Nov. 16, 2025
181. Channel Islands - California's Forgotten Wilderness
The Channel Islands, where isolation meets adventure and California exists as it did before freeways and cities. Johnny Mac explores these remote islands accessible only by boat from Ventura Harbor, from the dramatic cliff-top trails of Anacapa to the sea caves and endemic island foxes of Santa Cruz. Discover world-class kayaking, snorkeling in kelp forests, primitive camping under stars you forgot existed, and hiking where the only sounds are waves and seabirds. Learn what it takes to reach these islands, what to bring, and why the effort delivers an experience that's increasingly rare – genuine wilderness within sight of Los Angeles.
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Calaroga Shark Media.
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There's a particular kind of loneliness that exists only on islands.
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Not the melancholy isolation of being stranded, but the profound
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quiet that comes from being separated from the mainland by
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miles of cold Pacific water. A silence so complete that
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the crash of waves and the cry of gulls become
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the loudest sounds in your world. A sense of removal
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so total that the cities visible across the Channel might
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as well exist on another planet. The Channel Islands sit
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just off the southern California coast, visible from Santa Barbara
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and Ventura on clear days, floating on the horizon like
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a promise or a dare. Eight islands scattered across the
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Santa Barbara Channel and the Pacific beyond each one, a
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world unto itself. Five of them and a coppa. Santa Cruz,
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Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara Island comprise Channel
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Islands National Park, one of the least visited national parks
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in the system. Despite being just hours from Los Angeles,
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most Californians spend their lives looking at these islands without
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ever setting foot on them. Their backdrop scenery, the mysterious
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shapes that break the horizon line when you're standing on
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a mainland beach. They seem close enough to swim to,
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yet remote enough to require real commitment to reach, and
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that distance, that separation from the easily accessible, is precisely
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what makes them extraordinary. The Channel Islands aren't Yosemite with
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its granite cathedrals, or Yellowstone with its geysers and grizzlies.
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They offer something different, the experience of California as it
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existed before freeways and subdivisions, before the gold Rush and
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Spanish missions, when the coast belonged to the Chumash people
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and islands were isolated ecosystems evolving their own rules. These
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islands are laboratories of evolution, refugees for species found nowhere
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else on Earth, and playgrounds for anyone willing to trade
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convenience for genuine wilderness. Getting there requires boats and plannings,
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Staying there requires preparation and self sufficiency. But for those
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who make the effort, the Channel Islands deliver an experience
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that's in increasingly rare, the chance to be genuinely away,
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to disconnect not just from Wi Fi, but from the
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entire infrastructure of modern life to remember what California was
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before it became what it is. The journey to the
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Channel Islands begins at Ventura Harbor, where Island Packers operates
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the primary boat service to the National Park. This isn't
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a cruise ship experience with cocktails and entertainment. These are
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working boats designed to move people and gear across open
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ocean efficiently and safely, prioritizing function over comfort. Ventura Harbor
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itself embodies that transitional quality between land and sea. It's
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neither fully urban nor wild, neither entirely commercial nor recreational.
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Fishing boats share space with pleasure craft. Seafood restaurants line
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the waterfront, alongside charter operations and marine supply shops. The
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smell of diesel and brine mixes with coffee from the
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harbourside cafes where early morning passengers wait for their boats.
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The check in process at Island Packers feels more serious
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than typical tourist excursions. There are weight limits for gear,
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restrictions on what you can bring, explicit warnings about sea
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conditions and the physical demands of island exploration. The staff
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aren't trying to scare anyone off, but they're making clear
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that this isn't a passive experience. The islands don't coddle visitors,
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and the boat company won't pretend otherwise. The crossing itself
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varies dramatically depending on which island you're visiting and what
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the Pacific decides to do that day. Anacappa, the closest,
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is just an hour away. Santa Rosa and San Miguel,
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the most remote, require three to four hours of open
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ocean travel. The channel can be glassy, calm, or churning
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with swells the test even experienced sailor's stomachs. There's no
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predicting it with certainty, which adds an element of adventure
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or anxiety to every trip on the boat. The mainland
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recedes the familiar landmarks of the California coast. The hills,
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the beaches, the development creeping up every canyon shrink and simplify.
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The water takes on deeper blues and greens as depth increases.
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Dolphins often ride the bow wave, their sleek bodies cutting
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through the water with effortless grace. Seabirds follow the boat,
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and if you're lucky, you might spot whales. Gray whales
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during migration season, humpbacks and blues in summer, or the
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occasional orca passing through the islands grow from horizon smudges
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to distinct land masses, revealing cliffs and coves invisible from
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the mainland. As the boat approaches its destination, the scale
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becomes apparent. These aren't small islands you can walk across
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in an hour. There's substantial pieces of land with their
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own topography, their own weather systems, their own presence. Anacappa
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is where most first time visitors start, and for good reason.
