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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 ...
The Gaviota Creek watershed is the largest watershed along this coast and is the most important steelhead stream in Southern Santa Barbara County. [40] Refugio Creek is one of the larger coastal streams along the coast and descends through a mosaic of commercial orchards, ranches, and rural residential developments and crosses under Highway 101 ...
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. The beach is named for José Francisco Ortega, who retired from the Spanish Army in 1795 with the rank of captain and received the Rancho Nuestra Señora del Refugio as a land grant. [1] [2]
Gaviota State Park: State park Santa Barbara: 2,787 1,128 1953 Flanks the narrow gorge of Gaviota Creek, which funnels Sundowner winds onto the popular beach area. [86] George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area: State recreation area Merced: 46.5 18.8 1953 Adjoins the Merced River. [87] Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: State historic park ...
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.
Jul. 13—Caltrans will move ahead with a planned study next month to identify ways to promote the safe passage of wildlife crossing through the Gaviota Pass, according to a District 5 spokesman.
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."
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