Channel Islands National Park

Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island: With winter rains, the coreopsis emerges from summer's dormancy with light green foliage and bright yellow daisy-like flowers
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.
Map showing location of park.
Orange flowers in a field of burned grass
Overnight Camping to Resume on Portions of Santa Rosa Island on October 14
Channel Islands National Park will reopen Water Canyon Campground and designated backcountry beach camping areas in the northwest and southwest quadrants of Santa Rosa Island beginning October 14. The southeast quadrant will remain closed to backcountry camping and no permits will be issued for the remainder of the 2026 recreation season. The burn area will remain closed to visitors.
A hand holding smooth, oval-shaped seeds
 Initial Assessment Indicates Potential for 80% Mortality Among Rare Torrey Pines Following Santa Rosa Island Fire
Initial assessments indicate that 60% to 80% of Santa Rosa Island's iconic Torrey pines may perish as a result of the largest wildfire in Channel Islands National Park history.
Campsite in oak woodland with tent pad, food storage box, and picnic table
Channel Islands National Park Opens New Campground at Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island
Beginning Aug. 27, Channel Islands National Park will open the new Prisoners Harbor Campground on Santa Cruz Island, introducing overnight visitors to a new way to experience the park's largest island.
A close up of th inside of a large eagle's nest. Twigs, sticks and grasses make up the background. In the foreground are several eaglets with downy gray feathers. The front eaglet stares directly at the camera with its beak open.
Bald Eagles Continue Recovery at Channel Islands National Park
As the United States commemorates its 250th anniversary, partners in one of the nation's most successful wildlife restoration efforts are celebrating another productive nesting season for America's national bird—the bald eagle.   
Trail passing along a partially burned area
Channel Islands National Park Announces Limited Reopening of Santa Rosa Island Day Use Beginning July 1
Channel Islands National Park will reopen Santa Rosa Island for day use beginning July 1, following preliminary assessments of post-fire conditions on the island.
Steep, rugged ocean cliffs extending in an island chain.
Photo by Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com
Yellow flowers in foreground extending out along a rocky coastline to a natural arch.
Photo by Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com
Pine tree high on a ridge overlooking a bay with blue water and white sand beach.
Photo by Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com
Brown seals and sea lions on white sand beach with blue water and partly cloudy sky.
Photo by Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com
Rust and grey colored fox in green grass.
Photo by Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com