National Register of Historic Places

Burro Flats Painted Cave

Santa Susana, Ventura County, California
Listed
May 4, 1976
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76000539

About this property

The Burro Flats Site is a painted cave site located near Burro Flats, in the Simi Hills of eastern Ventura County, California, United States. The Chumash-style "main panel" and the surrounding 25 acres were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, with a boundary decrease in 2020. The main panel includes dozens of pictographs in a variety of colors. The cave is in the mountains, near the bilingual Chumash/Fernandeno village of Huwam/Jucjauynga. The Burro Flats painted cave and the rest of the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory are not accessible to the public.

Location

Santa Susana, Ventura County, California

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Burro Flats Painted Cave listed on the National Register?

Burro Flats Painted Cave was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1976.

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Burro Flats Painted Cave is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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