Yuba County Parks: Free Camping at Sycamore Ranch on the Distinguished Veteran Pass

The county's policy. The Parks page, "California State Parks Distinguished Veteran Pass, Acceptance Policy at Sycamore Ranch": "Yuba County will honor valid Distinguished Veteran Pass-holders to one individual campsite at Sycamore Ranch for up to five consecutive days, in a three month period, at no charge. It is California State Parks that issues the pass that Yuba County will honor. The Distinguished Veteran Pass must be shown to staff and determined validity and that it matches the identity of the person that the reservation is for." Who has the pass. State Parks issues it to a California resident veteran with a 50% or higher wartime service-connected rating, a former prisoner of war or a Medal of Honor recipient (see the California entry on the Distinguished Veteran Pass); the county adds no test of its own. Reservations. Sycamore Ranch reservations and cancellations go through the Parks office, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., (530) 749-5641. The page's cancellation rules keep the $10.00 administration fee on every cancellation, so ask whether a free stay carries it.