As the Monterey County Weekly reported Thursday, visitors may not have much of a chance to see the newly opened Discovery Center at Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur. Recent state-level budget troubles have threatened to close 280 of California's parks.
Here's the list of Monterey County parks that would close due to state budget cuts:
- Andrew Molera State Park
- Carmel River State Beach
- the just opened Fort Ord Dunes State Park
- Fremont Peak State Park
- Garrapata State Park
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
- hang glider favorite Marina State Beach
- paraglider haunt Monterey State Beach
- Monterey State Historic Park
- surfer favorite Moss Landing State Beach
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
- Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
- Point Sur State Historic Park
- Salinas River State Beach
- Zmudowski State Beach