San BuenaventuraState Beach - California |
San Buenaventura State Beach is located in Ventura, California. The primary entrance is located at 901 Pedro Street, off of the 101 Freeway.
This beach consists of a 1,700-foot (520 m) pier that has a snack bar, restaurant, and bait shop. People often come to this beach to surf, swim, and picnic. This is the beginning of the Omer Rains Bike Trail system that leads to other nearby beaches.
The nesting of the Snowy plover is monitored here, and temporary informational/warning signs and fences (or ropes) are erected near nest sites during the breeding season. To help in the recovery of the bird, nonnative vegetation that threatens the beach habitat has been removed, and beach goers are educated as to the sensitive nature of the area to dunes and other sandy areas.
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San Buenaventura State Beach is located in Ventura, California. The primary entrance is located at 901 Pedro Street, off of the 101 Freeway.
This beach consists of a 1,700-foot (520 m) pier that has a snack bar, restaurant, and bait shop. People often come to this beach to surf, swim, and picnic. This is the beginning of the Omer Rains Bike Trail system that leads to other nearby beaches.
The nesting of the Snowy plover is monitored here, and temporary informational/warning signs and fences (or ropes) are erected near nest sites during the breeding season. To help in the recovery of the bird, nonnative vegetation that threatens the beach habitat has been removed, and beach goers are educated as to the sensitive nature of the area to dunes and other sandy areas.
San
Buenaventura
State Beach
Our Mission
The mission of California State Parks is
to provide for the health, inspiration and
education of the people of California by helping
to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological
diversity, protecting its most valued natural and
cultural resources, and creating opportunities
for high-quality outdoor recreation.
A rock-studded beach
with stunning ocean
views entices swimmers,
surfers, sunbathers,
and picnickers to
this popular seaside
California State Parks supports equal access.
Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who
need assistance should contact the park at
(805) 968-1033. If you need this publication in an
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P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
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San Buenaventura State Beach
900 San Pedro St., off Hwy. 101
Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 968-1033
www.parks.ca.gov/sanbuenaventura
© 2017 California State Parks
recreation spot.
two-mile-long stretch of wide sandy
beach beckons visitors to busy San
Buenaventura State Beach in the heart of
the city of Ventura in Southern California.
Surfers ride the waves while families picnic,
groups play volleyball, and anglers drop
their lines from the iconic Ventura Pier,
known for its great fishing.
This celebrated recreation venue also
offers swimming and cycling. Beachgoers
enjoy strolling down the 1,700-foot wooden
pier with its snack bar, restaurant, and bait
shop. Beach visitors can gaze east to the
mountains or look west across the channel to
admire spectacular crimson sunsets.
The beach overlooks the Channel Islands,
a necklace of five islands 14 miles off the
coast. The Channel Islands are home to
more than 2,000 plant and animal species.
PARK HISTORY
Native Americans
Chumash people have lived along this
coast and on the Channel Islands for at least
13,000 years. Occupation of a beachside
village called Shisholop, meaning “port” in
the Ventureño Chumash language, dates
from the past 1,000 years. Indeed, this
village along the northern border of the
state beach was the western terminus of
an important trade route between the coast
in thatched houses, called ‘ap, at the edge
and the interior southern San Joaquin Valley.
of the Pacific Ocean in 1542. Other early
Unfortunately, much of the Shisholop site was
visitors included Gaspar de Portolá in 1769
destroyed by erosion and development.
and Juan Bautista de Anza in 1776. In 1782
Its proximity to the Northern Channel
Father Junípero Serra founded Mission San
Islands made
Buenaventura, which was
the coast near
built with Chumash labor.
today’s Ventura
Today, a small museum
an important
at the mission displays
cross-channel
Chumash artifacts.
launch point
NATURAL RESOURCES
for the native
Geology
people’s plank
The state beach includes
canoes, called
coastal sand dunes, which
tomol. The
form when on-shore winds
Chumash — a
name derived
Chumash ‘ap dwelling made of tule and willow blow sand along the beach.
The sand then piles up
from the
around something that slows the wind,
inhabitants of Santa Cruz Island
such as plants or driftwood. Dune formation
(Michumash) — were well known for their
can provide natural resiliency to rising sea
production of shell beads. They paddled
levels and storm surges attributed to global
their tomol along the coast and islands,
climate change.
trading fish, shell bead money, and other
goods with coastal villagers and Channel
Flora and Fauna
Islands communities. Modern Chumash
Sand dunes support an array of plants and
descendants recreate the crossing in a
animals. Native plants, such as red and pink
traditional tomol from Ventura Harbor to
sand verbena, grow sparsely on the dunes,
Santa Cruz Island annually.
along with beach evening primrose, Coast
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez
buckwheat, and silver beach burr.
Cabrillo first encountered the Chumash living
Courtesy of Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation/Suzie Kaplan
A
playground next to the pier keeps
Beachgoers may spot
kids happy while their parents
sunning sea lions or
fish or sunbathe.
whimbrels wading on
Picnicking — San Buenaventura
the beach, along with
features the largest day-use picnic
killdeer, willets, and
area at a state beach in Southern
silvery legless lizards.
