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In 1972 it was added as Site #72000256 on the National Register of Historical Places. Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a very small park with no facilities. The trailhead about 5 miles from U.S. 101 and is just two miles from California Route 154 on Painted Cave Road.
Jan 2, 2024 · A small, but significant and fascinating piece of Chumash history can be found at a site known as Painted Cave in Santa Barbara. About 5.5 miles from Highway 101 in Santa Barbara, along CA-154, is a single sign (that most people ignore or never notice!) that points the way to the aptly named Painted Cave Road. Image Capture: Apr 2023 ©2024 Google.
Driving Directions to Chumash Painted Cave SHP The site is three miles south of the San Marcos Pass: Take Highway 154 out of Santa Barbara and turn right on Painted Caves Road. The cave is located on the left, about two miles up a steep, narrow road. The pullout at the site will only accommodate one or two vehicles.
Painted Cave, Santa Barbara County, California. Chumash rock art is a genre of paintings on caves, mountains, cliffs, or other living rock surfaces, created by the Chumash people of Southern California. Pictographs and petroglyphs are common through interior California, the rock painting tradition thrived until the 19th century. Chumash rock ...
Chumash Painted Cave is not your typical state park. This small historical place is hidden up a windy road in the Santa Ynez Mountains above Santa Barbara. There is no visitor center or entrance fee. Instead they mark the site with a sign and provide space for about three cars next to the stairs that lead up to the cave.
Alaxuluxen, the Chumash name for the Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, is situated on the edge of the traditional Barbareño Chumash territory, which ranged from the Pacific coast to the foothills and southern slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The walls of this small cave contain some of the only remaining wall art created by the Chumash.
Alaxuluxen, the Chumash name for the Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, is situated on the edge of the traditional Barbareño Chumash territory, which ranged from the Pacific coast to the foothills and southern slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
