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Campsites,
Beaches, & Parks
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Beaches, & Parks - click
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 River
Park |
- Location:
Just east of Lompoc on Ocean Avenue/Highway
246
- Phone:
(805) 736-6565
- About:
Camp, picnic, play, relax, and do much more
at River Park. River Park has a R.V. campground
section. Available in those sections are full-hookups,
picnic tables, fire pits, heated showers, restrooms,
and a dump station. The park does have a resident
Park Ranger. Other areas of the park include
the playground, the veterans memorial, horseshoe
pits, an exercise path with obstacles, and a
small sized lake. Swimming in the lake is strictly
prohibited. There are also areas with barbecues
and picnic tables throughout the park.
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| Ocean
Beach County Park |
- Location:
At the west end of Ocean Avenue, Lompoc. Approx. 13
miles west, make a right turn onto Ocean Park Road.
Or to get to the beach where access is permitted,
keep going on Ocean Ave. until you cannot go any further,
and you are there.
- Phone:
(805) 934-6123
- About:
Ocean Beach (Surf) is the closest beach to Lompoc.
The park section has picnic tables, restrooms, and
barbecues. Swimming at Ocean Beach is not recommended
due to very dangerous currents, and the absence of
lifeguards. If you do choose to go out, please be
careful and never go alone. It is good for surf-fishing,
taking walks, and whatever else one may choose to
do. Access to certain parts of the beach is restricted
because of the endangered Snowy Plover.
- Learn more about Ocean Beach
at the Santa Barbara County Parks site - here
- See pictures of warning signs
and the beach/ocean - here
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| Jalama
Beach County Park |
- Location:
Jalama Road, approx. 5 miles south of Lompoc on Highway
1. You will be turning right if going south from Lompoc.
- Phone:
(805) 736-6316
- About:
Jalama is very popular for windsurfing,camping and
the famous Jalama Burger. Although swimming is permitted,
it should be known that there are dangerous offshore
rip currents.
- Learn more about Jalama from
the Lompoc Chamber of Commerce site - here
- Learn more about Jalama at the
Santa Barbara County Parks site - here
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| Cachuma
Lake |
- Location:
Coming from Santa Barbara or south, take Highway
101 to the San Marcos Pass exit, Highway 154.
Park entrance approx. 20 miles further. From
Lompoc take Highway 246 to Highway 154. At 154
go right. Keep going on 154 until you see the
Cachuma exit - click here
for maps.
- Phone:
(805) 686-5054 or Voice/TDD (805) 686-5055
- About:
Lake Cachuma offers a wide variety of camping
accommodations. There's also nature cruises,
boat rentals, fishing, hiking, horseshoe pits,
volleyball, and much more. The lake is a drinking
water reservoir, swimming or any type of body
contact with the water is strictly prohibited.
- Learn more about Cachuma
Lake at the Santa Barbara County Parks site
- here
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| Gaviota
State Park |
- Location:
Off of U.S. 101, approx. 22 mi. south of Lompoc
/ 32 mi. north of Santa Barbara
- Phone:
(805) 968-1033
- About:
Swimming, kayaking, boating, camping, fishing;
what more can you ask for? The only beach near
Lompoc with a pier to fish from, and a boat
hoist (may not be working right now).
- Learn more about Gaviota
at the California State Parks site - here
- Someone's personal Gaviota
Hot Springs web site - here
- And some more on the Hot
Springs (for mtn. bikers) - here
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| Refugio
State Beach |
- Location:
10 Refugio Beach Rd., Goleta CA 93117. Exit
onto Refugio Road off US 101 approx. 20 miles
northwest of Santa Barbara or 34 miles south
of Lompoc.
- Phone:
(805) 968-1033 or (800) 444-7275
- About:
With about 1.5 miles of beach, you have plenty
of space to set up and tan, picnic, etc. There's
picnic areas, campsites, and fishing at the
state beach. There's also a bike trail approximately
two and a half miles long leading east to El
Capitan State Beach.
- Learn more about Refugio
at the California State Parks site -
here
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Santa Barbara County Parks - here
California State Parks on the Central Coast - here |
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