El Capitán State Beach
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El Capitán State Beach (meaning "the captain" in Spanish
) is a protected beach
in southern California
, United States, located about 20 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara
. El Capitan has a day use beach as well as a campground with 131 sites, 6 of which are RV only, and 5 group sites. There are tide pools on the beach and sycamore and oak trees in the campground area.
The park lends out beach wheelchairs free of charge.http://www.coastal.ca.gov/access/beach-wheelchairs.html
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) is a protected beach
Beach
A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...
in southern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States, located about 20 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
. El Capitan has a day use beach as well as a campground with 131 sites, 6 of which are RV only, and 5 group sites. There are tide pools on the beach and sycamore and oak trees in the campground area.
The park lends out beach wheelchairs free of charge.http://www.coastal.ca.gov/access/beach-wheelchairs.html