sf-bay-area-county-parks

yvonneleow·Apr 13, 2020

Hi Elphas! I created a resource for people living in the Bay Area to see what county parks are currently open/closed. It initially started with state parks in NorCal (https://www.bewilder.camp/find-your-park), but whether you can recreate outdoors varies based on where you live in the Bay. This is still a work in progress, but I'd really appreciate your feedback! I'm curious if you find it useful and whether I should continue expanding the project to other parts of California. Thank you, thank you!

teresaman·Apr 13, 2020

I love the photos and the layout of the page! A quick question, I was trying to find the status of Mount Tamalpais State Park on your website but it doesn't seem to be on the Marin page. Also, this led to me thinking if a search may be something that'd be helpful so people can type in the name (or beginning letters) of a park and the status of "closed/open/walk-ins only" can be shown right away. Just a thought!

yvonneleow·Apr 13, 2020

@teresaman absolutely! thanks for your suggestion. state and county parks are currently run by separate govt departments so they have different policies regarding park access, which is why i organized them into separate pages (state parks: https://www.bewilder.camp/ca-parks & marin county: https://www.bewilder.camp/marin-county-parks), but i think you make an excellent point. i wonder if there's a way to merge them into one database and tag them so people know the difference. i'm thinking out loud a bit, but hope that makes sense :)

teresaman·Apr 14, 2020

Interesting! That distinction is new to me, definitely great to know even though it wasn't immediately obvious, thanks for clarifying!