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Santa Barbara Island

Steep cliffs of this smallest island - 644 acres or about one square mile - rise above rocky shores to a grassy mesa flanked with twin peaks. Gabrielino/Tongva Indians fished here. Explorers, seal and abalone hunters, ranchers, and the military took their toll. Today, after years of species and habitat loss, animals and native vegetation are making a remarkable recovery. Among those found here are Xantus' murrelets, a seabird that nests in crevices in the cliffs, and the Santa Barbara Island life-forever, a rare plant found only on this island.

Island Features: seabird and marine mammal rookeries; island night lizard; wildflowers; kelp forests.

Santa Barbara Island Hicking Map & Guide