Island campsites by boat.
No walk-ups. No exceptions.
Every site needs a reservation and a ferry. Dibs on Dirt monitors Recreation.gov nonstop. You get an email when one opens.
Get Started FreeA ferry schedule and 25 campsites stand between you and this place.
There are no roads, no drive-in options, and no walk-ups. Every campsite across all five Channel Islands is reservation-required year-round. Scorpion Canyon on Santa Cruz Island, the most popular destination, offers just 25 individual sites and 6 group sites total.
Getting there means booking a round-trip Island Packers ferry from Ventura (roughly $84 per adult) on a limited departure schedule. Miss the cancellation window and you're waiting six months. Every reservation lives on Recreation.gov, where open sites vanish in a single page refresh.
Dibs on Dirt monitors Recreation.gov continuously across every island campground and emails you when a site opens in your date range. No refreshing, no luck required.
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