Point Reyes Weekend

You Mon Tsang November 3rd, 2009

Good news: the threats of complete state park closures due to the extreme state budget shortfalls did not come to fruition. Bad news: there are service cuts this year.  Here is the summary of the service reductions of the two California State Parks in the Point Reyes area:

• Tomales State Park: Main park entrance, Shell Beach lot, and Millerton Point lot will only be open weekends and some holidays through June 30, 2010.
• Samuel P Taylor: Madrone Group Camp and Irving Group Picnic Day Use areas will be closed November 1, 2009 through March 25, 2010.  They will open and go back on the reservation system (through Reserve America) starting March 26, 2010.

Head to the CA State Park web site for the latest.

UPDATE (Jan 7, 2010) from reader Bruce Thomas:

Even though day use areas at Samuel P Taylor are unfortunately closed, the hiking trails are still open and still GREAT!!
http://brt-insights.blogspot.com/2010/01/hiking-at-samuel-p-taylor-state-park.html
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/576165533NAZsGs

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You Mon Tsang January 10th, 2008

UPDATED May 16, 2008. According to the Point Reyes Light, Tomales Bay State Park will stay open. Read more…

California’s budget woes is starting to feel very real. For visitors to the Point Reyes area, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that the Tomales Bay State Park is one of the nine Bay Area parks pegged to be closed to help the state meet its budget.

The parks, which would not close until the governor and Legislature agree on a spending plan sometime later this year, would be off-limits until the state’s financial situation improves, officials said. Money will be spent for patrols to keep people out of the closed parks, officials said.

More information at the Chronicle web site and the Governor’s web site.

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