"One of Lake Tahoe's most popular state parks will reopen next spring after being closed for three years for repairs. D.L. Bliss State Park, on the lake's southwest shoreline near Emerald Bay, will reopen on May 21, state park officials announced this week, with campground reservations available for booking six months out beginning Friday at ReserveCalifornia.com. We're thrilled to welcome visitors back, said Rich Adams, acting superintendent of state parks' Sierra District. Thank you to the public for your patience."
"The 2,100-acre park, which has 4 miles of scenic beaches, towering pine forests, trails, huge smooth boulders and 168 campsites, is named for Duane Leroy Bliss, a timber, mining and railroad magnate who arrived in San Francisco at age 17 from Massachusetts seeking opportunity during the Gold Rush. After he amassed a fortune, following his death in 1907, his family donated 744 acres to the state in 1929 to establish the lakefront park."
"Water mains, water tanks and a fire hydrant system, much of which was installed by President Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, was failing and needed to be replaced. With the old pipes there were so many leaks, said Michael Myers, executive director of the Sierra State Parks Foundation, a non-profit group that helps support parks in the Lake Tahoe area. Things had corroded and broken over time."
D.L. Bliss State Park, a 2,100-acre park on Lake Tahoe's southwest shoreline near Emerald Bay, will reopen May 21 with campground reservations bookable six months in advance at ReserveCalifornia.com. The park includes four miles of beaches, towering pine forests, trails, huge smooth boulders and 168 campsites. The park was named for Duane Leroy Bliss, whose family donated 744 acres in 1929 after his death. The park closed in June 2023 because water mains, tanks and a fire hydrant system installed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s were failing and needed replacement. Repair work exceeded the original $2.8 million estimate and encountered contractor delays.
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