National & State Parks California
Yosemite National Park will use a lottery system to allocate Day Use Permits for climbing the Half Dome cables during the summer 2012 season, with the preseason drawing conducted through www.recreation.gov.
The 14th year of offering shuttle bus transportation allowing visitors to Point Reyes National Seashore in northern California easier access to watch migrating gray whales and Northern Elephant seals will begin Dec. 31, 2011.
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California will host its 1st Annual Harvest Festival on Oct. 22, 2011 and the family-friendly event will feature apple tasting, a harvest-themed bake-off contest, games for all ages, tours of the histo...
The Trail of 100 Giants, Sequoia National Forest's popular recreation site, probably will remain closed all of this winter due to two huge sequoia trees that fell across the trail Sept. 30, 2011.
Two signature features of the historic Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park in California have been brought back to life for visitors to enjoy for years to come.
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