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All California Residents: Free Vehicle Day Use Entry/Park Pass (Over 200+ Parks)

(Valid on State Parks Only)

Request At Local Library

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California Department of Parks and Recreation via Parks.CA.Gov is offering All California Residents: Free Vehicle Day Use Entry/Park Pass (Over 200 Participating State Parks) when you request/obtain your pass through any local California Public Library.

Thanks to SD Staff TheEmailScout for finding this deal

Note, this offer is in partnership w/ First Partner's Office + California State Library.
  • Vehicle Day Use Entry/Park Pass
    • The pass entitles the user to a free vehicle day-use entry for one passenger vehicle w/ a capacity of nine people or less or one highway licensed motorcycle
  • To view an interactive map w/ California's public libraries and nearby participating state parks, please click this link here
  • To see a list of ineligible parks, please click this link here

Editor's Notes

  • Must obtain this pass through any California public library. If you do not have a library card, visit your local library branch to obtain one
  • This pass is not valid at units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaries
  • This pass does not cover camping fees/used for national/city parks
  • This is a great offer for CA residents looking to visit/take a trip to their local parks w/o paying fees for parking/entry
  • Please protect yourself and your family by learning about the park you are visiting before heading out, wearing appropriate clothing, staying prepared by bringing the essentials like enough food and water, and knowing your comfort level to avoid injuries
  • Offer valid while promotion/pass last
Additional Notes
  • For all FAQs about this offer, please click this link here
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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California Department of Parks and Recreation via Parks.CA.Gov is offering All California Residents: Free Vehicle Day Use Entry/Park Pass (Over 200 Participating State Parks) when you request/obtain your pass through any local California Public Library.

Thanks to SD Staff TheEmailScout for finding this deal

Note, this offer is in partnership w/ First Partner's Office + California State Library.
  • Vehicle Day Use Entry/Park Pass
    • The pass entitles the user to a free vehicle day-use entry for one passenger vehicle w/ a capacity of nine people or less or one highway licensed motorcycle
  • To view an interactive map w/ California's public libraries and nearby participating state parks, please click this link here
  • To see a list of ineligible parks, please click this link here

Editor's Notes

  • Must obtain this pass through any California public library. If you do not have a library card, visit your local library branch to obtain one
  • This pass is not valid at units operated by federal and local government, private agencies or concessionaries
  • This pass does not cover camping fees/used for national/city parks
  • This is a great offer for CA residents looking to visit/take a trip to their local parks w/o paying fees for parking/entry
  • Please protect yourself and your family by learning about the park you are visiting before heading out, wearing appropriate clothing, staying prepared by bringing the essentials like enough food and water, and knowing your comfort level to avoid injuries
  • Offer valid while promotion/pass last
Additional Notes
  • For all FAQs about this offer, please click this link here
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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91LT250R
Great now you can access the parks that you pay for with your tax dollars for "free".
cjc15153
Having passes available for free via a mildly inconvenient process is a good way to ration access and avoid overwhelming the parks.
b-t-1
Should be automatically issued to all taxpaying California citizens.

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thank you op
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Awesome for those living CA!
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Just so I understand, we "check out" a pass at the local library, and have to return it after a certain (unspecified) amount of time? That sounds a bit annoying but I guess it depends on how long you can have the passes checked out for. We love and regularly utilize the public library system, but we've been doing mostly checking out digital content so we don't go to a physical library all that often these days.
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mike93704
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Quote from yuyak :
Just so I understand, we "check out" a pass at the local library, and have to return it after a certain (unspecified) amount of time? That sounds a bit annoying but I guess it depends on how long you can have the passes checked out for. We love and regularly utilize the public library system, but we've been doing mostly checking out digital content so we don't go to a physical library all that often these days.
You're right. I just saw that they apply the same policy for their books: you "check out" their books, and have to return them after a certain amount of time. A bit annoying, I guess. Wink
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Very cool. Thanks for the post OP.
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Great now you can access the parks that you pay for with your tax dollars for "free".
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since it's California, I assume these park passes will come with the usual proposition 65 warnings, no?
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would be great if this can be done online. and to avoid abuse, can have a way to limit the time and check if the pass is used at all within the checkout duration (if not, ban the user for some time etc)
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Quote from jerry79304 :
would be great if this can be done online. and to avoid abuse, can have a way to limit the time and check if the pass is used at all within the checkout duration (if not, ban the user for some time etc)
Should be automatically issued to all taxpaying California citizens.
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They should just have free park days.
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Quote from trza :
They should just have free park days.
Having passes available for free via a mildly inconvenient process is a good way to ration access and avoid overwhelming the parks.
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Quote from Guyman :
It's the CA way! "Free"!!! Everything should be "free"!!!
Except for the hard working people that actually pay the taxes and contribute to the system...
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I just got off the phone with my local
Librarian in Corte Madera CA. She said they aren't available yet but there are 81 people on the "hold list" for 11 passes that will be made available for the county of Marin. Marin has 262,321 residents as of 2020. I added our library card number to the list just in case they remove all of the rich people ahead of us…
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Wow, so many unique and interesting points of view on the state of California in this thread, never woulda guessed! 🙄
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