{"id":364723,"date":"2026-06-17T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364723\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:05:12","slug":"how-to-get-free-california-historic-park-entry-this-month-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364723\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get free California historic park entry this month \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To honor two upcoming holidays, California announced Wednesday it is temporarily waiving the $50 fee for its historic park passport, which allows entry to more than 30 parks. <\/p>\n<p>California residents can secure their <a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=30966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Historian Passport<\/a> by registering on the <a href=\"https:\/\/reservecalifornia.com\/passes\/advancepasses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reserve California website and requesting a pass now through July 6<\/a>. Once the pass is downloaded, passholders and three guests can access an unlimited number of historic parks for free from Friday through 2026.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the promotion is to celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">250th anniversary<\/a> of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/tag\/juneteenth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juneteenth holiday<\/a>, which commemorates the day around 250,000 enslaved people in Texas learned of their freedom years earlier. <\/p>\n<p>Newsom said the limited-time deal is meant to expand access to natural and cultural resources within the state while connecting visitors to places that preserve history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope the free Historian Passport introduces more Californians to the state\u2019s historic gems and sparks a curiosity, thirst for knowledge and sense of belonging that leads to many return visits,&#8221; California State Parks Director Armando Quintero said. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-569176597.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"The Antelope Valley Indian Museum is nestled at the foot of a butte and displays artifacts of the Gr\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMyung J. Chun\/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesMyung J. Chun\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Antelope Valley Indian Museum is nestled at the foot of a butte and displays artifacts of the Great Basin peoples as well as some from the Channel Islands. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=30966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Participating historic parks<\/a> include: <\/p>\n<p>Anderson Marsh SHP<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Allensworth SHP<\/p>\n<p>Antelope Valley Indian Museum<\/p>\n<p>El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP<\/p>\n<p>Bale Grist Mill SHP<\/p>\n<p>Empire Mine SHP<\/p>\n<p>Benicia Capitol SHP<\/p>\n<p>Folsom Powerhouse SHP<\/p>\n<p>Bidwell Mansion SHP<\/p>\n<p>Fort Ross SHP<\/p>\n<p>Bodie SHP<\/p>\n<p>Fort Tejon SHP<\/p>\n<p>California Citrus SHP<\/p>\n<p>Indian Grinding Rock SHP<\/p>\n<p>California Mining and Mineral Museum<\/p>\n<p>Jack London SHP<\/p>\n<p>La Pur\u00edsima Mission SHP<\/p>\n<p>Los Encinos SHP<\/p>\n<p>Malakoff Diggins SHP<\/p>\n<p>Marshall Gold Discovery SHP<\/p>\n<p>Monterey SHP<\/p>\n<p>Olompali SHP<\/p>\n<p>Petaluma Adobe SHP<\/p>\n<p>Railtown 1897 SHP<\/p>\n<p>Robert Louis Stevenson SP<\/p>\n<p>San Juan Bautista SHP<\/p>\n<p>Shasta SHP<\/p>\n<p>Sonoma SHP<\/p>\n<p>State Indian Museum SHP<\/p>\n<p>Sutter&#8217;s Fort SHP<\/p>\n<p>Weaverville Joss House SHP<\/p>\n<p>Will Rogers SHP<\/p>\n<p>William B. Ide Adobe SHP<\/p>\n<p>Explore other opportunities to visit California historic sites for free by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/?page_id=30641\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California State Parks website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To honor two upcoming holidays, California announced Wednesday it is temporarily waiving the $50 fee for its historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,2268],"class_list":["post-364723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}