California State Parks Closure List 2011
Due to budget cuts, the California State Parks system announced a plan to close 70 of its 278 parks. The first parks will start to be shuttered in September 2011 and all 70 slated California state parks should be completely shut down by July 2012. The following 70 California state parks are on the list to be closed:
Anderson Marsh State Historical Park McConnell State Recreation Area Annadel State Park McGrath State Beach Antelope Valley Indian Museum Mono Lake Tufa Reserve Austin Creek State Recreation Area Morro Strand State Beach Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park Moss Landing State Beach Benbow Lake State Recreation Area Olompali State Historic Park Benicia Capitol State Historic Park Palomar Mountain State Park Benicia State Recreation Area Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park Picacho State Recreation Area Bothe-Napa Valley State Park Pio Pico State Historic Park Brannan Island State Recreation Area Plumas-Eureka State Park California State Mining & Mineral Museum Point Cabrillo Light Station Candlestick Point State Recreation Area Portola Redwoods State Park Castle Crags State Park Providence Mountains State Recreation Area Castle Rock State Park Railtown 1897 State Historic Park China Camp State Park Russian Gulch State Park Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area Saddleback Butte State Park Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park Salton Sea State Recreation Area Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Samuel P. Taylor State Park Fort Tejon State Historic Park San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park Garrapata State Park Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park Shasta State Historic Park Gray Whale Cove State Beach South Yuba River State Park Greenwood Creek State Beach Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Hendy Woods State Park Tomales Bay State Park Henry W. Coe State Park Tule Elk State Reserve Jack London State Historic Park Turlock Lake State Recreation Area Jug Handle State Reserve Twin Lakes State Beach Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park Limekiln State Park Westport-Union Landing State Beach Los Encinos State Historic Park William B Ide Adobe State Park Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area Manchester State Park Zmudowski State Beach Park