The Channel Islands are a tiny blip barely visible on a map of the continental United States. For the most part, the turbulent ocean separating them from the mainland left them isolated through ...

Go With Nat Geo Explore the islands with Nat Geo Expeditions’ Wild California Escape: A Voyage to Channel Islands National Park. Hike the trails with National Geographic’s Trails Illustrated maps.

How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Channel Islands National Park This national park is called ‘North America’s Galapagos’ — and it has 145 species found nowhere else.

A Guide to Kayaking Channel Islands National Park The best way to immerse yourself within this island biome is paddling a kayak. Over the years, I’ve circumnavigated the four Northern Channel ...

The channel is named for 19th century military figure General William S. Harney of the U.S. Army. “Harney Channel” has been printed on thousands of maps and nautical charts since the 1860s.

Channel Islands National Park, California By Chuck Graham It’s a lonely square-mile in the Pacific, 40 miles south of Santa Cruz Island and 26 miles northwest of Santa Catalina Island.

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 ...

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 ...

CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY — Five hundred feet beneath the ocean’s surface, a robotic submarine is bumping into a grove of bone-white coral in the waters off the Channel Islands ...