Channel Islands National Park
California
Free entry
Channel Islands National Park encompasses five remarkable islands and their ocean environment, preserving and protecting a wealth of natural and cultural resources. Isolation over thousands of years has created unique animals, plants, and archeological resources found nowhere else on Earth and helped preserve a place where visitors can experience coastal southern California as it once was.
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No entrance fee.
Hours
The park is open 24 hours a day. Services and facilities have separate hours. Please see descriptions of those facilities elsewhere.
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Campgrounds
Visitor centers
Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center
Outdoors Santa Barbara Visitor Center
San Miguel Island Ranger and Visitor Contact Station
Santa Barbara Island Visitor Center
Santa Rosa Island Visitor Contact Station
Scorpion Ranch Visitor Center on Santa Cruz Island
Visitor Center Anacapa Island
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
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