1
Elings Park
Park
218 acres9.4 mi of trail
Santa Barbara Foundation TrailDownhill TrailMesa TrailSouthside TrailLas Positas Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
Outdoors · Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.2% of Santa Barbara is conserved land, roughly 1,708 acres. There are about 34 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Elings Park (9.4 mi), Parma Park (5.9 mi), and Douglas Family Preserve (3.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Santa Barbara, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Santa Barbara outdoors
Conserved land
7.2%
1,708 of 23,852 acres
Trails
34 mi
0.9 mi per sq mi · 27 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
47
19 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
57.8 mi
41.4 mi lanes · 9.5 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
Parma Park
Park
190 acres5.9 mi of trail
Parma Peak LoopCoyote Creek TrailPlateau TrailSycamore Creek East Loop TrailHistoric Olive Grove Loop Trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the trail sign
3
Douglas Family Preserve
Park
47 acres3.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Honda Valley Park
Park
48 acres0.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Stevens Park
Park
25 acres0.9 mi of trail
Stevens Park Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Sheffield Open Space
Park
18 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
7
Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens
Managed by Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation
5 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
8
Hale Park
Park
12 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 47 parks & preserves
- Andrée Clark Bird Refuge39 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Mission Historical Park12 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Hidden Valley Park12 ac · 0.3 mi trail
- Franceschi Park12 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Alameda Park10 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Franceschi Steps5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Ortega Park5 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Chase Palm Park23 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Shoreline Park16 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Oak Park14 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- La Mesa Park6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Bohnett Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Eastside Neighborhood Park2 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Goleta Slough Ecological Reserve359 ac · Directions
- Skofield Park35 ac · Directions
- Arroyo Burro Beach County Park12 ac · Directions
- Pershing Park12 ac · Directions
- MacKenzie Park10 ac
- El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park9 ac · Directions
- Dwight Murphy Field8 ac · Directions
- Laurel Canyon Park6 ac
- Rocky Nook Park5 ac
- Orpet Park5 ac
- Leadbetter Park5 ac · Directions
- Willowglen Park5 ac
- Spencer Adams Park5 ac · Directions
- Cabrillo Park4 ac · Directions
- La Playa Field4 ac · Directions
- Hilda Ray Park4 ac
- Rattlesnake Canyon Park3 ac
- Plaza del Mar2 ac · Directions
- Escondido Park2 ac
- Franklin Park2 ac · Directions
- Plaza de Vera Cruz1 ac · Directions
- San Roque Park1 ac
- Los Robles Park1 ac
- Sylvan Park1 ac
- Sunflower Park1 ac · Directions
- Parque De Los Niños1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
1,708 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 8 of 64 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes41.4 mi
- Off-road bike paths9.5 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes6.9 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis101
- Basketball85
- Beach volleyball35
- Pickleball34
- Baseball9
- Soccer6
- Softball4
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Santa Barbara and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara | 7.2% | 33.7 mi | 47 |
| Montecito | 1.2% | 14.2 mi | 4 |
| Eastern Goleta Valley | 3.8% | 22.5 mi | 15 |
| Mission Canyon | 7.2% | 2.6 mi | 1 |
| Goleta | 11.5% | 27.4 mi | 17 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | 8.3% | 8.5 mi | 5 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Santa Barbara'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 31.6-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.