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National Park Service · Channel Islands National Park · CA

Southwest Quadrant Dispersed Camping · Site SW01.

at Santa Rosa Island Backcountry Beach Camping

Filed by the agency against this site and 9 other campsites here
Sandy beach with dunes, ocean and small waves and steep coastal bluffs covered in dry grass., filed by the agency against 10 campsites at Santa Rosa Island Backcountry Beach Camping
Sandy beach with dunes, ocean and small waves and steep coastal bluffs covered in dry grass.
Shared frame: SHA-256 of the agency’s own file, compared across every campsite photograph at this campground · Sep 12, 2026
Tent Only NonelectricType
Not listedrecreation.gov doesn’t offer it
10 ftElevation
0%Tree cover
11.7 miWater · to an unnamed pondOcean · 29 ft · to the Pacific Ocean
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

Room

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor spheroid distance) · Oct 19, 2026

The site

TypeTent Only Nonelectric
LoopSouthwest Quadrant Dispersed Camping
HookupsNone
Site AccessHike-In
Capacity/Size RatingSingle
Max Num of People4
Checkin Time11:00 AM
Checkout Time11:00 AM
Min Num of People1
Proximity to WaterIsland,
AccessibleNot listed
The record, complete · 9
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

Not on the booking system

recreation.gov answered for this campground and didn’t name this site, so there’s nothing here to book by number. The campground page has what it does offer.

Reservable everywhere but bookable nowhere.Ask the agency →

Source: Recreation.gov

The campground

Every site, the season, fees, weather, and what’s happening on this land right now: Santa Rosa Island Backcountry Beach Camping →

Source: CAMPANAC campground index