Santa Cruz Island

The history of the largest island off the coast of California. Santa Cruz Island is the largest of the eight islands.

Though Channel Islands lies just 11 miles off the southern California coast, less than an hour away by boat, few people actually venture to this undeveloped, eight-island chain. The coastline has steep cliffs, gigantic sea caves, coves, and sandy beaches.Santa Cruz Island has many species found nowhere else on earth, including for instance the island scrub jay and the Santa Cruz Island fox, a subs  ...