Parks & Recreation Spaces

A two-level park with lawn bowling greens, a clubhouse, a rentable recreation building with kitchen, fireplace, barbecue pit, and large patio adjacent to open playing fields. There's a playground for two- to five-year-olds, two youth…

This park contains ruins of Mission Santa Barbara’s old reservoir, aqueduct, tannery vats, filter house, grist mill, and pottery. But it's best known for the southern portion of the park, which is home to the stunning A.C. Postel Memorial…

Planted in 1876, this tree is one of the largest of its kind in the nation, with a trunk measuring 38 feet in circumference

A popular picnic and recreation site. Home to a variety of cultural festivals. Playgrounds for two- to twelve-year-olds, two public tennis courts, an outdoor raised wooden dance floor, horseshoe pits, and reservable picnic and barbecue…

Former Park Superintendent E. O. Orpet established this 4-acre, two parcel (both sides of the street) park as a horticultural showplace in 1921, and used the Olmsted Brothers to draw the plans. The park features distant ocean views, rare…

Learn more about the Ortega Park Revitalization Project here.  A family-oriented park with a youth softball field, outdoor basketball courts, multi-use athletic field, playground for five- to twelve-year-olds, and a four-foot-deep…

This 5.3 acre open-space park was acquired by the City in 2019, with plans for a creek restoration project along Arroyo Burro.

This nearly 200-acre open space features many of Santa Barbara’s native landscapes, including chaparral, woodlands, grassland, and scrublands. Situated in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Range, Parma Park bridges urban areas to the Los…

Built in 1996, this tiny gem of a neighborhood park features hand-painted tiles by local children, a playground for two- to twelve-year-olds, public fitness equipment, and lawn areas.