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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Travel
Christopher Reynolds

Why are so many people heading to California’s newest national park?

PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — This strange little realm of pointy peaks, rocky caves and soaring condors is California’s youngest and smallest national park, set in a region tourists rarely see. Yet lately its visitor numbers are booming.

Is this where we should all be going?

Now that I’ve made the trip, I can tell you it’s a hoot to thread your way through its sharp, vertical rock formations while raptors glide above.

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