Santa Cruz Scorpion in CA -- Campground & RV Camping

Scorpion Canyon Campground sits in a valley on the eastern side of Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park. The facility features 25 individual primitive campsites and six group sites, each equipped with a picnic table and a food storage box, alongside shared pit toilets and drinking water. Located a half-mile to one-mile flat hike from the boat pier, the campground offers direct access to a beach of sand and cobble facing the Santa Barbara Channel. Nearby trails lead to historic ranching structures, Cavern Point, and Smugglers Cove.

Getting there: Boat transportation can be arranged with Island Packers from Ventura Harbor. To park headquarters in Ventura, Ca: exit Highway 101, at Victoria or Seaward to Ventura Harbor.

• Well separated here, a 31-site campground with no through road within 3.7 miles.
• The coast lies 0.3 mi off.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 31 hike-in sites and 31 on the water.

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