.<ref>Kingman's Bluff is the location of Willow's terrible spell ("Grave", 6.22).</ref> There is a beach not too far away.<ref>It is not specified how close this beach is to Sunnydale. It is seen in "Go Fish" (2.20) and "Buffy vs. Dracula" (5.01).</ref>

Close to or in Sunnydale is an old quarry house built beside a deep lake, located a few feet from a cliff edge.<ref>Although the quarry house never appears in any episodes, it does make an appearance in the comic book series "[[The Blood of Carthage (Buffy comic)|The Blood of Carthage]]", which explains the house's [[Pre-Columbian]] origins. The house and its grounds also appear in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds|Chaos Bleeds]]'' video game.</ref> In addition, there is a hydroelectric dam in the vicinity of Sunnydale.<ref>In "As You Were" (6.15), Buffy, Riley and Riley's wife, Sam, fight a Suvolte demon on a dam they only drove a short distance to reach.</ref>

Within a day's drive of Sunnydale is a [[desert]].<ref>Giles drives Buffy to the desert in "Intervention" (5.18), and drives with the Potentials to the desert in "The Killer in Me" (7.13).</ref> It is stated several times that Sunnydale is approximately two hours' drive north of Los Angeles.<ref>In "Sanctuary" (Angel 1.19), cops refer to Sunnydale as being "up north".</ref>

In the final episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' ("[[Chosen (Buffy episode)|Chosen]]"), and also in the first issue of the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight|''Buffy: Season Eight'']] comic book, Sunnydale is depicted being surrounded by desert terrain.<ref>At the end of "Chosen" (7.22) the town has sunk into a large pit, and the pit is completely surrounded by desert. It is shown this way in the comic book ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' #1, "[[The Long Way Home (Buffy comic)|The Long Way Home]]", pages 14-15.</ref>

The episode "[[Pangs]]" reveals that Sunnydale is in the former homeland of the [[Chumash people]], which is the area northwest of Los Angeles, centered on [[Santa Barbara County]]. The episode references a lost Spanish mission, which might be a reference to a historical mission originally located near Point Conception which was destroyed by an earthquake and relocated inland.

The episode "Shadow" (5.08) contains a telephone directory ad for the Magic Box, which uses an 805 area code. This would indicate that Sunnydale is located in [[Santa Barbara County]], or possibly [[Ventura County]] or [[San Luis Obispo County]] (all are along the coast north of Los Angeles but south of Monterey).