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More Mesa
Park
301 acres10.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Eastern Goleta Valley
Eastern Goleta Valley, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.8% of Eastern Goleta Valley is conserved land, roughly 406 acres. There are about 23 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in More Mesa (10.2 mi), San Marcos Foothills Preserve (2.7 mi), and San Antonio Canyon Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Eastern Goleta Valley, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Eastern Goleta Valley outdoors
Conserved land
3.8%
406 of 10,751 acres
Trails
23 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
15
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
25.7 mi
16.8 mi lanes · 8.1 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
San Marcos Foothills Preserve
Nature preserve
214 acres2.7 mi of trail
SM Foothills Preserve Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
San Antonio Canyon Park
Park
90 acres1.3 mi of trail
San Antonio Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Goleta Beach County Park
Park
25 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
More Mesa301 acres · 10.2 mi of trail
San Marcos Foothills Preserve214 acres · 2.7 mi of trail
San Antonio Canyon Park90 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
University Circle Open Space4 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Goleta Beach County Park25 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Modoc Preserve25 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Santa Barbara Land Trust
Town and Country Open Space2 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Tucker's Grove County Park17 acres
Kellogg Open Space and Tennis Courts12 acres
Tarragona Open Space5 acres
Who protects the land
406 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 25 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 24 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes16.8 mi
- Off-road bike paths8.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis102
- Basketball35
- Equestrian11
- Pickleball8
- Baseball6
- Tracks3
- Beach volleyball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Eastern Goleta Valley and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Goleta Valley | 3.8% | 22.5 mi | 15 |
| Goleta | 11.5% | 27.4 mi | 17 |
| Santa Barbara | 7.2% | 33.7 mi | 47 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Eastern Goleta Valley's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.
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