Channel Islands National Park

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Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center

Address: 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 34.24845, -119.26658

San Miguel Island Ranger and Visitor Contact Station

Address: San Miguel Island Visitor Contact and Ranger Station, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 34.03850, -120.35155

Santa Barbara Island Visitor Center

Address: Visitor Contact Station on Santa Barbara Island, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 33.48070, -119.02958

Santa Rosa Island Visitor Contact Station

Address: Santa Rosa Island Visitor Contact Station, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 34.00749, -120.05057

Scorpion Ranch Visitor Center on Santa Cruz Island

Address: Scorpion Ranch Visitor Center on Santa Cruz Island, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 34.04888, -119.55846

Visitor Center Anacapa Island

Address: Anacapa Island Visitor Center, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001

Five islands off the Southern California coast make up this park, where long isolation produced species found nowhere else, like the island fox and island scrub jay, and where Chumash people lived for at least 13,000 years. Below the waterline, giant kelp forests shelter one of the richest marine ecosystems on the Pacific coast.

Boat to Anacapa or Santa Cruz Island, spot island foxes, and snorkel the kelp forests. For a challenge, sea kayak into the sea caves of Santa Cruz Island, one of the finest cave-paddling coasts in the world.

Coordinates: 34.01550, -119.36376

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