Parks & Recreation Spaces

The MacKenzie Center, located in midtown Santa Barbara within MacKenzie Park, is a warm and inviting venue ideal for intimate gatherings and special celebrations. Adjacent to open green space and just steps from a playground, the MacKenzie…

Clubhouse building for MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowls Club. Closed to public, operated by tenant.

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, a fenced dog…

The Mesa Lane Steps provide the only access to the beach from the cliffs for one mile in either direction, and a beautiful view from the top.

The Mission Creek Watershed, with headwaters in the Los Padres National Forest, covers about 7,400 acres. Mission Creek extends about 7.5 miles from the mountains, winding through the downtown area, to East Beach just east of Stearns Wharf…

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

The Municipal Tennis and Pickleball Center has served the Santa Barbara tennis community with a high quality facility since 1937. The Municipal Tennis and Pickleball Center features 8 tennis courts, 16 pickleball courts, multiple practice…

Oak Park is nestled in midtown Santa Barbara, named for its many oak trees that provide ample shade throughout the park. Oak Park features a playground for two- to twelve-year-olds, two public tennis courts, a seasonal wading pool, an…