Groups are strongly recommended to use the reservation system. The maximum group size is 15 people per trailhead except for Redwood Canyon where the maximum size is 10. All campers are expected to know and follow the regulations for minimum impact camping. Stock users, please read the stock use regulations and check the opening dates for grazing. Black bears are at home in these parks.
Federal regulations require proper food storage and prohibit feeding of any park animal.
But even stronger than legal obligations is the moral responsibility to respect the wilderness you have come to enjoy. Careless food storage spells death for bears. When a bear repeatedly obtains human food and garbage, it becomes destructive and dangerous, and may have to be killed. Eagle Lake - No camping between the trail and lake. Hockett Meadow - No camping between the trail and Whitman Creek.