Extensive Santa Barbara Park and Open Spaces List

Sisters at Orpet Park

It is tricky to create a list of all the parks in the Santa Barbara area. We are ridiculously blessed with beautiful, generally well-maintained parks. Some parks are city owned, some county owned and some owned by private organizations like The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County. Some have play equipment and some area simply small open spaces to walk your dog. Here is a link to our original resources. Here is the list we ended up with, surely incomplete. (* means we have not been there to review it)

Playground Parks
Santa Barbara
Alemeda Park (Kid's World)
Bath Street Pocket Park
Bohnett Park
Chase Palm Park
Dwight Murphy Park
East Beach (Cabrillo Pavilion)
Eastside Neighborhood Park
Elings Park
Escondido Park 
Franklin Park
Hidden Valley Park
Hilda McIntyre Ray Park
La Mesa Park
Los Banos del Mar Park
Mackenzie Park
Plaza de Vera Cruz
Rocky Nook Park
Oak Park
Ortega Park
Parque de los Ninos
Shoreline Park
Stevens Park
Sunflower Park
Westside Neighborhood Center
Willowglen Park

Noleta 
Calle Barquero Open Space (Noleta)
Rhoads Open Space (Noleta)
Tucker's Grove (Noleta)
University Circle Open Space (Noleta)

Santa Barbara County
El Carro Park (Carpinteria) 
Lookout Beach Park (Summerland)
Manning Park (Montecito)
Monte Vista Park (Carpinteria)
Tomol Interpretive Play Area
Toro Canyon Park (Carpinteria) 
Westmont Park (Montecito)

Goleta (including Isla Vista)
Andamar Open Space
Anisq'Oyo' (Dinosaur) Park
Armitos Park
Armstrong Open Space
Bella Vista Open Space
Children's Park
Emerald Terrace Open Space
Estero Park
Evergreen Open Space
Girsh Park
Goleta Beach Park
Lowell Park
Marymount Park
Mathilda Park
Nectarine Park
San Miguel Open Space
Santa Barbara Shores
Scott Court
Stow Grove Park
Tecolote Playground
Tierra de Fortuna
Wallis Park
Winchester Open Space II

Other Nearby Parks
Hans Christian Anderson Park (Solvang)
Nojoqui Falls (Gaviota)
Oak Park (Buellton)
Riverview Park (Buellton)
Sunny Fields (Solvang)

Other Parks and Open Spaces
Santa Barbara
Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens
Ambassador Park
Andree Clark Bird Refuge
Arroyo Burro County Beach Park
Calle Puerto Vallarte (Cabrillo Park)
Courthouse Gardens
Douglas Family Preserve
Equestrian Circle
Franchesci Park
Gould Park
Honda Valley Park
La Coronilla
Laurel Canyon
Leadbetter Beach Park
Los Robles Park
* Mesa Lane Steps
Mission Gardens
Orpet Park
Parma Park 
Pershing Park
Plaza de la Guerra
Rattlesnake Canyon
San Roque Park
Sheffield Open Space
Skofield Park
Sylvan Park
* Thousand Steps
West Beach

Noleta
Kellogg Tennis Courts Open Space
Lassen Open Space
Patterson Open Space
San Marcos Foothill Preserve
Tabano Hollow Open Space
Tarragona Open Space
Thunderbird Open Space
Town and Country Open Space

Santa Barbara County
]Arroyo Honda Preserve
Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve (Carpinteria)
* Creek Park (Carpinteria)
* Franklin Creek Park (Carpinteria)
* Greenwell Preserve (Greenwell Ave at Asegra Rd)
Hale Park (Montecito)
* Heath Ranch Park (Carpinteria)
* Lodahl Park (Summerland Lillie Ave at Ortega Ridge)
Oceanview Park (Summerland)
Salt Marsh Nature Park (Carpinteria) 
* Tar Pits Park (Carpinteria)
* Veterans Memorial Park (Summerland next to the Fire Station) 
* Viola Fields (Carpinteria)

Goleta (including Isla Vista)
Brandon Open Space
Camino Corto Open Space
Camino Pescadero Park
Campus Glen
Coronado Butterfly Preserve
Covington Path
Del Playa Open Space
Del Sol Preserve
Gaffney Park
Goleta Slough Ecological Preserve
Greek Park
Isla Vista Park
Koarts Open Space
Kid's Trail
La Goleta Open Space
Little Acorn Park
Los Carneros Lake 
Oro Verde Open Space 
Pardall Gardens
Pelican Park
People's Park
Perfect Park
Rottapel Park
Sea Lookout Park
Sperling (Butterfly) Preserve
Stonebridge Path
Stow Tennis Courts Open Space
Sueño Orchard
Tipi Village
Trigo-Pasado Park
University Village Path
Walter Capps Park 
Window to the Sea Park
Wincester Open Space I

(* means we have not been there to review it)