Prisoners Harbor Campground
Santa Barbara, California · 66 ft · In Channel Islands National Park
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At a glance
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- Elevation
- 66 ft (20 m)66 ft20 m
- Land
- Channel Islands National Park
National Park Service
Other campgrounds in Channel Islands National Park 10
Nearest first. Every place inside the park's boundary.
- Santa Cruz Island Prisoners Harbor$15 a night · Reserve on Recreation.gov190 ft
- Upper Scorpion CampgroundFee charged6.9 mi
- Lower Scorpion CampgroundFee charged7.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Island Scorpion2 loops · Lower Loop and Upper Loop · 31 sites · $15 a night · Reserve on Recreation.gov7.2 mi
- Anacapa Island2 loops · ANACAPA ISLAND and ANACAPA ISLAND AREA · 7 sites · $15 a night · Reserve on Recreation.gov18 mi
- Anacapa CampgroundFee charged18 mi
Also in the park: 4 backcountry and High Sierra camps · 1 single site
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About
This campground is under construction and expected to open in 2026. Reservations required. Four-person limit per site. Each site contains a tent pad, picnic table, food storage box. One site is larger and has a ramp to the tent pad and an ADA-accessible picnic table. The path to this site from the pier is not ADA-accessible. There is an ADA-accessible vault toilet in the campground. No water is available. Distance from the pier to the campground is one-third of a mile.
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- AT&T4G LTE
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Cell service at Prisoners Harbor Campground: FCC map Dec 2025
Weather
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- TueSunny68°63°
- WedSunny74°66°
- ThuSunny80°73°
- FriSunny86°73°
- SatSunny79°69°
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