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Gaviota State Park is a state park of California, United States. It is located in southern Santa Barbara County, California , about 33 miles (53 km) west of the city of Santa Barbara . [ 1 ] One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast , it extends from the Pacific coast to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains , and is adjacent to Los ...
El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California. The most easterly of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast , it is located about 20 miles (32 km) west of downtown Santa Barbara , in Santa Barbara County .
It is a favorite camping-ground, and all the privileges of the springs are free to all who come. Detail of Hot Springs cañon from 1880 plat of Rancho Las Cruces. The village of Las Cruces, located four miles north of Gaviota Pass, claimed circa 1913 that "The Hot Springs here are famous."
The Gaviota Coast remains largely undeveloped and is the longest remaining rural coastline in southern California. [7] [8] In 2016, the twenty-one miles of Highway 101 that runs through the Gaviota Coast, bounded by the City of Goleta’s western boundary and Las Cruces where Route 1, was declared a State Scenic Highway.
The lightly populated area has large ranches with much of the land held in agricultural preserves under the Williamson Act and used for avocado, lemon and other fruit orchards. [48] Protected areas along US 101 include three public beaches with campgrounds and hiking trails: Gaviota State Park, El Capitán State Beach, and Refugio State Beach. [49]
The Gaviota Tunnel (officially known as the Gaviota Gorge Tunnel) is a tunnel on U.S. Route 101/State Route 1 (US 101/SR 1) completed in 1953 in the center of Gaviota State Park, [1] 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Santa Barbara, California, on the Gaviota Coast. It is 420 feet (130 m) long and 17.5 feet (5.3 m) tall.
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Refugio State Beach (Chumash: Qasil, "Beautiful" [3]) is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara. [4] One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast , it is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of El Capitán State Beach .