Scenic CA state parks south of Yosemite?

In article , PeterL wrote:

There are five national parks south of Yosemite, plus a natioanl monument
and a national preserve. All of them quite scenic. Take your pick.

If you want to visit these buy an annual pass when you visit Yosemite. That
way one pass gets you into all 6.

Good idea. Just make sure you ask for the National Parks Pass ($50),
not the Yosemite Annual Pass ($40). The latter is only good at Yosemite.


Patty

In article , PeterL wrote:

There are five national parks south of Yosemite, plus a natioanl monument
and a national preserve. All of them quite scenic. Take your pick.

If you want to visit these buy an annual pass when you visit Yosemite. That
way one pass gets you into all 6.

Good idea. Just make sure you ask for the National Parks Pass ($50),
not the Yosemite Annual Pass ($40). The latter is only good at Yosemite.


Patty

"Xavier" wrote in message ...
Peter,

May I use the pass in the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley as well as in
Devi'ls Postpile?

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

This goes for the summer season, at least. I'm not sure how far into
fall the shuttle bus runs. Of course, there is no shuttle bus once
the road snows in.

TK

"Xavier" wrote in message ...
Peter,

May I use the pass in the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley as well as in
Devi'ls Postpile?

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

This goes for the summer season, at least. I'm not sure how far into
fall the shuttle bus runs. Of course, there is no shuttle bus once
the road snows in.

TK

In article ,
Todd Kunioka wrote:

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

Ah, interesting. That's a good tip that I don't think anyone else
has mentioned yet: if the original poster is interested in visiting
areas that have access fees and are managed by the U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Land Management, an upgrade
from the basic National Parks Pass to the Golden Eagle pass would be
a good idea.


Patty

In article ,
Todd Kunioka wrote:

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

Ah, interesting. That's a good tip that I don't think anyone else
has mentioned yet: if the original poster is interested in visiting
areas that have access fees and are managed by the U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Land Management, an upgrade
from the basic National Parks Pass to the Golden Eagle pass would be
a good idea.


Patty

"Todd Kunioka" wrote in message
m...
"Xavier" wrote in message
...
Peter,

May I use the pass in the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley as well as in
Devi'ls Postpile?

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

This goes for the summer season, at least. I'm not sure how far into
fall the shuttle bus runs. Of course, there is no shuttle bus once
the road snows in.


It runs from June 1 to Sept 1, after that you can drive.

Keith




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"Todd Kunioka" wrote in message
m...
"Xavier" wrote in message
...
Peter,

May I use the pass in the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley as well as in
Devi'ls Postpile?

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

This goes for the summer season, at least. I'm not sure how far into
fall the shuttle bus runs. Of course, there is no shuttle bus once
the road snows in.


It runs from June 1 to Sept 1, after that you can drive.

Keith




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Todd Kunioka wrote:
Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

This goes for the summer season, at least. I'm not sure how far into
fall the shuttle bus runs. Of course, there is no shuttle bus once
the road snows in.

How things change!
When I visited an April 22 many years ago, I drove right down the
dirt road to the Postpile. Why do I remember the date? I was at
Furnace Creek on April 23 and it was upteen degrees warmer than
anticipated. Extremely memorable.
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(Patty Winter) wrote in message ...
In article ,
Todd Kunioka wrote:

Good news about Devil's Postpile is that the Golden Eagle pass will
cover the shuttle bus fee from Mammoth Mountain down to Devil's
Postpile and back. Used to be that the monument was "free," but you
needed to pay for the shuttle bus.

Ah, interesting. That's a good tip that I don't think anyone else
has mentioned yet: if the original poster is interested in visiting
areas that have access fees and are managed by the U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Land Management, an upgrade
from the basic National Parks Pass to the Golden Eagle pass would be
a good idea.

Ah, that's a good point, and something I should have clarified. Even
though Devil's Postpile is administered by the NPS, the road to
Devil's Postpile is controlled by the USDA Forest Service. So you
specifically do need the Golden Eagle [or I think other "Golden"
passes for the aged or disabled] to get a free shuttle ride to this
particular national monument. Otherwise, there's a per head charge.

And, yes, with the expansion of "fee demo," there are lots of non-NPS
places that used to be free now require a fee. Oddly enough, for
example, the South Tufa reserve at Mono Lake, which is within the
Forest Service's Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, but which is
also a state reserve, nonetheless also requires a fee that would be
covered by a federal Golden Eagle pass.

The Forest Service's Mono Lake visitors center would also be covered
by your Golden Eagle. However, the folks at the VC did not seem to be
very concerned about actually collecting their money. That's a little
strange, because the whole point behind fee demo [well, okay, one of
the points] was to give the land management agencies an incentive to
raise funds locally that would be used to develop visitor services
locally.

TK