Located approximately an hour northwest of Los Angeles, Ventura is a seaside city in California. It is well-known for its beaches, including the wooden Ventura Pier at San Buenaventura State Beach. Windsurfing and surfing are popular activities at Surfer's Point. The Mission San Buenaventura, with its 1809 chapel, is one of the landmarks on Main Street in downtown. Channel Islands National Park, home to endangered island foxes and scrub jays, is reached by boat from Ventura Harbor.