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It's the closest to the mainland, requires the shortest boat ride,
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and offers a concentrated island experience that can be completed
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in a day trip. But calling it the easy island
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would be misleading. Ana Kappa demands respect and delivers challenges
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even in its compact form. The landing at Anacappa is
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immediate immersion. There's no gentle introduction, no gradual transition. The
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boat pulls up to a dock, you step off onto
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the landing platform, and then you climb one hundred and
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fifty four steps up a metal staircase, clinging to the
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cliff face, carrying whatever gear you brought while seabirds wheel overhead,
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and the ocean surges below. The climb serves as a
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filter and a test. If you can't handle these stairs
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with your daypack, you probably shouldn't be here. But if
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you can, you're rewarded with access to an island that
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exists in a different California than the one you left
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an hour ago. The top of Anacappa is a different world.
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The island consists of three narrow islets, stretching about five
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miles end to end, but never more than a quarter
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mile wide. The landscape is wind swept and sparse, low vegetation,
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rocky outcrops and trails that follow the spine and edges
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of the island. The iconic Anacappa Lighthouse, automated now but
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still functioning, stands as the only significant human structure. Walking
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the island's trails provides constant views in multiple directions Mainland
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California to the north, Santa Cruz Island to the west,
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the Pacific stretching endlessly south. The wind is nearly constant,
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carrying salt spray and the cries of Western gulls that
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nest here by the thousands. In spring, the island transforms
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with wild flowers. Giant corey is covering hillsides and yellow
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blooms that seem impossibly bright against the blue water. But
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it's the edges of Anacappa that captivate. The cliffs drop
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hundreds of feet to the water, creating vertical landscapes where
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seabirds nest on narrow ledges and sea caves hollow out
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the rocket waterline arch rock. Anacappa's signature formation demonstrates the
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ocean's patient work, decades of waves carving through solid stone
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to create a window forty feet high. The snorkeling and
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diving around Ana Kappa rank among California's best. The kelp
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forests here are dense and healthy, creating underwater jungles where
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visibility can exceed fifty feet on good days. The water's
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cold sixty degrees even in summer, but the life it
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supports is worth the discomfort. Bright Orange Garibaldi, California's state
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fish defend their territories aggressively. Leopard sharks glide over sandy patches,
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harbor seals investigate snorkelers with curiosity that occasionally crosses into
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unnerving proximity. Ana Kappa can be experienced in a day,
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but that doesn't mean it should be rushed. The island
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rewards sitting still, watching the light change, observing the seabirds, routines,
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and simply being present in a place where human presence
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is temporary and conditional. Santa Cruz Island is the Channel
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Island's heavyweight, the largest at ninety six square miles, the
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most topographically diverse, and the most complicated in terms of
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access and management. The Nature Conservancy owns the western seventy
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six percent, while the National Park Service manages the eastern portion.
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This split management creates some confusion, but also preserves different
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approaches to island conservation. The boat landing at Scorpion Anchorage
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on the east end provides access to the most developed
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area of Santa Cruz, though developed is relative. There's a pier,
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a visitor contact station, a campground, and some historic ranch buildings.
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Compared to mainland campgrounds with their paved loops and electrical hookups,
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Scorpion feels primitive, but compared to true wilderness camping, it's
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downright civilized. The landscape immediately surrounding Scorpion is Mediterranean rolling
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hills covered with coasts, sage, scrub grasslands, gold in summer,
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and green after winter rains and groves of eucalyptus planted
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a century ago when the island was ranched, but Santa
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Cruz is large enough to contain multiple ecosystems, from coastal
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bluffs to interior valleys to mountain peaks rising over two
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thousand feet. The hiking on Santa Cruz ranges from easy
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coastal walks to strenuous mountain traverses. The trail to Smuggler's
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Cove follows the coastline west from Scorpion, offering views of
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sea caves and the possibility of spotting Island foxes, a
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subspecies found nowhere else, endemic to the Channel Islands and
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evolved to be significantly smaller than their mainland relatives. The
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Montagnon Ridge trail climbs into the island's interior, gaining elevation
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through chaparral and eventually reaching views that encompassed the entire
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eastern end of the island. The effort required steep grades,
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exposed conditions, and several miles of sustained climbing filters out
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casual hikers, leaving the upper elevations relatively uncrowded even on
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busy weekends, but Santa Cruz's most spectacular feature is its
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sea caves, accessible only by kayak. These aren't small overhangs,
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but cathedral like chambers carved by millennia of wave action.
