Santa Barbara’s Douglas Family Preserve is a city-managed 70-acre reserve in the Mesa neighborhood. The park is the largest undeveloped stretch of coastal land in Santa Barbara. The open space provides outdoor recreational opportunities such as cycling, hiking, dog walking and wildlife viewing. Over three miles of trails within the park include views of the Pacific Ocean, overlooking Arroyo Burro Beach. Habitat includes coastal live oaks and southern oak woodlands, coastal bluff and sage scrub, grasslands and wetlands. Some non-native plants remain, a sign of the preserve’s history as a nursery. Habitat restoration is ongoing, and includes providing milkweed for migrating monarch butterflies.
Medcliff Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Phone: 805-897-1941