Visiting by boat: Channel Islands National Park has no visitor’s fee, but Island Packers—the official boat concessionaire of the park—charges a boarding fee for round-trip day tickets ...

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 ...

Things to Do at Channel Islands National Park . The island of Anacapa has great bird watching and plenty of hiking trails — including one that leads to a 1932 lighthouse.

Channel Island's wild beauty is hard to beat, but Coastal California boasts a similar gem that is much easier to get to.

Kenan Chan counts his time at the Channel Islands National Park in more than just days or years. He made 500 dives in the remote park off Ventura , spent more than 30,000 minutes underwater and ...

Channel Islands National Park, located off the coast of Southern California, provides visitors countless pinch-me moments, but despite a fellow tourist blurting out that she felt like she was ...

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.

CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK,Calif.–I keep returning to the Golden State precisely because it offers more than gold. The green of its forests, the blue of its ocean, the rainbows of flowers and ...

In declaring the islands a national park in the 1980s, Congress intended to help return the Channel Islands to their unspoiled prime. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Faulkner, of Ventura, had worked for the National Park Service for 35 years, including more than two decades on the remote Channel Islands. She retired there as chief of natural resources in 2016 ...

What to do in Channel Islands National Park. There’s not a lot of attractions over on the Channel Islands. The top things to do here are visit a handful of beautiful beaches, cliff faces ...