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Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Name: Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Address: Painted Cave Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93105, US

Painted Cave Road

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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The walls of this small cave carved from towering sandstone boulders contain some of the finest remaining rock art created by Chumash Native Americans. A steep path leads to the cave entrance, which is protected by heavy iron grillwork. Anthropologists estimate that the paintings date to the 1600's and earlier. The meaning of these enigmatic images has been lost.

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