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Painted Cave on the northwest coast is one of the
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largest sea caves in the world. Over one thy two
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hundred feet deep, with an entrance tall enough to accommodate
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a ship inside, The darkness is profound, broken only by
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the entrance's light and the bioluminescence that sometimes sparkles in
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the disturbed water. Kayaking the island's coves provides perspectives impossible
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to gain from land. The cliffs reveal their layered geology,
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ash from ancient volcanic eruptions, sedimentary rock compressed over millions
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of years, and fault lines where tectonic forces bent and
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broke the stone. Sea lions haul out on rocky shelves,
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barking territorial challenges as kayaks pass. Cormorants perch on rocks
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with wings spread to dry, looking like heraldic symbols, come
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to life. The campground at Scorpion creates its own small community.
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Campers share information about trails, wildlife sightings, and water conditions.
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The absence of cars, the requirement that all supplies because
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carried from the boat, and the shared experience of being
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on an island create a temporary fellowship. Conversations happened between
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strangers that might never occur on the mainland, Nights on
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Santa Cruz, or revelation for anyone who spent their life
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near cities. The darkness is complete, no street lights, no
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passing cars, no glow of nearby development. The stars appear
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in densities that seem impossible, the Milky Way visible as
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an actual river of light across the sky. The sound
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shift to natural rhythms, waves on the beach, wind in
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the grass, the occasional bark of a sea lion, and
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sometimes the haunting calls of foxes moving through the darkness.
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The Channel Islands support an astonishing concentration of wildlife, both
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because of their isolation and because of their position at
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the confluence of cold and warm ocean currents. These islands
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are way stations for migrating species, breeding grounds from marine mammals,
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and permanent homes for endemic species found nowhere else on Earth.
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The island fox is perhaps the most charismatic of the
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endemic species descended from gray foxes that somehow reached the
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islands thousands of years ago, possibly rafting on vegetation during storms.
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They evolved into distinct subspecies on different islands, each slightly
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different in size and coloring. They're about the size of
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a house cat, bold around humans without being aggressive, and
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often seen during daylight hours despite being primarily nocturnal. These
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foxes came dangerously close to extinction in the nineteen nineties
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when golden eagles themselves newcomers to the islands, began pre
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dating on them. A massive recovery effort involving captive breeding
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and golden eagle removal brought them back from the brink.
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Seeing a fox trot through the campground or along a
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trail represents one of conservation's genuine success stories. The island
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scrub jay, found only on Santa Cruz Island, is another
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endemic species. Larger and more vividly blue than mainland scrub jays,
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these intelligent birds are curious and bold, often investigating campers
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and hikers with apparent interest. They're not tame, but they've
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learned that humans sometimes mean food, and they're not shy
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about investigating the possibility. Seabirds nest on the islands in
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staggering numbers. Western gulls, cassines, auklets, xantuses, mrlts, and brown
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pelicans all use the islands as breeding grounds. Anacappa alone
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host one of the largest breeding colonies of western gulls
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on the Pacific coast. During nesting season, the noise and
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activity level defies description, thousands of birds calling, fighting, courting,
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and raising young in a chaotic avian metropolis. Marine mammals
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are equally abundant. Harbor seals haul out on beaches throughout
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the islands, particularly in spring when females give birth to pups.
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California Sea lions are ubiquitous. They're barking audible from miles away.
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The massive Northern elephant seals breed on San Miguel Island
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in winter, with bulls fighting brutal battles for dominance while
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females nurse pups that can gain ten pounds a day
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on their mother's incredibly rich milk. Whales pass through the
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Santi Barber Channel year round, with different species appearing seasonally.
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Gray whales migrate along the coast from December through May,
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heading to and from their breeding grounds in Mexico. Blue
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whales the largest animals ever to exist on Earth, feed
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in the Channel's productive waters during summer. Humpbacks perform their
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acrobatic breeches. Orcas patrol and family pods hunting seals and
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other prey. The underwater world matches the terrestrial abundance. The
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Kelp forests support complex ecosystems, rockfish hiding in the hold
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fast sea, urchins grazing on stipes, octopuses camouflaged against rocks. Abalone,
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once plentiful throughout California, still survive in healthy numbers around
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sharks cruise through, reminding everyone that the ocean's food chain
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extends above whatever position humans might imagine they occupy. Camping
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on the Channel Islands strips away the usual comforts and
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compromises of developed campgrounds. There are no showers, no electrical hookups,
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no camp stores selling forgotten supplies. Water is available, but
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limited fires are generally prohibited due to the extreme fire danger.
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Everything you need must be carried from the boat, and
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everything you generate as waste must be carried back. The
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