Free admission to the West’s state parks on Black Friday
49 California state parks will offer free day passes on Black Friday
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This Black Friday, instead of squeezing yourself into crowded malls, download a free pass to see the redwoods up close and person. What a perfect day to trot that turkey off. California’s 49 redwood state parks are completely free to visitors on Friday, November 27, 2015, thanks to a rather large anonymous donation that Save the Redwoods League needed.
Here’s a list of all the participating parks in California.
North Coast Redwoods
- Admiral William Standley State Recereation Area
- Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
- Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
- Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
- Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
- Humboldt Lagoons State Park
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Present your pass at the visitor center for 5 percent off visitor center merchandise on November 27, 2015, only, courtesy of the Humboldt Redwoods Interpretive Association.
- Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
- John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
- Patrick’s Point State Park
- Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
- Richardson Grove State Park
- Smithe Redwoods State Reserve
- Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
- Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Sonoma-Mendocino Coast
- Armstrong Redwoods State Park
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area
- Fort Ross State Historic Park
- Hendy Woods State Park
- Jug Handle State Reserve
- Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve
- Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve
- Mendocino Headlands State Park
- Mendocino Woodlands State Park
- Montgomery Woods State Reserve
- Navarro River Redwoods State Park
- Russian Gulch State Park
- Salt Point State Park
- Sonoma Coast State Park
- Van Damme State Park
Near the Bay Area
- Annadel State Park
- Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
- Jack London State Historic Park
- Mount Tamalpais State Park
- Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Santa Cruz
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park
- Butano State Park
- Castle Rock State Park
- Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
- Portola Redwoods State Park
- Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
- Wilder Ranch State Park
Monterey
- Andrew Molera State Park
- Garrapata State Park
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
- Limekiln State Park
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Sierra Nevada
