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Channel Islands National Park

VISITOR CENTERS

Anacapa Island

Open
Open All Year

Location
The facilities on Anacapa overlook the northern channel.

Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas

Special Programs
During the summer, park rangers dive into the Landing Cove on East Anacapa with a video camera. Visitors can see, through the eye of the camera, what the diver is seeing by watching video monitors on the dock. Pristine tidepools can be explored. Springtime brings colorful flowers, including the strange tree sunflower, or coreopsis, a plant found only on the Channel Islands and a few isolated areas on the mainland.

Exhibits
Visit the museum on the island, which houses the original crystal and brass Fresnel lens from the lighthouse.

Available Facilities
Museum, visitor center, lighthouse exhibits, primitive campground, and picnic area.


Lagomarsino Visitor Center

Open
Open All Year Monday - Sunday Open From 01/01/2000 To 12/31/2000 8:30 - 5:00

Phone
(805) 658-5730

Location
1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, California 93001

Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Special Programs
Provides the visitor with interpretive programs, a movie about the park, tide pool display, native plant garden, bookstore and island exhibits. The facility is fully accessible and offers a picnic area overlooking the Ventura Harbor. Every Saturday and Sunday we offer several scheduled programs including a Tidepool Talk at 11:00 a.m. At 3:00 p.m., rangers offer programs that look in depth at a variety of topics about the park. Programs are free to the public.

Exhibits
A living tidepool exhibit, three-dimensional models of all the park islands, interactive touch-screen exhibit, a tower with telescopes for viewing the islands, picnic area, a bookstore, and an outdoor native plant garden. Visitors will enjoy the 25-minute park movie, "A Treasure in the Sea", throughout the day in the auditorium. Every Saturday and Sunday park rangers present free interpretive programs on the natural and cultural resources of the park. Throughout the week, other programs and school visits may be scheduled by calling the visitor center.

Available Facilities
Museum, picnic area, and bookstore


Santa Barbara Island

Open
Open All Year

Location
The facilities on Santa Barbara look out over the eastern side of the island.

Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas

Special Programs
There is an abundance of wildlife on Santa Barbara, primarily sea birds and marine mammals. This is a good area to view the underwater life, in the warmer waters of this southernmost island in the park. Snorkeling in the Landing Cove, visitors can see bright sea stars, spiny sea urchins, and brilliant orange garibaldi. Spring rains bring out the flowering plants, such as the tree sunflower, the endemic Santa Barbara Island live forever, shrubby buckwheat, sea blite, and an annual poppy.

Exhibits
There is a visitor contact station/museum on the island, with exhibits, dioramas, and murals of the natural and cultural resources.

Available Facilities
Museum, visitor center, primitive campground, and picnic area.