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Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. The islands within the park extend along the southern California coast from Point Conception near Santa Barbara to just north of Los Angeles. Park headquarters and the Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center are located in the city of Ventura.
Channel Islands National Park is home to a wide variety of nationally and internationally significant natural and cultural resources. It was designated a U.S. National Monument on April 26, 1938 and a National Biosphere Reserve in 1976. It was promoted to a National Park on March 5, 1980.
Annual visitation to the park's mainland visitor center is 300,000. Visitation to the islands and waters is low, with about 30,000 visitors traveling to the islands, and another 60,000 who go only into park waters. Although most visitation occurs in the summer, migrating gray whales and spectacular wildflower displays attract visitors in the winter and spring. Autumn is an excellent time to travel to the park, as well as for diving, as the days are usually sunny, with minimal winds and clear ocean water.
Gallery
Image:0295_aquaimages.jpg|Bluebanded Gobies, San Clemente Island
Image:0375_aquaimages.jpg|Garibaldi, Catalina Island
Image:3294_aquaimages.jpg|Juvenile Garibaldi, Catalina Island
Image:0425_aquaimages.jpg|Diver and juvenile Sea Lions, Anacapa Island
Image:2706_aquaimages.jpg|California Moray Eel, San Clemente Island
Image:2728_aquaimages.jpg|Kelp forest and sardines
Image:2780_aquaimages.jpg|Giant Black Sea Bass, San Clemente Island
Image:2781_aquaimages.jpg|Giant Black Sea Bass, San Clemente Island
Image:2826_aquaimages.jpg|Sea Fan, Anacapa Island
Image:3327_aquaimages.jpg|Hermissenda Nudibranch, San Clemente Island
Image:5597_aquaimages.jpg|Anemones, Catalina Island
Image:5662_aquaimages.jpg|Bat Ray in kelp forest, San Clemente Island
Image:5687_aquaimages.jpg|Spanish Shawl nudibranch
