Accessibility

The California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is committed to making our website equally accessible for all visitors. This website was designed, developed and maintained to be in full compliance with California Government Code Sections 7405 and 11135, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, or a subsequent version, published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium at a minimum Level AA success criteria.

Website Accessibility Certification - July 11, 2023

We strive to maintain all information at applicable accessibility levels, therefore, some content– may be available as archived materials, as this may still provide value to our website visitors. Archived documents can be requested online and received via email.

Contact

If you have difficulty accessing any material on our website, please contact us and we will correct the problem or work to provide the information in an alternative format.

Direct your request to: accessibility@parks.ca.gov


Accessibility/Help Page

The California State Parks' website has been developed in compliance with Section D of the California Government Code 11135. Code 11135 requires that all electronic and information technology developed or purchased by the State of California Government is accessible to people with disabilities. There are various types of physical disabilities that impact user interaction on the web. Vision loss, hearing loss, limited manual dexterity, and cognitive disabilities are examples, with each having different means by which to access electronic information effectively. Our goal is to provide a good web experience for all visitors.

We are constantly updating our content and striving to make it accessible. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact our Webmaster.

Accessible Parks for Visitors with Disabilities

One of the core values at California State Parks is cultural diversity and accessibility. We believe in the right of all Californians, including persons with disabilities, to have access to recreational opportunities, and enjoy the cultural, historic, and natural resources found in our state parks. For information about accessible parks, California State Parks Accessibility Guidelines, and important policies such as service animals, please visit: www.parks.ca.gov/AccessibleParks

Accessible Web Features

Below you will find a list of some of the technology solutions we have integrated to make our website easy to navigate, fast-loading, and accessible.

Photographs/Images:

  • Uses Alternative Text “ALT” and/or “TITLE” attributes. ALT/TITLE attributes provide a written description of the image, which is accessible to screen readers, and it is visible when the mouse is placed over the image. This is also useful for people who have images turned off on their browser, in which case a description will display where the image used to be.

Keyboard Commands:

  • Navigate through our web pages without the use of a mouse.

    (Note: Some commands may not work with every Internet browser version.)

If you want to...

Select...

Increase text size

Ctrl + +

Decrease text size

Ctrl - -

Move forward from link to link

Tab

Move backward from link to link

Shift + Tab

Move from box to box

Tab

Go to top of page

Ctrl + Home

Go to bottom of page

Ctrl + End

Close window

Ctrl + W

Go back a page

Alt + Left Arrow

Go forward a page

Alt + Right Arrow

Go to search box

Alt + S

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