Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands National Park consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. Although the islands are close to the shore of the densely populated state, they have been relatively undeveloped. The park covers 249,561 acres, of which 79,019 acres are federal land.Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the eight, is divided between The Nature Conservancy and the National Park Service.