News Coverage
- ABC 7 News: Stores give back to the environment on ‘Green Friday’
- NBC Bay Area: 13,000 Free Passes to 116 California State Parks on ‘Green Friday’
- Mercury News: Free admission to 116 California state parks on Friday after Thanksgiving
- Press Democrat: Green Friday your ticket to the great outdoors
- Santa Cruz Sentinel: State parks offer free “Green Friday” passes, includes 10 Santa Cruz County parks
- SFGATE: 116 California state parks will be free to visit on Black Friday
- East Bay Times: Free admission to 116 California state parks on Friday after Thanksgiving
- Los Angeles Times: Grab a free Black Friday pass (before they’re gone) to one of 116 California parks
- KSRO: Free Admission To Sonoma County State Parks The Day After Thanksgiving
- ABC7 News: California State Parks Give Away 13K Passes for Black Friday
- Orange County Register: Get your free pass into state parks for Black Friday before they run out
- KTLA 5: California’s 116 State Parks Offering Free Passes for Black Friday; Here’s How to Get One
- NBC San Diego: 13,000 Free Passes to 116 California State Parks on ‘Green Friday’
- Mashable: Forget Black Friday. California hopes #GreenFriday will catch on.
- Sonoma Index Tribune: Get into 116 California state parks for free on ‘Green Friday’
- Fox 11 LA: California state parks offer free admission on Black Friday
- GRINDTV: Green Friday program offering free day passes to 116 California State Parks
- FOX 5 San Diego: California State Parks offers free passes for Black Friday
- laist: Get Into 116 California State Parks For Free On ‘Green Friday’
- Bakersfield Californian: 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW: Today’s guide to the obscure, the possibly relevant and things in between
- Travel and Leisure: Skip the Lines and Enjoy Free Parks, Hikes and Events on Black Friday
- Victor Valley News: Get A Free Pass to Visit California State Parks The Day After Thanksgiving
- Yahoo! Sports: California is trying to make #GreenFriday a thing and we are ON BOARD
- Sierra Sun Times: California State Park Organizations Invite You to Skip the Lines and Go Green on Black Friday – Local Parks Include Calaveras Big Trees
- Sacramento Bee: Hike off that turkey and pie with free Nov. 25 pass to one of 116 state parks
- Visalia Times Delta: #GoGreen for a Black Friday deal you can’t beat
- 89.3 KPCC: Green Friday lets you visit California state parks for free the day after Thanksgiving
- K-Earth 101: Make It A ‘Green Friday’ With Free Passes to 116 State Parks the Day After Thanksgiving
- Napa Valley Patch: Not A ‘Black Friday’ Fan? Go ‘Green Friday’ Instead With Free Parking At State Parks
- San Francisco Chronicle: State Parks’ Green Friday program offers free passes for Nov. 25
- 7×7: 100+ California State Parks Offering Free Admission on Green Friday
- Napa Valley Register: Free admission at state parks for Black Friday
- Lost Coast Outpost: Once Again You Can Access All California State Parks For Free on Previously-Black-Now-Green Friday
- Konbini: California Replaces Black Friday With #GreenFriday, Offers Free State Parks Entry
- KQED: Black Friday Special: Free Entrance to 116 California State Parks
- Travel & Leisure: Skip the Lines and Enjoy Free Parks, Hikes and Events on Black Friday
- Care2: Opt Outside this Black Friday
- San Diego Tribune: Free state park passes for Black Friday going quick
- Mercury News: Free state parks passes running out for California “Green Friday”
- ChicoER News: Free Friday passes to Lake Oroville still available
- Live 105: California State Parks Will Be Free For ‘Green Friday’
- Quartz: Parks across the country are telling Americans to choose nature over shopping on Black Friday
- KQED News: #OptOutside: Your Guide to Free State Parks on #BlackFriday
- KSBW8: #GreenFriday = free parking passes for CA State Parks
- Noozhawk: Free Admission Offered at 116 of 280 California State Parks for ‘Green Friday’
- CelebrateFamily.us: 10 Places to Go, Things to Do Thanksgiving Weekend
- Sacramento Bee: Step outside, look up and breathe
- Marin Independent Journal: Black Friday in mellow Marin: Easy to shop, easy not to
Participating Parks, by County
Alameda
- Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
Alpine
- Grover Hot Springs State Park
Amador
- Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
Butte
- Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Calaveras
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Contra Costa
Del Norte
- Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
- Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
El Dorado
- Auburn State Recreation Area
- Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
- Emerald Bay State Park
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Fresno
- Millerton Lake State Recreation Area
Humboldt
- Benbow State Recreation Area
- Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park
- Patrick’s Point State Park
- Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
- Richardson Grove State Park
Imperial
- Picacho State Recreation Area
Kern
- Fort Tejon State Historic Park
- Red Rock Canyon State Park
- Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
Lake
Los Angeles
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve
- Leo Carrillo State Park
- Malibu Creek State Park
- Malibu Lagoon State Beach
- Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach
- Saddleback Butte State Park
- Topanga State Park
- Will Rogers State Historic Park
Marin
- China Camp State Park
- Mount Tamalpais State Park
- Samuel P. Taylor State Park
- Tomales Bay State Park
Mendocino
- Hendy Woods State Park
- Russian Gulch State Park
- Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
- Van Damme State Park
Merced
- George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
- McConnell State Recreation Area
- Pacheco State Park
- San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Mono
- Bodie State Historic Park
- Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Napa
- Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Nevada
- Donner Memorial State Park
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
- South Yuba River State Park
Orange
- Bolsa Chica State Beach
- Chino Hills State Park
- Crystal Cove State Park
- Doheny State Beach
- Huntington State Beach
- San Clemente State Beach
Placer
- Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
- Kings Beach State Recreation Area
Riverside
- California Citrus State Historic Park
- Lake Perris State Recreation Area
- Mount San Jacinto State Park
- Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Sacramento
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
San Bernardino
- Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
San Diego
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
- Border Field State Park
- Cardiff State Beach
- Carlsbad State Beach
- Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
- Palomar Mountain State Park
- San Elijo State Beach
- San Onofre State Beach
- Silver Strand State Beach
- South Carlsbad State Beach
- Tijuana Estuary NP Point of Interest
- Torrey Pines State Beach
San Joaquin
- Caswell Memorial State Park
San Mateo
- Año Nuevo State Park
- Butano State Park
- Half Moon Bay State Beach
- Pomponio State Beach
- Portola Redwoods State Park
- San Gregorio State Beach
Santa Barbara
- Carpinteria State Beach
- El Capitán State Beach
- Gaviota State Park
- La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
- Refugio State Beach
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
- Big Basin Redwoods State Park
- Castle Rock State Park
- Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
- Manresa State Beach
- Natural Bridges State Beach
- New Brighton State Beach
- Seacliff State Beach
- Sunset State Beach
- The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
- Wilder Ranch State Park
Shasta
- Castle Crags State Park
- McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
Solano
- Benicia State Recreation Area
Sonoma
- Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area
- Fort Ross State Historic Park
- Jack London State Historic Park
- Salt Point State Park
- Sonoma Coast State Park
- Sonoma State Historic Park
- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
- Trione-Annadel State Park
Tulare
- Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
Ventura
- Point Mugu State Park
- San Buenaventura State Beach