Driving Tour of San Marcos Pass Rd (Mountain road)(Solvang to Santa Barbara) [4K]

San Marcos Pass Road - Highway 154 a scenic backroad. San Marcos Pass Road (California Highway 154 and sometimes known as the Chumash Highway) is a lovely backroad of Highway 101 that has some backroads of its own. A nice way into and out of Central California. San Marcos Pass (Elevation‎: ‎ 2,225 ft. / 678 m) is a mountain pass in the Santa Ynez Mountains in southern California. It is traversed by State Route 154. The pass crosses the Santa Ynez through a southwestern portion of Los Padres National Forest, and connects Los Olivos (and the Santa Ynez Valley) with Santa Barbara, California along the Pacific coast. The road has been designated as a daylight-headlight highway by the California Highway Patrol and Caltrans because of frequent accidents, particularly around the exit for Lake Cachuma. The pass is one of three passages across the steep Santa Ynez Mountains, and the nearest to Santa Barbara. The Painted Cave community and Laurel Springs Ranch near Chumash Painted Cave SHP is four miles east of San Marcos Pass via East Camino Cielo Road, which intersects with SR 154 right at the summit. San Marcos Pass is a shorter but hillier alternative to using Highway 101 through Gaviota Pass.