Oxnard sits on the California coast in Ventura County, a farm city turned beach town between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The city grew on agriculture, and strawberry fields still stretch across the plain around town, with a summer strawberry festival that draws crowds downtown. Channel Islands Harbor offers boating, kayaking, and whale watching trips, and Oxnard Beach Park gives residents a wide stretch of sand. Heritage Square preserves Victorian-era homes in the heart of the city, and the Carnegie Art Museum shows work in a historic library building.