San Miguel Island (Chumash: Tuqan) [1] is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands, located across the Santa Barbara Channel in the Pacific Ocean, within Santa Barbara County, California. [2] San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at 9,325 acres (3,774 ha), including offshore islands and rocks.

2023年7月10日 · Whether you are interested in life of the past or life of the present, San Miguel Island has it in abundance. Visit, explore, and enjoy.

2021年8月2日 · One-day trips, multi-day boat trips, and overnight camping are all options when visiting San Miguel Island. However, this island is more challenging to get to and the weather can be windy at anytime of year-30 knots of wind is not uncommon.

2016年4月27日 · One of the oldest known American Indian archeological sites (11,600 years ago) is on San Miguel Island. San Miguel Island and its associated islets support one-third of the breeding seabirds in the Channel Islands.

San Miguel lies approximately 70 miles from Ventura and 26 miles from the closest mainland (Point Conception,) and 3 miles west of Santa Rosa Island. The boat ride to San Miguel can take 3 – 3.5 hours and often encounters rough sea conditions along with spectacular wildlife sightings.

2022年10月14日 · Seagulls, northern fur seals and sea lions converge at Point Bennett, San Miguel Island, off the California coast. Point Bennett is a spit of sand and rock and crumbling cliffs, stretching...

San Miguel is the home of pristine tidepools, rare plants, and the strange caliche forest. Four species of seals and sea lions come here to breed and give birth. For 10,000 years the island was home to the seagoing Chumash people. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo set foot here in 1542 as the first European. to explore the California coast.

At 14 miles square miles in size, San Miguel Island is the third smallest of the eight California Channel Islands and westernmost of the four Northern Channel Islands. Including Prince Island, at the entrance to Cuyler’s Harbor, San Miguel Island is just under 10,000 acres.

Although it can be challenging to reach the San Miguel Island Campground, it's always worth the effort. Perched on a plateau, the campground offers incredible island views and access to a variety of recreational activities and unique natural and cultural resources.

Five of the islands (San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara) were made into the Channel Islands National Park in 1980. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary encompasses the waters six nautical miles (11 kilometers; 6.9 miles) off these islands.