National Park System · CA

Camping in Channel Islands National Park

The Recreation.gov record puts 8 campgrounds inside the park, all reservable. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025
227,186
campsites
152
campgrounds take reservations
8 of 8

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 8 Recreation.gov records listed below.

Every campground

CampgroundSites
Santa Rosa Island Backcountry Beach Camping33
Santa Cruz Island Scorpion31
Santa Barbara Island21
San Miguel Island19
Anacapa Island16
Santa Rosa Island16
Santa Cruz Island Del Norte Backcountry9
Santa Cruz Island Prisoners Harbor7
Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook