{"id":1069,"date":"2011-10-25T17:44:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2013-06-25T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T16:26:20","slug":"review-anacapa-santa-cruz-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1069\/review-anacapa-santa-cruz-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Campsites on Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center at Channel Islands National Park<br \/>\n1901 Spinnaker Drive<br \/>\nVentura, CA 93001<br \/>\n(805) 658-5730<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/nps.gov\/chis\" target=\"_blank\">nps.gov\/chis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8043 alignright lazyload\" title=\"Camp in the Channel Islands\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3062513579_d49d78c9eb_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"281\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8043 alignright lazyload\" title=\"Camp in the Channel Islands\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3062513579_d49d78c9eb_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3062513579_d49d78c9eb_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3062513579_d49d78c9eb_b-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3062513579_d49d78c9eb_b-40x25.jpg 40w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/noscript>Bask in the unspoiled glory of the Channel Islands at the Anacapa Island and Santa Cruz Island campsites. Camping is available year-round on all five of the National Park\u2019s islands., but Anacapa and Santa Cruz house the most stunning views and best accessibility to trails and water activities.<\/p>\n<p>Camping fees are $15 per night, per site. Water is not available at campsites. Trash must be packed out. Call (877) 444-6777 to make a required advance reservation.<\/p>\n<p>Plan your <a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/692\/visit-the-channel-islands\/\" target=\"_blank\">weekend escape to the Channel Islands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s easiest to drive to Ventura, and take a ferry from there. The visitor center is located at the very end of Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>Island Packers ferries go to all the islands. For more information about Island Packers, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/islandpackers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">islandpackers.com<\/a>\u00a0or call (805) 642-1393.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center at Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5730 nps.gov\/chis Description Bask in the unspoiled glory of the Channel Islands at the Anacapa Island and Santa Cruz Island campsites. Camping is available year-round on all five of the National Park\u2019s islands., but Anacapa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-outdoors","7":"category-reviews"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Review: Campsites on Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands - offMetro CA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/1069\/review-anacapa-santa-cruz-islands\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review: Campsites on Anacapa and Santa Cruz Islands - offMetro CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; The Robert J. 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