This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Gaviota State Park

x
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Gaviota State Park
Phone:
+1 805-968-1033

Address:
U.s. 101, CA

Gaviota is an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County, California located about 30 miles west of Santa Barbara and 15 miles south of Buellton. Approximately 70 people live in Gaviota. The town is south and east of Gaviota State Park. The road to Hollister Ranch, the large private land holding along the coast between Gaviota and Point Conception, connects with U.S. 101 just west of Gaviota, at the turnoff to Gaviota State Park.Industries include organic farming, ranching, and woodworking. Free range cattle can be seen roaming and grazing throughout the area. Gaviota is also home to a marine mammal rehabilitation center named The Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute which opened in 2006 at the historic Vista Del Mar School grounds.Gaviota was once the location of the Gaviota Marine Terminal, which is currently being decommissioned and abandoned, with intent to become public open space. On the mountain side of the freeway is the Gaviota Oil Heating Facility, also known as the Gaviota Gas Plant, built by Chevron Corp. and currently owned by Plains Exploration & Production Company ; this facility is being reconfigured and partially abandoned. The former purpose of the facility was to heat and process the heavy crude oil produced offshore so that it could flow through the All American Pipeline to refineries in the Bakersfield area.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Gaviota State Park Videos

Menu