Free admission to the West’s state parks 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

• Calaveras Big Trees State Park