Carpinteria State Beach (SB)
United States / Carpinteria, California
Location ID: #7485
Twelve miles south of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria State Beach offers a mile of beach for swimming, surf fishing, tidepool exploring and camping. The Spanish named the area Carpinteria because the Chumash tribe, which lived in the area, had a large seagoing canoe-building enterprise, or "carpentry shop" there, because of naturally-occurring surface tar which was used to seal the boats.
Location Category:
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
- NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - State Parks;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - *;
- WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Beaches / Coastline