The Channel Islands are home to one of the least frequented national parks in the U.S., but one of its visitor centers (now closed because of the pandemic) is in Ventura, just 70 miles north of ...

Take a day trip to Channel Islands National Park is ranked #17 out of 20 things to do in Santa Barbara. See pictures and our review of Take a day trip to Channel Islands National Park.

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 ...

Santa Rosa Island, part of Channel Islands National Park, is temporarily closed to visitors while park and law enforcement officials search for drug smugglers. It’s the second island to be put ...

Despite being California’s most exotic offshore destination, Channel Islands National Park is the least visited of the Golden State’s nine national parks, with only 328,746 travelers in 2023.

A USGS map shows the location of a magnitude 5.3 earthquake that struck off the Channel Islands around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Entry is free to Channel Islands National Park, but visitors without boats will need to pay for the third-party ferry. One-way fares between the mainland and islands starts at $31.50 for ...