Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Yeah, best to check the website to see what is open and what is not.
When I did Pacific Coast, we used a guidebook and to make sure that we were up to date, I check the websites to make sure we knew which parks had hiker biker sites that were open. I put all of their locations along our route as way points in my tablet on the Maps.Me app, that way we could check the map on my tablet every night to plan out our next few days of destinations.
California has had some homeless problems in some of their parks, best to keep a watch out.
Yea before COVID, I stayed at a couple of pretty sketchy hike/bike sites around Ventura. At mcGrath SB, the camp host said he had a bike stolen! I locked my bike to the picnic table, then put half of it under my rain fly.
On another note, I have found that the CA State Parks website before COVID was at times is not always up to date and accurate. During COVID, even more so! The CG's phone number is listed on their website. Maybe best to call.