Re: Newest National Park?..Pinnacles
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:26 pm
It would be nice to have a few more facilities on the west side. The west side only has a day use parking lot, and no campground of any sorts, so its kind of a pain to drive up every day from the Salinas Valley area. Can't see much in the way of backpacking and backcountry camping in the new park, as there are almost no water sources; Bear Gulch (east side) would be the only year-round water source, so that would get overused even more than it is now. If I'm not mistaken, the legislation also expanded the park's boundries to include more area, and expanded the wilderness in teh north end.
East side campground is actually quite luxurious - pool, nice toilets, running water, showers, lots of sites with RV hook-ups (if that's your idea of 'outdoors'), so I can't see that changing. And its only a 45 min drive from Hollister along a pretty barren road.
East side campground is actually quite luxurious - pool, nice toilets, running water, showers, lots of sites with RV hook-ups (if that's your idea of 'outdoors'), so I can't see that changing. And its only a 45 min drive from Hollister along a pretty barren road.