Calfornia Visitor Info

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For information on the state as a whole, see the California Tourism website at www.visitcalifornia.com. Residents of the United States and Canada can receive free travel planning information in the mail by calling tel. 800/862-2543 (an operator will ask for your mailing address). In addition, almost every city and town in the state has a tourist bureau or chamber of commerce that will send you information on its particular area.

Park Information

To find out more about California's national parks, contact the Pacific West Region Information Center, National Park Service, 1111 Jackson St., Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607 (tel. 510/817-1300; www.nps.gov). Reservations can be made at national park campsites by calling tel. 800/365-CAMP (800/436-PARK for Yosemite) or logging on to http://reservations.nps.gov from 7am to 7pm (PST).

For information on state parks, contact the Department of Parks and Recreation, P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 (tel. 800/777-0369; http://cal-parks.ca.gov). Thousands of campsites are on the department's reservation system and can be booked up to 8 weeks in advance by calling Park-Net at tel. 800/444-PARK. You can also get reservations information online at www.reserveamerica.com.

For information on fishing and hunting licenses, contact the California Department of Fish and Game, License and Revenue Branch, 3211 S St., Sacramento, CA 95816 (tel. 916/227-2245; www.dfg.ca.gov).