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Jabrad_s_Papa's avatar
Jan 16, 2022

Reserve California website question?

Any of you that use this for Ca State Parks. It looks like the website has changed. Am I missing something? It used to show 2 weeks at a time availability up til the 6th month. Doesn't seem to do that anymore. Am I missing something?


  • The website did change to a new "improved" version.

    I remember last September that when you logged on, you could use the old version, or choose to use the new version.
  • The new version is terrible. Specifically, the Salton Sea SRA site and Mecca beach CG. The campsites are skewed completely off the road, and the text contains grammatical errors. I've complained, but nobody cares, not even the park rangers.

    Who pays someone to be this incompetent?
  • 2oldman wrote:
    Who pays someone to be this incompetent?


    The state of California.
  • California State Parks has always lacked the expertise to put together a decent website. Most of the Parks brass are simply old execs waiting to retire. They don't even follow the rules posted for the park system. Look at their park's length limitations. Website says max 30' yet their SMALLEST site if 49'. Letters to Sac go unanswered and deposited in the trash barrel. I don't think they even recycle them....Dennis
  • The Calif State Parks has been very good to this Nam Vet and their mail is very fast to Reno. I also have a direct line to a few of their and mine favorite parks.

    Cheers to the New Year.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    The campsites are skewed completely off the road . . .

    In the almost 20 years I've used online sites, including Reserve California, to book campgrounds, I've always used the reservation service campground maps as "suggestions".

    I rely on city/county/state/federal maps and/or Google Maps.