Close to the California mainland, yet worlds apart, Channel Islands National Park encompasses five remarkable islands (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara) and their ocean environment. Isolation over thousands of years has created unique animals, plants, and archeological resources found nowhere else on Earth. They can be seen from the coastline but have been so well preserved that they are called "the Galapagos Islands of the US". We really enjoyed seeing them.
