Elings Park (Santa Barbara)
Santa Barbara · near Santa Barbara · Central Coast
Mountain Biking
At a glance
- Skill level
- beginner
- Trail miles
- Elings Loop 10+ miles · Flowy downhill with a couple of good climbs
- Elevation
- Modest climbs · Overlooks the Pacific from just outside downtown Santa Barbara
- Best season
- Year-round (Santa Barbara's mild climate makes it a nearly all-season ride)
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Mountain Biking detail
- Ride types
- flow · xc
- Signature trails
- Elings Loop · The Santa Barbara backcountry connection
- Ebike
- Yes
- Ebike note
- Check Elings Park's current e-bike policy; many Santa Barbara-area trails permit Class 1 e-bikes.
- Intl tip
- Elings Park is also a paragliding training hill (covered in that guide) — you may watch pilots launch as you ride. Santa Barbara's beaches, wine country, and the 'American Riviera' setting make it one of the most pleasant places in California to combine biking with everything else.
The guide
Elings Park, just a few miles outside downtown Santa Barbara and overlooking the Pacific, is one of Southern California's best …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Elings Park (Santa Barbara) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 34.4064, -119.7183