Mesa Lane Beach - Santa Barbara Beach
- Address: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Mesa Lane Beach
Santa BarbaraCalifornia, USA
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- One of the Travel Channel's Top Ten American Beaches. - Whether you want to swim, surf, play volleyball, or just lie in the sun, there's a stretch of sand for everyone along Santa Barbara County's 100 miles of coastline. The temperate weather encourages beach-going almost every day of the year. Home to many unique and rare bird species, along with thriving tidepools, Santa Barbara's beaches provide excellent wildlife viewing. - The county's coastal areas are great for spotting whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions. - The majority of our beaches offer services and facilities such as restrooms and barbecue pits, while more remote beaches offer greater solitude and adventure. Lifeguards are on-duty during summer months except where noted. - Santa Barbara Area - Santa Barbara is a city blessed with beautiful beaches. Perhaps the most popular is the broad, palm-lined strip perpendicular to State Street. It stretches from the creamy sands of East Beach (often hailed as one of the best beaches in the country), to West Beach at the harbor mouth, and Leadbetter Beach beyond. With its stunning mountain backdrop, wide range of facilities, and easy accessibility, this stretch of coast is a favorite with visitors and locals alike. - Sunbathing, swimming, surfing, fishing, kayaking, and volleyball are just some of the activities you can enjoy here. Or, if you want to soak up the views without taking to the sand, you can skate or cycle along the beachside bike path. - For a little more privacy, Mesa Lane Beach under Cliff Drive is a more secluded option, and Arroyo Burro Beach, below the bluffs of Hope Ranch, is a great spot to swim, surf, fish, or just peer into the tidepools. - State & County Beaches - For many people, ?Santa Barbara? means ?sunny beaches.? But there?s more here than just the iconic stretch of palm-lined sand. From Carpinteria?s ?World?s Safest Beach,? to the towering dunes of Guadalupe, and Rincon ?- one of the hottest surf breaks in the world-- Santa Barbara County has a strip of sand for everyone. - Explore the dune trails at El Capitan, an excellent spot for camping. Catch a wave at Jalama Beach County Park. - Take a romantic stroll along beautiful Butterfly Beach opposite the Four Seasons Biltmore, or pitch a tent at Gaviota State Beach or Refugio State Park. Summerland Beach is a great spot for families, and nature lovers can spot migrating whales, sea lions, birds, and seals from just about any beach in the county.(Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Basking in a lush, year-round Mediterranean climate with 25 miles of prime Pacific coastline, a thriving arts community, historic architecture and scenic wine country, Santa Barbara instills all the components of a world-class destination -- without the masses. Glistening palm-lined beaches, white-washed red tile adobes with graceful curves and dramatic arches, tranquil fountains in harmony with luxuriant vegetation -- these are the ingredients envisioned by poets, song writers and novelists and the magnet that lures both residents and tourists to this seaside sanctuary. Ranked as one of the top 10 cities in the world* for magnificent weather, Santa Barbara sits on a unique east/west axis (the only stretch of land from Alaska to Cape Horn to do so), providing year-round soothing southern exposure and an annual average of 300 days of sunshine. The area's topographic set-up is equally impressive, from the lush vineyards and valleys of Santa Ynez and Santa Maria to the rugged Channel Islands and celebrity-stocked shoreline of Montecito. HUES IN HISTORY Early on, the area's soothing climate provided a prime stomping ground for the Chumash Indians, who were followed by the Portuguese, Spaniards and Franciscans, who later left their stamp with the beautiful Mission Santa Ines in Solvang, La Purisma Mission State Historic Park in Lompoc (one of the most complete and authentic missions standing) and the Queen of the Missions, Mission Santa Barbara. Mexico stepped in for 24 years before Colonel John Fremont crowned Santa Barbara a U.S. territory in 1846.* Pleasant Weather Ratings, Consumer Travel, 1997. In the early 1900s, Santa Barbara became the film capital of the world before the motion picture industry centralized in Hollywood. More than 1,200 movies (mostly Westerns) were made in a 10-year span and Santa Barbara became a favorite retreat ... more on GoingToTheBeach.com, Inc.
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