Parks & Recreation Spaces

MacKenzie Park is a two-level park with lawn bowling greens, a clubhouse, a fenced-in off-leash dog park, a playground for two- to five-year-olds, and two youth baseball fields that are solely used by Santa Barbara PONY Baseball league and…

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

Oak Park is nestled in midtown Santa Barbara, named for its many oak trees that provide ample shade throughout the park.

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.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.