Tar Pits and Carpinteria Bluffs Trail

Trail in Carpinteria State Beach · Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California

2.5 mi · Loop.

An easy, flat bluff-top walk along the Pacific, passing natural tar seeps and offering panoramic ocean views with little shade.

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