Santa Rosa Island - Channel Islands National Park (U.S ...
2024年5月20日 · Located 40 nautical miles from the Channel Islands National Park visitor center in Ventura, Santa Rosa is the second largest island in California at approximately 53,000 acres in size. The island's relatively low profile is broken by a high, central mountain range, rising 1,589 feet at its highest point.
Hiking Santa Rosa Island - Channel Islands National Park (U.S ...
2024年5月20日 · Several trails and roads traverse Santa Rosa Island, providing visitors with spectacular hiking opportunities. These trails and roads range from the relatively flat route to Water Canyon Beach to the rugged, mountainous path to Black Mountain.
Santa Rosa Island History and Culture - Channel Islands ...
Located 26.5 miles from the closest mainland point, Santa Rosa Island is the second largest of the eight Channel Islands, with over 53,000 acres of sandy beaches, grasslands, steep canyons and occasional groves of trees, including the rare Torrey pine grove above Bechers Bay.
Santa Rosa Island (California) - Wikipedia
Santa Rosa Island (Spanish: Isla de Santa Rosa; Cruzeño Chumash: Wi'ma) [1] is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres (215.27 km 2 or 83.118 sq mi). Santa Rosa is located about 26 miles (42 km) off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in Santa Barbara County and is part of Channel Islands National Park .
Things To Do: Santa Rosa Island - Channel Islands National ...
Despite the wind, Santa Rosa Island offers exceptional beach walking on white sand beaches. Access to one of the best beaches, Water Canyon Beach, is just over a mile from the pier in Bechers Bay and just down canyon from the campground.
Santa Rosa Island - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)
White sand beaches with turquoise waters, and best of all, no one is there!
Santa Rosa Island Day Trip To Channel Islands (2025)
2023年12月23日 · Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park is the perfect day trip in Southern California. Stay for the weekend and explore Ventura Harbor Village while you’re in town or take an excursion out to another one of the islands.
An Adventurous Santa Rosa Island Travel Guide
2018年10月2日 · If you’ve never heard of Santa Rosa Island, which is within Channel Islands National Park near Ventura, California, you aren’t alone. With a little luck, my Santa Rosa Island Travel Guide will inspire your next adventure weekend in Southern California.
Santa Rosa Island, along with the other Channel Islands, is home to plants and animals that are found nowhere else on Earth. Like on the Galápagos Islands of South America, isolation has allowed evolution to proceed independently on the islands, fostering the development of nearly 150 endemic or unique plants and animals. Santa Rosa Island is home
Santa Rosa Island Day Trip Guide: Channel Islands National ...
2024年1月23日 · If you’re looking for a unique day trip destination in Southern California, Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park is a great choice. It’s located just off the coast of Ventura, where we live, and whenever we’re out on the beach, we’re looking right at it – knowing that a beautiful oasis exists just a few miles away.