​The Five Different Islands

Anacapa , Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel
 Anacapa :
  • Located fourteen miles from Ventura
  • Harbor Seals and California Sea Lions rest and breed on the island.
  • Five miles long and 1/4 mile wide.
  • West Anacapa is home to the largest breeding colony of California Brown Pelicans. 
  • Home to 30 sea caves ​

Santa Rosa

  • Forty miles from Ventura 
  • Santa Rosa Island is home to only three native terrestrial mammals-the island fox, island spotted skunk, and island deer mouse.
  • Radar Mountain is island's tallest peak at 1,589 ft.
  • Santa Rosa is the second largest island in California

Santa Cruz

  • 20 miles from Ventura
  • Diablo Peak (Devil's Peak) is the tallest peak on the Channel Islands at 2,450 ft.
  • Painted Cave is one of the largest known sea caves in the world.
  • Santa Cruz has the greatest number of plant and animal species of all the Channel Islands

Santa Barbara

  • Fifty-Four miles from Ventura
  • The island's cliffs offer perfect nesting habitat for one of the world's largest breeding colonies of Scripps's murrelets, rare seabirds.
  • Absence of freshwater led the Tongva and Chumash to use the island on a seasonal basis and as a stopover between Santa Catalina and San Nicolas Islands.

San Miguel

  • ​Seventy miles from Ventura
  • The endemic island fox and deer mouse and introduced rat are the only land mammals found on San Miguel Island.
  • One of the oldest known American Indian archeological sites.
  • Tallest peak-San Miguel Hill, 831 ft.

Channel Islands Ventura,Ca