- PLAYGROUND
- GROUP BBQ AREA
- NATURE TRAILS
- FLAG MONUMENT
- RESIDENT PARK RANGER
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Ken Adam Park is a 42 acre park located in northern Lompoc and
lies off of Highway 1 adjacent to the Lompoc campus of Allan Hancock
College. This beautiful park lies at the heart of the Lompoc Valley
between Vandenberg Village, Mission Hills, and the City of Lompoc.
This park, which re-opened to the public in 2000, is going through
a renovation process and features a large group picnic area, a children's
playground, individual picnic areas, horseshoes, volleyball, and
restroom facilities. It is a perfect setting for a family or company
picnic! Click here for information about renting this facility |
Included in the park property is the magnificent three-poled flag
monument which sits on a bluff overlooking Lompoc. The flag monument
was developed as a project of the former Western Spaceport Museum
project.
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The total acreage of the City owned property (which includes Ken
Adam Park) is 118.8 acres. A total of 76.8 acres remains undeveloped
open space. A goal of the Parks & Recreation Department is to
develop a comprehensive master plan for the entire 118.8 acre property.
The park is named after Ken Adam, the longtime owner and publisher
of the Lompoc Record newspaper. |
| A portion of the current Ken Adam Park was part of the original
Ken Adam Park which served as a Santa Barbara County park from 1968
until 1986. In 1986, the County relinquished administration of the
park to the Western Spaceport Museum. This non-profit group worked
to establish a permanent museum but the idea never came to full
fruition. Western Spaceport officials re-named Ken Adam Park to
"Spaceport Park". Spaceport Park was open to the public
on a much more limited basis from 1986 until 1998. |
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Concurrently, as construction of the Allan Hancock College campus
began, the proposed museum project began to lose momentum. Access
to Spaceport Park was slowly eliminated over a one to three year
period (1996-98). In April 1998, through the assistance of our local
legislators, approximately 118.8 acres was transferred from the
Western Spaceport Museum to the City of Lompoc to be used for "parks
or educational purposes". |
