Exploring New Trail Routes
The Santa Barbara County Trails Council was contracted by SBCAG in 2018 to prepare the Northern Santa Barbara County Interim California Coastal Trail Alignment and Improvement Study. The purpose of the study is to identify an interim alignment of the multi-use trail through an analysis of constraints and opportunities. The study limits extend from the San Luis Obispo County Line to Gaviota State Park and include spur alignments to coastal accesses including Jalama Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Sal and Guadalupe Dunes. Alignments were generally proposed on publicly owned land predominantly along roadway shoulders.
The study provides a more efficient, focused, and coordinated approach to future trail alignments and parallel infrastructure projects linking completed segments of the California Coastal Trail to the north and south of the study area and beyond.
Project maps are available at the following links
Interactive StoryMap
- View the Story Map/Survey https://arcg.is/0v5PTS
Full Study Area Map with Proposed Preferred Trail Alignment
- Study Area | Guadalupe to Gaviota (online image file)
- Study Area | Guadalupe to Gaviota (online digital map)
Potential Off-Road Trail Connections to the Interim Coastal Trail
- Point Sal State Park
- Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve | La Purisima Mission State Historic Park
- Gaviota State Park
Report is posted on the SBCAG website