Untitled Document Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation

Parks & Recreation
Alameda Park
1400 Santa Barbara St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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A wonderful family oriented picnic and playground spot with restrooms, playground, bandstand, several large picnic areas, & plenty wide open spaces for Frisbee.

Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens
1500 Santa Barbara St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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This oasis in the city borders Alameda Park, which features a large children's playground, restroom facilities& large open spaces for Frisbee & sunning.

Chase Palm Park
236 E Cabrillo Blvd
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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This long park borders both sides of Cabrillo Blvd. from the East Beach to Stearns Wharf. There are restaurants, restrooms, playground, music amphitheatre, skateboard park, biking & rollerblading trails, walking trails, beach access, & soccer goals.

Douglas Family Preserve
Borton Drive
Santa Barbara, California 93109
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Entrances at the ends of Linda Road & Medcliff Road. This park has no restroom or picnic facilities.

Elings Park
1298 Las Positas Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
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In the hills above Las Positas Rd, between the 101 freeway and the beach 3 lighted fields, jogging/hiking trails, playgrounds, restrooms, barbeque facilities, picnic tables & hang-gliding, baseball diamonds, parking, an amphitheatre, fabulous views.

Franceschi Park
1510 Mission Ridge Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
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There is a small picnic site, a large patio that serves as the group picnic area, restrooms, & parking. This is a great park for lunch or a romantic stroll through the winding paths.

Lake Los Carneros
Los Carneros & Calle Real
Goleta, CA
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Facilities: Stow House, Southcoast Railroad Museum housed in the restored rail depot, a 25-acre lake with walkways all around it. Creature comforts are scarce with just chemical toilets and small picnic areas.

Mission Rose Garden
Los Olivos & Laguna St
Santa Barbara, CA
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Directly across from the Mission, this park offers over a thousand different varieties of well-tended roses, a bubbling fountain and exquisite views of the mountains and city. There are no facilities - just roses and a large grassy field.

Oak Park
300 W. Alamar Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA
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Oaks & sycamores provide plenty of leafy shade to the location of many of the cities ethnic celebrations. Summer wading pool, barbeque and picnic, restrooms, raised dance floor, tennis courts, lighted horseshoe pits and parking.

Orpet Park
Alameda Padre Serra & Moreno Rd
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This is a local favorite for lunch and its walk ways give an illusion of privacy in a busy neighborhood.

Parma Park
The Foothill (Rte. 192)
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This park is enormous and very rustic, which makes it a popular place with hikers, bikers, and dog walkers.

Rocky Nook Park
610 Mission Canyon Road
Santa Barbara, CA
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Trees, boulders, & a stream make this park perfect for quiet picnics & afternoon strolls. There are facilities for large group picnics, a small playground and restrooms.

Tuckers Grove Park
805 San Antonio Creek Rd
Santa Barbara, CA
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Picnic and barbeque facilities, playgrounds, volleyball, horseshoe pits, ball fields, hiking, lots of free parking& restrooms.

Shoreline Park
1200 Shoreline Dr
Santa Barbara, CA 93109
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Scattered parking and picnic facilities, small playground, make this a popular spot for family gatherings. This is a great park for walking, skating and playing Frisbee. Follow the narrow wooden stairs to the beach below and discover a local secret - a beach and tidal pool area.

Stow Grove
580 La Patera Lane
Goleta, CA
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Picnic and barbeque facilities (some quite large), restrooms, softball field, a volleyball court, horseshoe pits and free parking. It fills quickly but there is also on-street parking available.