CSU Channel Islands University Park is a 367-acre parcel located adjacent to CSU Channel Islands off of S. Lewis Road in Camarillo. In 1932, the State of California purchased 1,760 acres of the Lewis Ranch and built the Camarillo State Mental Hospital, which operated from 1936 to 1997 and at one point treated as many as 7,000 patients in the mid 1950s.
Located on the parcel was a dairy farm that produced crops and housed livestock that fed the hospital community. The farm was disbanded in the 1960s and has been left in a state of disrepair, falling prey over the decades to vandals and coined "Scary Dairy." After closure of the hospital, the land was conveyed to the County of Ventura, which had considered developing a golf course and amphitheater for the parcel, but later abandoned its plans. The land was acquired by the university in 2009.
Parking is $6 per vehicle and you can purchase the pass online. No facilities...restrooms, water, etc. Certainly an interesting place to explore. Visit www.csuci.edu/cipark for more information.
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