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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 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.
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 ...
Point Conception and the Gaviota Coast from the air, looking southwest. Point Conception Light is visible in blowup (click) at top left center. To the right (west) is Government Point, which partly encloses Cojo Bay. The Santa Ynez Mountains extend east (left) towards Santa Barbara.
The preserve is in south-west Santa Barbara County, California, with 8 miles (13 km) of coastline along the Gaviota Coast and 24,000 inland acres (9,700 ha). It is adjacent to protected marine areas. [2] The land touches the south and east sides of Jalama Beach County Park.
Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther out to sea ...
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]
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