California. Set back behind
The nesting of the
the dunes are picnic tables,
threatened western
barbecues, restrooms, and an
snowy plover — a
equipment rental shop.
sparrow-sized,
One of the most popular
well-camouflaged
picnicking opportunities is found
shorebird — is
at the Jolly Oyster in the day-use
monitored at the
Western
snowy
plover
chick
area. Families and oyster lovers
beach. Heed warning
from far and wide shuck raw, local,
signs erected near nest
farm-fresh oysters and clams by the dozens.
sites during the breeding season, which
Bicycling — For those who like to cycle with
lasts from early spring to mid-fall.
a water view
Playa Estatal
San
Buenaventura
Nuestra Misión
La misión de California State Parks es proporcionar
apoyo para la salud, la inspiración y la educación
de los ciudadanos de California al ayudar a
preservar la extraordinaria diversidad biológica
del estado, proteger sus más valiosos recursos
naturales y culturales, y crear oportunidades para
la recreación al aire libre de alta calidad.
Una playa adornada
con rocas y vistas
deslumbrantes del océano
atrae a los nadadores, los
surfistas, las personas que
toman el sol y las personas
California State Parks apoya la igualdad de
acceso. Antes de llegar, los visitantes con
discapacidades que necesiten asistencia
deben comunicarse con el parque llamando
al (805) 968-1033. Si necesita esta publicación
en un formato alternativo, comuníquese con
interp@parks.ca.gov.
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS
P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001
Para obtener más información, llame al:
(800) 777-0369 o (916) 653-6995, fuera de los
EE. UU. o 711, servicio de teléfono de texto.
www.parks.ca.gov
San Buenaventura State Beach
900 San Pedro St., off Hwy. 101
Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 968-1033
www.parks.ca.gov/sanbuenaventura
© 2017 California State Parks
que realizan picnics a
este punto de recreación
popular al lado del mar.
n tramo de dos millas de ancho de
playa arenosa invita a los visitantes de la
bulliciosa Playa Estatal San Buenaventura
en el corazón de la ciudad de Ventura en el
sur de California. Los surfistas montan las
olas mientras que las familias hacen picnics,
los grupos juegan voleibol y los pescadores
lanzan sus cañas de pescar desde el
emblemático muelle Ventura Pier, conocido
por su excelente pesca.
Este sitio célebre de recreación también
ofrece oportunidades para nadar y montar
bicicleta. Los amantes de la playa disfrutan
pasear por el muelle de madera de 1,700
pies con su cafetería, restaurant y tienda de
carnadas. Los visitantes de la playa pueden
contemplar al este hacia las montañas
o mirar al oeste a través del canal para
admirar las espectaculares puestas de
sol carmesí.
Desde la playa se ven las Islas del
Canal, un collar de cinco islas a 14 millas
de la costa. Las Islas del Canal son el
hogar de más de 2,000 especies de
plantas y animales.
HISTORIA DEL PARQUE
Pueblos nativos de los Estados Unidos
Los Chumash han vivido a lo largo de esta
costa y en las Islas del Canal por al menos
13,000 años. La ocupación de la aldea playera
cuentas de conchas y otros bienes con los
llamada Shisholop, que significa “puerto” en
aldeanos de la costa y las comunidades
el idioma Chumash Ventureño, se remonta a
de las Islas del Canal. Cada año, los
los últimos 1,000 años. De hecho, esta aldea
descendientes modernos de los Chumash
junto a la frontera norte de la playa estatal
recrean el cruce en un tomol tradicional
era la estación
desde el Puerto de
terminal al
Ventura hasta la Isla de
oeste de una
Santa Cruz.
importante
El explorador portugués
ruta comercial
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
entre la costa y
encontró primero a los
el sur interior
Chumash viviendo en
del Valle de
casas de paja, llamadas
San Joaquin.
‘ap, en la orilla del Océano
DesafortunaPacífico en 1542. Otros de
damente,
los primeros visitantes
gran parte de
Vivienda Chumash ‘ap hecha de tule y sauce incluyen a Gaspar de
Shisholop ha
Portolá en 1769 y Juan
sido destruida por la erosión y el desarrollo.
Bautista de Anza en 1776. En 1782 el
Su proximidad con las Islas del Canal del
Padre Junípero Serra fundó la Misión San
Norte hizo que la costa cerca de la actual
Buenaventura, la cual se construyó con
Ventura fuera un punto importante para
mano de obra de los Chumash.
que los indígenas cruzaran el canal con
Actualmente, un museo pequeño en la
sus canoas de madera, llamadas tomol.
misión muestra los objetos de los Chumash.
Los Chumash, un nombre derivado de los
RECURSOS NATURALES
habitantes de la Isla Santa Cruz (Michumash),
Geología
eran bien conocidos por su producción
La playa estatal incluye dunas de arena
de cuentas de conchas. Ellos remaban en
costera, las cuales se forman cuando los
sus tomol a lo largo de la costa y las islas,
vientos del mar transportan la arena a lo
comerciando pescado, dinero hecho de
Cortesía de Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation/Suzie Kaplan
U
largo de la playa. Luego
la arena se acumula
alrededor de algo que
frena el viento, como
plantas o madera traída
por el mar. La duna
puede proporcionar
resistencia natural a los
niveles crecientes del
mar y olas de tormentas
atribuidas al cambio
climático global.
atención colocadas al lado de
los sitios de anidación durante
la temporada de apareamiento,
la cual dura desde comienzos
de la primavera hasta mediados
de otoño.
RECREACIÓN
Nadar y practicar surf son
pasatiempos populares. Los
surfistas experimentados
disfrutan de la acción de las olas
Pichón de chorlo nevado
en Surfer’s Point y más lejos
Flora y fauna
occidental
en un arrecife conocido como
Las dunas de arena
“Outsides”, que es famoso por
son el soporte de un conjunto de plantas
sus monstruosa