- City:
- Mount Tamalpais State Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made extensive improvements to the newly-formed Mount Tamalpais State Park on Mount Tamalpais – a favorite hiking and recreational spot for San Franciscans all the way back to the Gold Rush era (1850s).
The California State Parks website adds these details:
“The CCC expanded the recreational opportunities of park visitors with new trails, camping facilities, and the monumental amphitheater. Except for the winter of 1938, veteran companies occupied the CCC camp from April 1934 through April 1940.
Mount Tamalpais State Park has other CCC features: Mountain Theatre (Cushing Memorial Theatre) and Actor Dressing Rooms, Footbridges, Camp Stoves, Sixteen campsites and Thirty-Two day use sites.”
Source notes
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24889
Joseph Engbeck, By the People, For the People: The Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in California State Parks, 1933-1941. Sacramento CA: California State Parks Department, 2002.
Site originally submitted by Shaina Potts on September 25, 2010.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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Matt Cerkel
Matt Cerkel
The location indicated for the CCC-built Lake Lagunitas Picnic Shelter is incorrect. It is closer to (37.9477425,-122.5957492).
[correction made – ED]
The shelter and Lake Lagunitas is NOT at Mount Tamalpais State Park. It is located on the Marin Municipal Water District’s Mount Tamalpais Watershed. The majority of Mount Tamalpais is managed by MMWD, not state parks.
The shelter and Lake Lagunitas is not part of Mount Tamalpais State Park. They are part of Marin Municipal Water District’s Mount Tamalpais Watershed. The majority of Mount Tamalpais is managed by MMWD, not state parks.
[Correction made – ED]