点评:I have been to 26 different national parks (so far), and I can easily say this is towards the bottom of the list. My daughter on her own said during the visit ‘shouldn’t this be a state park?’. I am not saying the place is not nice, but there is not just much to it, and I am assuming it became a national park 10+ years ago more for political reasons than anything else. We came from Yosemite National Park and its completely night and day so on the plus side, you do not have to worry about large crowds.
Of the nine national parks in California, this is the smallest one and there are two sections, and they are not even connected. We went to the ‘main’ side, the East end as we did not have the time to take the long detour to the West end.
One of the main attractions seems to be the Bear Gulch Cave. From the pictures, it looks nice, but it was closed when we were there to protect the bat population. Perhaps if we saw it in person, it would help the rating slightly, but you can go to other parks that have a cave like Sequoia National Park, and they have much more to offer than just that. They also say this is a place for Condors, but we never saw any. We did do some trails and on the plus side, they are marked well.
It seems the place is popular for campers, as we saw a decent amount of them and RV’s as well. They do have a nice camping store and there is a pool the kids were enjoying. However, from what we saw the camping sites were not shaded and not much to them, so it is not like you have any beautiful scenery to look at.
In conclusion, while there are several national parks I would be happy to see again, I have no desire to ever come back.
翻译:到目前为止,我已经去过26个不同的国家公园,我可以毫不犹豫地说,这个国家公园排在最后。我女儿在参观的时候还说:“这难道不应该是州立公园吗?”我不是说这个地方不好,只是它实在没什么特色。我猜它十多年前成为国家公园,更多是出于政治原因。我们之前从优胜美地国家公园过来,那里的景色完全是白天和黑夜,所以好处是不用担心人多。
在加州的九个国家公园中,这个国家公园是最小的一个,分为两个部分,而且它们之间甚至没有连接。我们去了“主要”部分,也就是东端,因为我们没有时间绕远路去西端。
其中一个主要景点似乎是熊谷洞穴。从照片上看,它看起来很不错,但我们去的时候,为了保护蝙蝠种群,它已经关闭了。如果我们亲眼看到的话,或许评分会略有提升,但你也可以去其他有洞穴的公园,比如红杉国家公园,那里的精彩远不止于此。据说这里是秃鹫的栖息地,但我们从未见过。我们确实走了几条步道,值得庆幸的是,步道的标记很清晰。
看来这里很受露营者的欢迎,因为我们看到了不少露营者和房车。他们确实有一家不错的露营用品店,还有一个孩子们玩得很开心的游泳池。然而,就我们所见,露营地没有遮荫,也没什么特别,所以并没有什么美丽的景色可看。
总而言之,虽然有几个国家公园我很想再次去看看,但我绝对不想再去了。