Shalawa Meadow, California, Burial-ground meadow in Montecito, California, United States.

Shalawa Meadow is a 3-acre seaside meadow in Montecito, about 5 miles east of Santa Barbara. The remaining parcel is bordered by condominiums and private homes built in the late 1980s, and a Chumash marker monument with inlaid ceramic tiles stands near its southern, beach-side approach. The meadow is mowed to bare ground in summer, exposing gopher holes.

Shalawa Meadow was a burial site of the Chumash, who occupied the South Coast of Santa Barbara County for over 13,000 years. In 1906 the Bonnymede mansion was built on the estate that contained the meadow; Esther Fiske Hammond bought it in the early 1900s. After 1958 sales to developers, negotiations ended in 1989 with 20 condos and 12 homes built and three acres preserved for public use.

The meadow's English name, Shalawa, is used alongside Hammond's Meadow, after Esther Fiske Hammond, who bought the Bonnymede estate in the early 1900s. Chumash ceremonies are still held here at solstice and equinox. A tiled marker near the beach approach, set up after a Chumash elder's 1979 campaign, carries the inscription "The Sacredness of the land lies in the minds of its people."

Reach the meadow from U.S. Route 101; the Hammond Meadow Trail starts at the south end of San Ysidro Road, where parking is available at the Eucalyptus Lane beach access. Facing the ocean, the trail begins to the right and soon reaches Hammond Beach east of the Coral Casino. Returning along the beach makes a loop. In summer the meadow is mowed to bare ground, exposing gopher holes.

The meadow's monument, set near the beach approach, carries colorful inlaid ceramic tiles with lizards, birds, flowers and two turquoise bas-relief dolphins, plus an inscription reading that the sacredness of the land lies in the minds of its people. A Chumash elder began the campaign to protect the site in 1979, joined by surfers and area residents.