Campsite #8 at Santa Rosa Island Campground, Channel Islands National Park, CA

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Tent Site #8

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Campsite #8 Features: Walk-In access, Back-In parking, Food Storage Locker, Picnic Table, Tent Site

Campsite Reviews (11)

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@MichaelR189137 · Camped on Sep 1, 2025 at Campsite #8
Just look at the pictures - sez it all!
@AmyH6621534 · Camped on Aug 6, 2025 at Campsite #8
One of my favorite places to camp! Secluded and beautiful. Beware the wind, though! Definitely put your tent inside the wind shelters!
@ArnoldZ7B92B2A · Camped on Mar 8, 2024 at Campsite #8
Best restroom I've ever seen in a national park. Also the Island looks like a meadow out of heaven.
@IanK9100462 · Camped on Mar 10, 2023 at Campsite #8
Beautiful!! Only problem was the roads. But that is to be forgiven since it was the largest amount of rain California has seen in decades
@katherine25017 · Camped on Oct 8, 2022 at Campsite #8
Loved this campground! The sites were clean and flat, the restrooms were clean and well stocked. There can be a lot of wind. Bring as low of profile tent as you can. It will help if the wind is going in the swirls. I also didn't put my rain fly on. Which helped with the noise. It is a bit of a walk from the ferry, so be prepared. I'll be back for sure.
@JoseRA3297F7A4 · Camped on Apr 15, 2022 at Campsite #8
Is an excellent experience to visit the Channel Islands, I personally encourage anybody who love hking and camping, with Fog, with Sun, with Wind it doesn't matter to visit the island. My town is Ventura and I'm proud to say this is my front yard, the Channel Islands!!
@RichardM509620 · Camped on Aug 30, 2021 at Campsite #8
We were on the island for five days, four nights, and did five hikes from the campground: Torrey Pines, Lobo Canyon, Soledad Peak, Skunk Point, and Carrington Point. All were wonderful and each different from the others. Lobo Canyon is especially worthwhile because of its unusual rock formations and exotic flora, including the giant coreopsis (which looks eerie in its dormancy, like a rack of shrunken heads). We were very surprised to see many wildflowers in bloom, particularly in Lobo Canyon and on the single-track part of the Carrington Point trail. Along the latter there are hundreds of large lupines of a variety with a strong lilac-like scent that became our favorite. The campground is excellent, thoughtfully set up and maintained beautifully. Our fellow campers were all friendly and considerate. We were lucky with the wind, which was steady but not heavy. The NPS staff, Dylan Moe in particular, were helpful, engaging but unobtrusive. It really could not have been better.
@RichardM409 · Camped on Aug 30, 2021 at Campsite #8
We were on the island for five days, four nights, and did five hikes from the campground: Torrey Pines, Lobo Canyon, Soledad Peak, Skunk Point, and Carrington Point. All were wonderful and each different from the others. Lobo Canyon is especially worthwhile because of its unusual rock formations and exotic flora, including the giant coreopsis (which looks eerie in its dormancy, like a rack of shrunken heads). We were very surprised to see many wildflowers in bloom, particularly in Lobo Canyon and on the single-track part of the Carrington Point trail. Along the latter there are hundreds of large lupines of a variety with a strong lilac-like scent that became our favorite. The campground is excellent, thoughtfully set up and maintained beautifully. Our fellow campers were all friendly and considerate. We were lucky with the wind, which was steady but not heavy. The NPS staff, Dylan Moe in particular, were helpful, engaging but unobtrusive. It really could not have been better.
@MarkS960 · Camped on Mar 29, 2021 at Campsite #8
My second camping trip recommendations, be prepared for wind.
@MarkS8760847 · Camped on Mar 29, 2021 at Campsite #8
My second camping trip recommendations, be prepared for wind.
@CristianoD5F72 · Camped on Jun 12, 2020 at Campsite #8
Besides the wind. Everything else were just perfect... but the wind...

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