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<\/p>\nSacramento, CA…California State Parks is honoring the service of veterans, as well as active and reserve personnel, by offering free admission to 133 state parks on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020.\u00a0 \u201cWe understand this has been a challenging year with the ongoing pandemic and the recent wildfires,\u201d said California State Parks Director Armando Quintero. \u201cCalifornia State Parks is proud to be able to honor our military community by thanking them for their service and sacrifices to our country. We hope they can enjoy one of our beautiful parks with their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Participating parks include the\u00a0California State Railroad Museum<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Railtown 1897 State Historic Park<\/a>\u00a0along with state vehicular recreation areas such as\u00a0Carnegie<\/a>,\u00a0Clay Pit<\/a>,\u00a0Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch<\/a>,\u00a0Hollister Hills<\/a>,\u00a0Hungry Valley<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Oceano Dunes<\/a>. The park units that honor historic military sites or veterans from the Mexican-American War to the Cold War include:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A full list of the participating park units can be found online at\u00a0parks.ca.gov\/ <\/p>\n As a reminder, COVID-19 guidelines are still in effect at all state park units. Please be sure to plan ahead by visiting the\u00a0individual webpages<\/a>\u00a0of the park unit, especially for museums and some state historic parks as there is a 25% visitor capacity limit. For detailed information on how to recreate responsibility during the pandemic, please visit\u00a0www.parks.ca.gov\/ <\/p>\n\n