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🌳 Park
Tar Pits Park
Carpinteria
📸 Scenic
👨👩👧👦 Family
💎 Hidden Gem
🦭 Wildlife
A 2-acre bluff park above active asphalt seeps — short interpretive trail and a great overlook above the surf.
Tar Pits Park preserves a small section of active asphalt seeps that the Chumash used for centuries to waterproof canoes. A short interpretive trail and bluff-top picnic area sit above the seal-friendly Carpinteria State Beach.
Practical Info
End of Palm Ave, Carpinteria, CA 93013
Amenities
Picnic Area
Parking
Benches
