Editing Santa Maria, California (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Santa Maria Fairpark, located at Stowell Road and Thornberg Street, is home to the annual Santa Barbara County Fair, which began in 1891. It is also home to the annual Strawberry Festival, in addition to a wide variety of other events, concerts, and conventions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.santamariafairpark.com/p/about |title=About Us, Santa Maria Fairpark |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204090648/http://www.santamariafairpark.com/p/about |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Paul Nelson Aquatic Center offers an Olympic-size competition pool, as well as a recreational pool with a fan-shaped zero-depth entryway. It has swim lessons and a swim club and in the summer it's open for the public and anyone can swim in it. In the main building it has a basketball ball court an art room and a snack room. It also has two Santa Maria style bbq sets and a baseball field.
<ref>{{Cite web | title=City of Santa Maria : Paul Nelson Aquatic Center | url=https://www.cityofsantamaria.org/city-government/departments/recreation-and-parks/get-active/paul-nelson-aquatic-center | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923064821/http://www.cityofsantamaria.org:80/city-government/departments/recreation-and-parks/get-active/paul-nelson-aquatic-center | access-date=2025-01-22 | archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref>

Waller Park is a 154-acre park located at the south end of Santa Maria, featuring two large duck ponds with water fountains, several playgrounds, picnic and sports areas, a hiking trail, and a frisbee golf course. The first parcels of land that would become Waller Park were donated by the Santa Maria Golf and Country Club in 1928, and the remainder of the land was purchased in 1964 and 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/waller.sbc |title=Waller Park, Santa Barbara County Parks |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525182215/https://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/waller.sbc |url-status=live }}</ref>

Waller park is a large park with many facility's, it has trails to take a walk. It also has many facility's t enjoy and have fun.

Preisker Park, located at the north end, is home to large open fields, a disc golf course, playgrounds and picnic areas. Its main feature is the large pond with a small replica of the [[Santa María (ship)|Santa Maria]] ship, which children can play on.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://santamariavalley.com/attractions/preisker-park/ |title=Preisker Park, Santa Maria Valley |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124150438/https://santamariavalley.com/attractions/preisker-park/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Santa Maria Skate Park is located in Fletcher Park. There is also the Paul Nelson Aquatic Center/Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center. Rotary Centennial Park has a basketball court, a baseball field, a large open grass area, and two playgrounds. Each year, the Annual Free Family Kite Festival organized by the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum is held there.