Date: 6/24/25 6:30 pm From: Jamie Chavez via groups.io <almiyi...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Point Sal Road - Casmalia
You are a brave soul, Rob. I would caution everyone against climbing over the gate. This is private property. It is true that there didn't used to be a gate there years ago and you could walk the road all the way west to the Vandenberg fence, but the gate has been there for a long time now. This is also not the way to get to Point Sal despite the name of the road. The hiking trail out to [Point Sal](https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L16641923) is accessible from the west end of Corralitos Canyon. The turnoff is Highway 1 at Brown Road which is just south of Guadalupe.
Jamie M. Chavez Santa Maria, CA
On Tuesday, June 24th, 2025 at 5:56 PM, Rob Hofberg via groups.io <rhofberg...> wrote:
> Hi All - > > I have never been to Point Sal so I decided to head out there this morning. My Maps took me via Casmalia out on Point Sal road to the destination, but as it turns out that really doesn't work. About 1/4 mile west past the Casmalia post office the Point Sal Road is closed and a big metal gate stands there. > So I climbed over the gate and headed out on the ghost of a road that is still there. It was glorious. Lots of birds. It is open fields and lines of riparian trees and big conifers that had been planted years ago and are now fully mature and some are fading. > There were nesting house wrens, ash-throated flycatchers, blue grosbeaks and Brewer's blackbirds. Just lots of everything. Northern Harrier, Bullock's orioles, lark sparrows, swallows galore. It seems that not many people go out there. > The road goes for about a mile and a half and then stops at the fence of Vandenberg. > It's a really beautiful walk and would probably be good in the fall. > > Rob Hofberg > -- > --- > Rob Hofberg > Santa Barbara >
