I visited a national park during the government shutdown. I found closed visitor centers and tourists looking for maps.

I visited Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks during the government shutdown. The trip was great but visitor centers were ...

No maps, brown water: Shutdown woes at California’s smallest national park

When Andrew Snow arrived at the campground in Pinnacles National Park in early October, there was a problem. The drinking ...
SFGate

Famed coastal California waterfall trail reopens after years of closure

An ultra-popular hiking trail in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park has finally reopened after one of its wooden bridges was destroyed by a winter storm in 2023, California State Parks announced. Pfeiffer ...
Modesto Bee

Free entry at California’s nine national parks including Yosemite. Find out when

Yosemite National Park. File photo: visitors take in the scenery from Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park, California. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP Looking to soak up the ...
Mercury News

California makes more coveted campsites available by lottery

Some of California’s most coveted campsites will be available through a lottery system, the state parks agency has announced. Related Articles Muir house shutdown sparks fears of widespread park ...