A signboard welcomes visitors to Pinnacles National Park near Soledad, California. (Getty Images) The parking lot at Pinnacles’ popular Bear Gulch Day Use Area routinely fills up by 9 a.m. most ...

P innacles National Park is one of the most unique and breathtaking parks in California, if not the United States. However, there's a relaxing little city located about 10 miles away called ...

Three of California's national parks attracted more than a million recreational visitors in 2023, according to National Park Service data. Yosemite National Park — 3,897,070 guests Joshua Tree ...

Death Valley National Park sees approximately 1.7 million visitors annually. Pinnacles sees the fewest visitors, roughly 200,000 each year. California’s national parks ranked by average annual ...

Details: The east entrance to Pinnacles National Park is located at 5000 East Entrance Road in Paicines near the junction of highways 146 and 25. $30 entrance fee; nps.gov/pinn/. Campsites are $55 ...