California State Parks Closed Parking Lots at 36 Parks in the State to Flatten the COVID-19 Curve

Effective immediately today, Monday, March 23rd, California State Parks has temporarily closed vehicular traffic to 36 parks in the state experiencing high visitation.

For those wishing to take a break in the outdoors, public health officials are advising them to walk, run, hike and bike in their local neighborhoods and walk to parks. Most importantly, the public is being asked not to congregate in the outdoors. Everyone has the responsibility to “Flatten the COVID-19 Curve at Parks” by maintaining a social distance of 6 ft. or more when recreating in the outdoors, and staying home if they are sick. If visitors cannot maintain social distancing, they need to leave the park.

Parking lots are closed at parks listed at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30355, the closest of which to us in Ventura County are El Matador State Beach, Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu Creek State Park, Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Point Dume State Beach and RH Meyer State Beach. There are parking lots closed at 36 parks in Los Angeles, Marin, San Mateo, Sonoma and San Diego counties.

All state campgrounds across the state have been closed until further notice.

This really sucks, but let’s hope it truly flattens the coronavirus curve.