Editing Goleta, California (section)

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Fishing hangout on Goleta Pier (5979502151).jpg|thumb|Fishing at Goleta Pier]]

Goleta has several parks, including Stow Park, Girsh Park, Jonny D. Wallis Neighborhood Park, Lake Los Carneros and Coronado Butterfly preserve, the largest<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sblandtrust.org/coronado-butterfly-preserve-2/|title=The Coronado Butterfly Preserve|work=sblandtrust.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707235933/http://www.sblandtrust.org/coronado-butterfly-preserve-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> overwintering grove of the [[Monarch butterfly]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feraday |first=Caroline |date=December 7, 2023 |title=They're back! Thousands of Monarch Butterflies have been counted on the Central and South Coasts |url=https://www.kclu.org/local-news/2023-12-06/theyre-back-thousands-of-monarch-butterflies-have-been-counted-on-the-central-and-south-coasts |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=KCLU |language=en}}</ref> providing street access to the Ellwood Mesa Open Space<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/planning-and-environmental-review/advance-planning-division/environmental-programs/ellwood-mesa-open-space|title=Ellwood Mesa Open Space|work=cityofgoleta.org|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710012435/http://cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/planning-and-environmental-review/advance-planning-division/environmental-programs/ellwood-mesa-open-space|url-status=live}}</ref> on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean with beach access from UCSB.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/ellwood-mesa-a-story-of-preservation/|title=Ellwood Mesa: A Story of Preservation|work=environmentaldefensecenter.org|access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Goleta Beach|Goleta Beach County Park]] is just outside of the city limits.<ref name="multiple2">{{cite news|url=http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/goleta-beach.sbc|title=Goleta Beach Park|work=[[County of Santa Barbara]]|access-date=July 14, 2017|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709230612/http://www.countyofsb.org/parks/day-use/goleta-beach.sbc|url-status=live}}</ref> Historic sites include the [[Stow House]] and the [[South Coast Railroad Museum]].