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National Park Service · Channel Islands National Park · CA

BACKCOUNTRY AREA · Site 003.

at Santa Cruz Island Del Norte Backcountry

This site, in 2 agency photographs
Photos · NPS
Photos: Recreation.gov RIDB media records filed against this campsite · Oct 19, 2026
Filed by the agency against this site and 3 other campsites here
Picnic table next to large tree overlooking ocean, filed by the agency against 4 campsites at Santa Cruz Island Del Norte Backcountry
Picnic table next to large tree overlooking ocean · Tim Hauf, timhaufphotography.com
Shared frame: SHA-256 of the agency’s own file, compared across every campsite photograph at this campground · Sep 12, 2026
Tent Only NonelectricType
Reservablerecreation.gov lists it
58 ftRoom
690 ftElevation
13%Tree cover
6.4 miWater · to an unnamed streamOcean · 2,357 ft · to the Pacific Ocean
177 ftNearest toilet · OpenStreetMap
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this site’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 2026
Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this site’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026
Coast: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest ocean, bay, sound, estuary or tidal flat to this site’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026
Toilet: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), nearest mapped amenity=toilets to this site’s coordinate · Oct 7, 2026

Room

58 ftto the nearest other site, against 61 ft typical here
#3 of 4roomiest site in the campground
2other sites within 100 ft
No RV or electric sites within 100 ftso, probably no generators
Nearest sites002 58 ft004 83 ft001 106 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor spheroid distance) · Oct 19, 2026

The site

TypeTent Only Nonelectric
LoopBACKCOUNTRY AREA
HookupsNone
Site AccessHike-In
Capacity/Size RatingSingle
Max Num of People4
Max Num of Vehicles0
Checkin Time12:00 PM
Checkout Time12:00 PM
Food Storage LockerYes
Hike In Distance to Site18480 ft
Min Num of People1
Min Num of Vehicles0
Picnic TablesYes
Proximity to WaterIsland
TrailheadsYes
Vault ToiletsYes
AccessibleNot listed
The record, complete · 16
Pets AllowedNo
Campfire AllowedNo
Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

What fits here

Tentno length limit listed

Recreation.gov lists these as the equipment permitted on this site. A length is the ceiling for that equipment; where none is published we say so rather than guess.

Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

Book this exact site

Opens this site’s own calendar on recreation.gov.

Site 003 on recreation.gov
Source: Recreation.gov

The campground

Every site, the season, fees, weather, and what’s happening on this land right now: Santa Cruz Island Del Norte Backcountry →

Most private sites here004 83 ft001 64 ft002 58 ft003 58 ft
Source: CAMPANAC campground index