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150th Anniversary

In 2014, California State Parks turns 150 years old!

California State Parks commemorates the 1864 establishment of the first state park in the world. On June 30, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill granting 39,000 acres of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the State of California. Never before had land been set aside to protect its natural state for the public to enjoy. This historic legislation was the beginning of not only the California State Park System, but the national park idea we know today.

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Concessions

Private businesses operating under contract in state parks to provide products and services to enhance or facilitate the park visitor's experience, typically not provided by the State employees.

Cooperating Associations

Non-profit organizations dedicated to enhance the department's educational and interpretive services to park visitors.