COVID-19 Temporary Campground Closures

Updated: Dec. 16 2020 (2:04 p.m.)

California is seeing the largest surge in COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. If case rates and hospitalizations continue at their current rate, it will be a few weeks from California reaching ICU capacity.

On December 3, California issued a Regional Stay at Home Order to stop the surge of COVID-19 cases, prevent a strain on the health care system and help protect critical care for patients.

The new order will be implemented regionally once there is less than 15 percent ICU capacity remaining in the following designated regions:

• Northern California: Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity 
• Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma 
• Greater Sacramento: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba 
• San Joaquin Valley: Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne 
• Southern California: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura 

State Parks will temporarily close campgrounds and keep day use areas open in regions impacted by the Regional Stay at Home Order triggered by ICU capacity. The department appreciates your understanding during these challenging times as reservations will need to be canceled.

Whether your specific reservation will be canceled depends on whether the campground you have reserved is located within one of the impacted regions. If the campsite is within an impacted region, your reservation will be canceled possibly with little advance notice due to the critical need to stop the COVID-19 surge. Affected reservation holders will be contacted by ReserveCalifornia via email and provided with a refund. Reservation cancellations and refunds will be automatic. As such, visitors do not need to take any action. However, please note that due to the volume of visitors affected, the refund process may take some time. Thank you for your patience and understanding during these unprecedented times.

Below is a list of park units impacted by the campground closures. All campground sites within the park units will be closed in accordance with the Regional Stay at Home Order or local public health orders.

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