It travels along Sycamore Canyon Road from its intersection with Alameda Padre Serra at the Five Points Roundabout to Stanwood Drive (State Route 192).

[5] In 1999, the state law was changed to permit the relinquishment of Route 144 to the City of Santa Barbara.

One of these improvements includes the installation of a roundabout at the off-ramp from northbound Route 101, which Caltrans did not approve of.

In April 2012, crews completed repairs to the surrounding hillsides and reopened this segment of the highway.

[6] Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.