This tour arose from Goleta Valley Beautiful's annual Heritage Tree tour of the Goleta Valley. There are so many places to visit that we created this tour to allow you to travel among your favorite trees at your own pace. The trees in this tour are within or visible from public right of ways, or in private or semi-public areas with the permission of the owners. Please respect trees in private areas by not trespassing.

We divided the tours into sections that you can visit each one in a few hours by car, allowing you to stop and explore specific areas of interest at your leisure. The map of the Goleta Valley that accompanies this description is also available on line at www.goletavalleybeautiful.org.

We have arranged this tour so that we can update it semiannually with your favorite specimens. To help us update the tour, please send your favorite tree nominations, updates and corrections by e-mail to kennethknight@cox.net, or contact Goleta Valley Beautiful at 252-1952.

Map #	Name - click on name to go to description	Location	Description
1	Witness Tree	5555 Hollister Avenue	Goleta's 300 year old Sycamore - Historic Landmark
2	Sexton Historic Grove	5490 Hollister Avenue	Remnants of Sexton plantings from 1860's
3	Kellogg Ranch	100 S. Kellogg	Large Avocado and Oak examples
4	Orange Avenue Street Trees	Orange Avenue	Camphors from the 1930's & some recently abused/Palms
5	Goleta Community Center	5679 Hollister Avenue	Community Holiday Tree
6	UCSB	Highway 217(Ward Memorial) to E entrance	A selection of notable specimens around the campus
7	Indian Laurel Fig	SE corner Embarcadero de Norte/Pardall	Ficus Tree saved from removal by local support
8	Anisq'oyo' Park	End of Embarcadero del Norte Loop	Trees for a Community Park
9	West Campus Bluffs/Monterey Cypress	End of Devereux Slough Rd./Camino Majorca	Picturesque Monterrey Cypress and Eucalyptus windrows
10	Coronado Preserve/Ellwood Mesa	400 Coronado Drive	Eucalyptus serve as home for Monarch butterflies
11	Santa Barbara Shores Park	7801 Hollister Ave	Remnants of Ellwood Cooper plantings from 1880's
12	Sandpiper Golf Course/Bacara	7925 Hollister Ave. via Access Road	Variety of Eucalyptus in parking area/Cypress at Beach
13	Tecolote Canyon Park	Vereda Leyenda at Vereda del Ciervo	Variety of plantings in local park
14	Evergreen Open Space	Evergreen and Brandon	Eucalyptus serve as backdrop for disc golf course
15	Bella Vista Open Space	Placer Dr and Mirano Dr	Excellent examples of massed Australian Willows
16	Glen Annie Road Orchards	Glen Annie north of Cathedral Oaks	Commercial Avocado and lemon orchards
17	Bishop Ranch house	96 Glen Annie Road	1907 garden with 100 year old imported specimens
18	Stow House/Optimists Grove	304 N. Los Carneros Rd	Specimen plantings from the 1870's/Oak Honor Grove
19	Lake Los Carneros	304 N. Los Carneros Rd	S of the dam is the largest local oak we've found
20	Stow Grove	La Patera Lane	Picnic area for Stow family containing superb Redwood Grove
21	Fairview Gardens	598 N Fairview Avenue	Organic farm with varied fruit trees
22	San Jose Creek/University Circle	Merida Dr, W. of University, W. of Patterson	Oak, Cottonwood & Sycamore restoration along riparian area
23	Moreton Bay Fig	End of Poinsettia Drive N of Cathedral Oaks	Largest of Goleta Valley's 5 Moreton Bay Fig Trees
24	Maria Ignacio Creek/Ribera	W of Ribera Dr., S out La Ramada Dr	Dense collection of Coast Live Oaks and Eucalyptus
25	Tuckers Grove/San Antonio Creek	Cathedral Oaks Road at Turnpike	Established sycamores along creek, oaks inland
26	Hope Ranch	Las Palmas, Robles and Marina Drives	Canary Island Palm entries, oak forest
27	Goleta Cemetery	44 S. San Antonio Road	Majestic strands of Plume Cedars (Cryptomeria japonica)
28	Goleta Water District	4699 Hollister Avenue	Drought -tolerant trees well adapted to Goleta's landscape
29	San Marcos Growers	San Marcos Road and San Simeon	Private grounds include extensive local and imported trees
30	Lassen Open Space	63 Lassen Drive	Best and Largest Monkey's Hand Tree in the Goleta Valley

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