Channel Islands National Park is only a boat ride away the Los Angeles area, but visitors will feel like they’re a world away. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight ...

The Channel Islands National Park is what many consider to be the crown jewel of Ventura County. It has five uninhabited wild and wonderful islands that attract hikers, bikers, kayakers and campers.

Channel Islands National Park is full of superlatives. By mileage, it is the closest national park to Los Angeles and its nearly 4 million residents. But Channel Islands is also one of the least ...

Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie ...

But what you may be surprised to learn, as we were, is that two Nazi concentration camps were established on British soil in the Channel Islands, around 80 miles from the British mainland.