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The Ventura River Parkway Trail is a southern California rail trail along the Ventura River in Ventura County.Roughly paralleling California State Route 33 for 16.5 mi (26.6 km) from Ventura to Ojai, it follows the route of the former Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad that was abandoned between 1969 and 1995.
The Ventura River Parkway Trail was built on an abandoned railroad spur (CA_VEN-1109H) that was constructed by the Ventura and Ojai Valley Railroad in 1898 and acquired by Southern Pacific in 1899. [28] The rail trail, that runs along the easterly bank of the river, was designated a National Recreation Trail in 2014. [29]
Ventura cyclists are about to get a much smoother ride, thanks to a $5 million improvement project coming to the Ventura River Trail.
Matilija Creek (/ m ə ˈ t ɪ l ɪ h ɑː / mə-TIL-i-hah) is a major stream in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California. It joins with North Fork Matilija Creek to form the Ventura River. [3] Many tributaries feed the mostly free flowing, 17.3-mile (27.8 km) creek, [4] which is largely contained in the Matilija Wilderness.
Ventura Junction was located at Southern Pacific Railroad milepost (MP) 397.3 a short distance west of Ventura station. The railway required grades as steep as three percent following the Ventura River upstream through Chrisman, Wadstrom, Ortonville, and then turning east through Mira Monte into Ojai. [2]
The Ventura River Parkway Trail has been constructed within the abandoned railroad right-of-way. E.P. and Orpha Foster donated much of the land for Seaside Park (home of the Ventura County Fair) adjacent to the station. They envisioned this broad flat area as a beautiful gateway to Ventura, where families could walk, picnic, and enjoy family ...
Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. It is located on the Santa Barbara Channel on the west side of the Ventura River estuary and south of the railroad tracks of the Coast Line and the US Highway 101 freeway. [1] The beach is named after Emma Grubb Wood who once owned the 8,000 acres (3,237 ha) Taylor Ranch.
The system was designed for water from the Ventura River to be diverted into a canal under specific conditions since the impounded watershed is not sufficient to fill the lake. [5] The dam is 279 ft (85 m) creating a lake capacity of 254,000 acre⋅ft (313,000,000 m 3). [6] The dam was built as part of the Ventura River Project.