Reservations for the 2023-24 school year are booked. Reservations for the 2024-25 schoool year will open at 8:00 AM PST on August 26, 2024. Visitor center programs are offered on: • Wednesdays and Fridays: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - earliest start time is 9:00 AM; latest start time is 10:00 AM • Thursdays: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - earliest start time is 9:00 AM; latest start time is 2:00 PM To ensure we are providing the best opportunities for student engagement while maintaining a safe learning environment, the maximum capacity for our visitor center field trips is 65 students per group.
Welcome and Orientation, 10 minutes Ranger Program, 25-30 minutes Self-Directed Visitor Center Activities (Junior Ranger Sheets Available Upon Request), 45 - 60 minutes Rotations: 15 - 20 minutes at each of the three locations:
Park Film, “A Treasure in the Sea,” 24 minutes Channel Islands National Park offers two standards-based 25-minute ranger programs to choose from for your visitor center field trip. Explore the descriptions below to decide which is right for your students.
Schedule a field trip to the visitor center
To request a field trip visit to the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center, please choose a program from the Program Descriptions on this page and complete the Education Reservation Request Form - NPS Form 10-1750 below.
When completing your form, please provide a minimum of two alternative dates. NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021) OMB Control No. 1024-0228 NoticesPrivacy Act StatementAuthority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System. Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups. Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs. Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request. Paperwork Reduction Act StatementWe are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288. Estimated Burden StatementPublic reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address. |
Last updated: March 14, 2024