Parks Department

LATEST NEWS & INFO

- NO FIREWORKS ALLOWED – Fireworks are prohibited in County parks.
- Foster Park Day Use remains closed all Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays
- Gatherings other than members of single household, group activities, and contact sports are not allowed
- Group picnic areas remain closed
- Face coverings are encouraged
- Rincon Parkway is open at 100% capacity
- Hobson and Faria are open at 2/3 capacity.
- Inland camping at Camp Comfort, Foster, Kenney Grove, Steckel, Dennison, Oak and Tapo Canyon parks are open at 50% capacity.
- RV, tent and car camping are permitted at all campgrounds.
- Ventura County Parks trails are open.
- Due to a high volume of traffic on venturaparks.org/payment , we are currently experiencing delays. We apologize for this, but if you are patient with the site, you will eventually get through.
  If you are unable to complete the delayed process, you can call our reservation desk at (805) 654-3951 from 8 AM to 4 PM daily. Calls will be returned in the order they are received.
  
  This is an effort to reduce the spread of COVID19 and other viruses.
  We appreciate your cooperation to support the public health.
  
  If you have concerns, please contact
  Ventura County Parks Department
  805-654-3951
- County Parks are for the enjoyment of all. With that said, Parks Administration wants to reiterate the long standing rules on third party rentals. Someone who owns an RV is not allowed to reserve a campsite in a county park and then resell the reservation to a third party. They are allowed to rent the RV to someone who has a reservation for a campsite at a County park. Reservations made by one person are not permitted to be transferred to another person. Violations of these rules have heavy consequences.
- Beginning on April 1, 2020 the Parks Department’s new Fee Schedule will go into effect. Please click on the link to see what’s changing.
- For general information about Ventura County’s recreation opportunities, check out Ventura County Active Outdoors here.

CENSUS INFORMATION

Maps Census 2020

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Information

Certain events held in County parks will require a Use Permit(s) per County of Ventura ordinance. Examples of events that require a Use Permit(s) are large groups or parties that:

will have vendor booths selling goods or services, or
will sell beer, wine, or alcohol, or
will feature amplified sound (DJ or live band), or
will have a Jolly Jumper, clown, etc., or
will be filming inside the park (applies to professional filmmakers and student filmmakers).

The number of Use Permits required for one event depends on the type of the event. As an example, a private party of 250 people that will have a live DJ, a Margarita stand that sells drinks by the glass and a Jolly Jumper, would require the following Use Permits:

An Amplified Sound Permit for the live DJ
An Alcohol Sales Permit to sell Margaritas
A Special Use Permit for the Jolly Jumper
An Alcohol Beverage Control Permit (not issued by the County of Ventura)

For more information about Use Permits or to schedule an event, call the Parks Reservations Line at 805-654-3951 or click on the E-mail Us link below.

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