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Based on ocean conditions and ferry availability, Scorpion Anchorage on Santa Cruz Island is the most visited area in the park for day and camping visitors. Camping visitors arrive at Prisoners Harbor [33] on the north shore and stay in the valley beyond. A new island visitor center opened at Scorpion Ranch on Santa Cruz Island on April 6, 2009.
Name Type Length (Feet) Passenger Capacity Top Speed Built Notes Islander: Catamaran: 134 feet (41 m) 149: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) 2001: First catamaran operated by Island Packers
View of Ventura Harbor Aerial view of Ventura. Ventura is located northwest of Los Angeles on the California coast. The western portion of the city stretches north along the Ventura River which is characterized by a narrow valley with steeply sloped areas along both sides. The steep slopes of the Ventura foothills abut the northern portion of ...
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Map of the Channel Islands. Santa Cruz Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Cruz, Chumash: Limuw [2]) is located off the southwestern coast of Ventura, California, United States.It is the largest island in California [3] and largest of the eight islands in the Channel Islands archipelago and Channel Islands National Park. [4]
Several endemic reptile and amphibian species including the island fence lizard, island night lizard, and Channel Islands slender salamander live on the islands. [39] During the Late Pleistocene a dwarf mammoth species, the pygmy mammoth inhabited the northern Channel Islands, before becoming extinct around 13,000 years ago, around the time of ...
Visitors to the island are restricted to ocean access at Cuyler Harbor. This landing is well protected from the strong ocean swell that is driven from the northwest. Cuyler has a sandy beach and visitors will often find themselves sharing the beach with elephant seals. The water is generally below 60 °F (16 °C), making it cold without a wetsuit.
Adjacent development has left this sandy beachfront neighborhood hemmed in by Channel Islands Harbor and Naval Base Ventura County. [6] The harbor mouth separates them into two communities resulting in a round-about travel route around the harbor between them although the Channel Islands Beach Community Services District provides local ...