[pct-l] Castle Crags State Park To Close

[Gary Wright]

On May 19, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:

> I have found BLM campgrounds to be a much better deal and often nicer  
> locations. Also, truly primitive camping has no campground at all.  
> Dispersed camping is allowed on most national forest and BLM land.  
> You can park near the PCT (or another trail) and hike in a little  
> ways, too, as another way to do it. If you are truly daring, you can  
> camp in a town, too. 

I know thru-hikers who looked at the big maps at the fire station in Big Bear and realized that there was a parcel of land in town that was technically part of the National Forest.  Since they typically eschewed hotel stays, they just navigated to the local plot of National Forest and set up camp for the night.

Radar