Access to some of California’s more remote and scenic wilderness resumed this month, with a new lodge also primed to serve summer travelers. San Miguel Island reopened to public access on May 17 after being closed since 2014 due to concerns of possible unexploded ordnance. Visitors to the 9,400-acre island, considered the “back country” of the Channel Islands National Park and home to more than 100,000 seals and sea lions, may fly via Channel Islands Aviation (www.flycia.com) from Camarillo Airport, which also offers flights and guided tours of Santa Rosa Island. Amenities on the 20,000-acre wooded site, less than a mile from the park’s west entrance off Highway 120 in Groveland, include a restaurant, tavern, zipline, heated saltwater pool, creek for gold-panning, guided hikes and other excursions.