Free Veterans Weekend National Parks Admission for All
Photo by Denise Morrison: A rainbow over Joshua Tree National Park
The last chance in 2013 to enter the national parks in California free on Veteran’s Day Weekend November 9-11, 2013 is a unique window of opportunity for mini-vacations and getaways when the weather is superb between summer and winter! In the desert at Joshua Tree it’s like a rainbow-colored dream, while our friends at Mono County Tourism in the Sierras say it’s fabulous there, as well. The choice of things to do ranges from hiking and fishing, (last hurrah, anglers!) to skiing and snowboarding, (Mammoth Mountain is now OPEN!). The Veteran’s Day weekend weather forecast is looking fine and all passes are OPEN including Tioga Pass/Hwy 120 through Yosemite, Hwy 108 over Sonora Pass, and Hwy 89 over Monitor Pass. Plus… Admission to Yosemite National Park this weekend is FREE in honor of Veteran’s Day. See nps.gov
Here are California national parks:
- Alcatraz Island
- Cabrillo National Monument
- California National Historic Trail
- Channel Islands
- Death Valley
- Joshua Tree
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Sequoia & Kings Canyon
- Whiskeytown
- Yosemite
- Devils Postpile, Eugene O’Neill, Fort Point, Golden Gate, John Muir
- Lava Beds Manzanar, Mojave, Muir Woods, Old Spanish, Pinnacles
- Point Reyes, Pony Express, Port Chicago Naval Magazine, Juan Bautista de Anza
- Presidio of San Francisco, Redwood NP, Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front
- San Francisco Maritime, Santa Monica Mountains
