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Restrooms – at and east of VenturaPier, near California St. Plaza and atFigueroa St. on the Promenade, Surfers’Point Park, Emma Wood State BeachPark, Westpark Community Center, andFoster Park.

Pay Phones – Mission PlazaShopping Center and restroomlocations above.

Water Fountains – at restroomlocations and on trail at Park Row.

Parking – at restroom locationsabove and Main at Peking Streets.

Showers – east of Ventura Pier, andat Surfers’ Point and Emma Wood StateBeach.

Amtrak Station – adjacent to theVentura County Fairgrounds (SeasidePark) at 10 W. Harbor Blvd.

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W E L C O M ETO THE VENTURA RIVER TRAIL

The City of Ventura welcomes youto explore the Ventura River Trail,which follows the old SouthernPacific Railroad right-of-way fromMain Street to Foster Park 6.3miles (10.16 km) inland. Openedin 1999, this pedestrian and bicycle

path links the Ojai Valley Trail andthe coastal Omer Rains Trail forone of the best 17-mile urban bikerides in Southern California – fromthe Ventura Pier to Fox Streetin Ojai.

Funding for the Ventura River Trailcame from the City of VenturaParks & Recreation ImprovementFund, City of Ventura GeneralFund, and State of California andFederal Transportation Funds. The

City of Ventura, Ventura CountyTransportation Commission andRails-to-Trails Conservancycoordinated the project.

On your journey through Ventura’shistoric agricultural and industrialzone – now dynamically changingwith high-tech communicationindustries and modern housing –you will discover natural scenicbeauty and installations thatinterpret Ventura’s economic and

cultural history and its environmentfunded by the City of Ventura PublicArt Program.

RULES OF THE TRAIL• Trail open dawn to dusk.

• No motorized vehicles.

• Dogs allowed only on leashes.

• Dog owners responsible forcleaning up after their dogs.

• For concerns about trailmaintenance call 805.652.4550.

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1 A Delicate Balance by Ralph AllenMassey suggests how humans impactwildlife. Two Ventura River estuaryguardians, a Great Egret and BrownPelican sculpted in bronze, perch atthe Dubbers Lane trail entrance, offOlive and Main Streets.

2 Mark by Jud Fine measures off theentire trail in miles (left side) andkilometers (right side). Its 32 concretedistance markers topped with artifactsfrom Ventura Avenue oil fields andcryptic messages invite contemplationon how humans mark the earth.

3 Clay Track Middens by ValerieTemple are a series of four half-tonbas-relief trash receptacles bearingimages or footprints of native animalsthat the artist observed crossing thisVentura River habitat route.

4 Drinking Fountain by Jeff Sandersat the trail’s Park Row entrance depictsthe Chumash legend of Sky Snakewhose lightening tongue gave fire tothe Santa Cruz Island people.

5 Orange Trace by Jeff Sanders liesscattered over the ground beyondStanley Avenue as if these four clustersof life-like painted bronze oranges justrolled off an old Sunkist Railroadfreight car.

6 Win*Pin by Wyndra Roché combinesreminders from the Ventura RiverValley’s agricultural past withpinwheel poinsettia petals in homageto Ventura’s official flower.

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Trail Access Points Omer Rains Trail1 Dubbers St./Rex St. (extends 5 miles east)2 West Park Row Ave.3 W. Harrison Ave./Westpark Ctr.4 Stanley Ave.5 Shoshone St.6 Shell Road7 Orchard Dr.8 Crooked Palm Road/

Hwy 33 Underpass9 Ojai Valley Waste Water

Treatment Plant Access Road10 N. Ventura Ave./Hwy. 3311 Santa Ana Rd. at entrance to Foster Park

Points of Interest1 San Buenaventura City Hall2 Ventura Pier3 Mission San Buenaventura4 Ortega Adobe5 Seaside Wilderness Park6 Westpark Community Center7 Simpson Tract &

Ventura Ave. Library8 Ventura Syncline9 Ventura Ave. Water

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City of VenturaParks DepartmentP.O. Box 99Ventura, CA 93002-0099

Special needs can be metby calling (805) 658-4726or (805) 654-7788 (TDD).

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P O I N T SOF INTEREST

San Buenaventura City Hall 1

501 Poli St.Visit this 1912 marble-and-terracotta Beaux Arts building weekdaysfor complete visitor information and orientation.

Ventura Pier 2

First built in 1872, midway insidethe San Buenaventura State BeachPark, Ventura’s pier is Southern California’s secondoldest, after Port Hueneme’s.

Mission San Buenaventura 3

211 E Main St.Father Junipero Serra’s final stoneand adobe church was completed in 1809.

Ortega Adobe 4

215 W Main St.Ventura’s only remaining adoberesidence downtown and the firsthome of the Ortega Chile Company was built in 1857.

Seaside Wilderness Park 5

Across the Ventura River MainStreet Bridge and adjacent toEmma Wood State Beach Park is a for-pedestrians-onlypark, containing the river mouth, former Hobo Jungle,1.3 mile Ocean’s Edge Trail with rare cobble tide pools,and .7 mile River’s Edge Trail – a birdwatchers’ paradise.

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606 N. Ventura Ave.Housed within the historic, recently restored Casa deAnza, the library displays extensive public art muralsby Catherine Day. Her Portrait of a Neighborhoodcommemorates the designation of the surroundingSimpson Tract, one of Ventura’s oldest neighborhoods,as a historic district.

Ventura Syncline 8

Near the Canada Larga Roadtrail access point is an oil-richterrain folding like an accordion.Nearby the old Petrochem oil refinery closed in the1980s abuts a former film studio back lot.

Westpark Community Center 6

450 W. Harrison St.This youth center has a water fountain,restrooms, and murals on its north andsouth facing walls.

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Treatment Plant5895 N. Ventura Ave.This 1939 FWA Spanish Revivalfacility that extracts and treats watershed supplies isthe site of a future public art installation.

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At trail’s end this county parkhas shade, restrooms, picnictables and a spectacular view ofthe Ventura River flowing towards the ocean fromthe nearby sandstone bridge with lion sculptures.

TRAIL GUIDEAmenities • Access Points

Public Art • Points of Interest

City of San Buenaventura