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Channel Islands Beach California Map

Explore Channel Islands Beach, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Channel Islands Beach, California

How to Use This Channel Islands Beach, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Channel Islands Beach, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Channel Islands Beach.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Channel Islands Beach
State	California (CA)
County	Ventura County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.16896
Longitude	-119.228542
Population	2,870
Density	2619.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93035
Area Code	805
County Seat	Ventura
School District	Hueneme Elementary School District

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About Channel Islands Beach, California

Channel Islands Beach is a locality in Ventura County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,870. The population density is 2619.7 people per km². Channel Islands Beach is located at 34.1690°N, 119.2285°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93035.

Channel Islands Beach maintains a steady, salt-crusted watch over the Pacific where the land dissolves into the shifting tides of the Channel Islands Harbor. It lies 1.8 miles west-northwest of Port Hueneme, CA (from Port Hueneme, CA: bearing 294°T), and is situated 3.8 miles southwest of Oxnard. Low-slung houses and sand-dusted walkways define the physical character of the neighborhood, which sits upon a narrow peninsula separating the deep, engineered waters of the harbor from the expansive, restless ocean. The air here holds a permanent, briny chill, often softened by a golden, late-afternoon light that illuminates the fine grains of quartz and shell scattered along the shoreline. Toward the horizon, the silhouette of Round Mountain rises in the distance, a quiet sentinel watching over the coastal flatlands, while beneath the surface of the nearby seafloor, the deep, dark trench of Hueneme Canyon exerts a silent influence on the local current.

Channel Islands Beach functions as a quiet maritime outpost, defined by an economy that leans heavily on the recreational and commercial vessels tethered within the harbor. The proximity to the Santa Clara River, which empties its silt-laden currents into the sea five miles away, reminds residents of the constant, slow-motion reshuffling of the coastline that has shaped this region for generations. Public life centers around the modest, wind-swept grounds of Peninsula Park, where the local pace is dictated by the turning of the tides rather than the urgency of the nearby freeway arteries. While the distant, tinder-dry hills shimmer in the heat of summer, Channel Islands Beach remains anchored in the cool, damp rhythm of the water, a place where the history of maritime transit and the steady, unyielding pressure of the Pacific define the boundaries of daily existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Peninsula Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 059° NE
Boat Launch Ramp and Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 066° NE
Oxnard Beach Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 326° NW
Oxnard Public Beaches (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 328° NW
Ventura County Maritime Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 128° SE
Mandalay State Beach (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 338° N
Port Hueneme Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 130° SE
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Memorial (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 133° SE
McGrath State Beach (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 333° NW
Ormond Beach (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 122° SE
Carnegie Art Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 053° NE
Murphy Auto Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 080° E
Connections (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 078° E
Harbor Village Gallery and Gifts (Arts Centre) — 5.3 mi, 338° N
Channel Islands National Park (National Park) — 5.9 mi, 339° N · 315k acres
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 5.9 mi, 214° SW
Soter Point (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 338° N
Dudley House (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 355° N
Jake Kochel (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 331° NW
Cannon (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 335° NW
The Glitter Barn (Arts Centre) — 8.4 mi, 336° NW
Century Theatres (Cinema) — 8.6 mi, 335° NW
Latitudes Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 334° NW
Surrendered Echoes Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 333° NW
Skyway playhouse (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 073° E
Kellogg Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 335° NW
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 11.2 mi, 121° SE · 8,946 acres
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 096° E · 24k acres
Chumash Demonstration Village (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 095° E
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 331° NW · 1.8M acres

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