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  • Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area in Westport, CA. features redwoods and is a popular spot for salmon and steelhead fishing.

  • Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park can only be reached by boat from McArthur CA. "Where the waters come together" is a translation of the word Ahjumawi. The waters which come together are Big Lake, Tule River, Ja-She Creek, Lava Creek, and Fall River.

  • Anderson Marsh State Historic Park is located on the southeast corner of Clear Lake, CA. Anderson Marsh's archaeological sites hold clues to the lives of the Pomo. Some sites are over 10,000 years old, making them among the oldest in California.

  • Andrew Molera State Park located along the Big Sur River area, offers miles of trails through meadows, and beaches. Big Sur CA.

  • Angel Island State Park

  • Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

  • Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

  • Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

  • Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve

  • Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

  • Asilomar State Beach

  • Auburn State Recreation Area

  • Austin Creek State Recreation Area

  • Azalea State Reserve

  • Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

  • Bean Hollow State Beach

  • Benbow Lake State Recreation Area

  • Benicia State Recreation Area

  • Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

  • Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area

  • Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

  • Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

  • Big Basin Redwoods State Park

  • Bodie State Historic Park

  • Bolsa Chica State Beach

  • Border Field State Park

  • Bothe-Napa Valley State Park was home to the Wappo Indians until the 1840s. This park is great for trails, and horseback riding .

  • Brannan Island State Recreation Area

  • Burleigh H. Murray Ranch, Park Property

  • Burton Creek State Park has undeveloped forest, meadows, and streams. Burton Creek State Park is open in winter, being popular for cross-country skiing.

  • Butano State Park offers trails through coastal scrub and redwood forests. Butano State Park is located in the Santa Cruz mountains

  • Calaveras Big Trees State Park protects 2 groves of giant sequoias. Calaveras State Park is located northeast of Stockton.

  • California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside, CA. The park recaptures the time when "Citrus was King" in California.

  • California Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property in Mariposa CA. A visit to the California State Mining and Mineral Museum offers you the chance to explore the variety of California’s mineral wealth. The collection, which began in 1880, contains mining artifacts, rare specimens of crystalline gold, as well as beautiful gem and mineral specimens from California and around the world.

  • California State Capitol Museum

  • California State Indian Museum

  • California State Railroad Museum

  • Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

  • Cardiff State Beach

  • Carlsbad State Beach this small beach is located at south of the town on Carlsbad CA.

  • Carmel River State Beach is a mile-long beach, a white sandy beach. There's a bird sanctuary in the lagoon. Monastery Beach, also known as San Jose Creek Beach, is part of the park, a very very popular place for scuba divers. Carmel River State Beach is located and the end of the town of Carmel By The Sea.

  • Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Carpinteria State Beach

  • Caspar Headlands State Reserve

  • Caspar Headlands State Beach

  • Castaic Lake State Recreation Area

  • Castle Crags State Park offers views of granite spires towering above the Sacramento River.

  • Castle Rock State Park

  • Caswell Memorial State Park Preserving an aquatic habitat of 258 acres of willows, oaks, and cottonwood trees.

  • Cayucos State Beach

  • China Camp State Park site of the Bay Area’s last Chinese shrimpfishing village, dating to the 1880s.

  • Chino Hills State Park 55 miles of trails among stands of oaks, sycamores, and rolling grassy hills. Located north of Santa Ana Canyon near Riverside, CA

  • Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park features sandstone cave houses and religious drawings by Chumash Native Americans. Chumash Painted Cave State Park is located above Santa Barbara, CA.

  • Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Clear Lake State Park

  • Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

  • Columbia State Historic Park

  • Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area

  • Corona Del Mar State Beach is a sandy beach popular with surfers and divers. Corona Del Mar State Beach is located at the east entrance to Newport Beach Harbor.

  • Crystal Cove State Park located off Pacific Coast Hwy. between Corona del Mar and Laguna Beach. Crystal Cove State Park, this 2,800-acre park is an undeveloped area of wooded canyons, open bluffs, and more than three miles of Pacific coastline.

  • Cuyamaca Rancho State Park 24,677 acres of meadows, mountains, and oak woodlands. Excellent facilities for equestrians, mountain bikers, and hikers are a big draw.

  • DL Bliss State Park Lake Tahoe beach trails.

  • Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

  • Delta Meadows Park Property

  • Dockweiler State Beach

  • Doheny State Beach

  • Donner Memorial State Park

  • Eastshore State Park State Seashore

  • El Capitan State Beach

  • El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park

  • Emerald Bay State Park

  • Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve

  • Emma Wood State Beach

  • Empire Mine State Historic Park oldest, largest, deepest, and richest gold mine in California. The mine produced 5.6 million ounces of gold. Empire Mine State Historic Park contains many of the mine’s buildings, the owner’s home and restored gardens. The park is located in Grass Valley CA.

  • Estero Bay State Park property has a rich diversity of marine habitats. The property includes Native American sites. Estero Bay State Park is located in San Luis Obispo County at San Simeon, CA.

  • Folsom Lake State Recreation Area

  • Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

  • The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

  • Fort Humboldt State Historic Park located in Eureka, CA. is now a historical museum dedicated to telling the story of the Fort and the Native American groups.

  • Fort Ord Dunes State Park

  • Fort Ross State Historic Park

  • Fort Tejon State Historic Park restored adobes from the original fort built in 1854. The park is near the top of Grapevine Canyon.

  • Franks Tract State Recreation Area is accessible only by water. A popular fly fishing destination.Located southeast of Brannan Island between False River and Bethel Island.

  • Fremont Peak State Park offers expansive views of Monterey Bay, San Benito Valley, Salinas Valley, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Fremont Peak State Park also features an astronomical observatory, open for public programs.

  • Garrapata State Park has two miles of beachfront, with trails running from ocean beaches into dense redwood groves. South Carmel CA.

  • Gaviota State Park popular spot for surf fishing. The pier used by divers and surfers. 33 miles west of Santa Barbara CA.

  • George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area

  • Governor's Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento CA. was home to the families of 12 other California governors.

  • Gray Whale Cove State Beach Gray whales can often be seen close to the shore the beach. Gray Whale Cove State Beach is located on the San Mateo Coast, north of Montara CA.

  • Great Valley Grasslands State Park near the town of Gustine, preserves one of few intact examples of native grasslands on the floor of the California's Central Valley.

  • Greenwood State Beach theme is of a lumber town. Greenwood State Beach is found along the Mendocino County coastline, just north of Point Arena CA.

  • Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

  • Grover Hot Springs State Park

  • Half Moon Bay State Beach has four miles of sandy beaches. Half Moon Bay, CA.

  • Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area is adjacent to Humboldt Lagoons State Park, this recreation area is a popular place for people who like to fish.

  • Hearst Castle State Historical Monument "The Enchanted Hill" high above the ocean at San Simeon. Hearst Castle encompassesmain house, guesthouses, pools, and 8 acres of cultivated gardens. A grand setting for William Randolph Hearst's collection of European antiques and art pieces.

  • Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area composed of 343 acres of land, mostly dunes.

  • Hendy Woods State Park trails through both Big and Little Hendy Redwood Groves, and the Navarro River runs the length of the park. Hendy Woods State Park is located in the middle of the Anderson Valley wine district, in southwestern Mendocino County.

  • Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

  • Henry W. Coe State Park

  • Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Humboldt Lagoons State Park

  • Humboldt Redwoods State Park encompasses nearly 53,000 acres, the largest remaining old growth redwood forest in the world!

  • Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Huntington State Beach is the site of a nesting sanctuary for the California least tern, also for the threatened snowy plover. Huntington State Beach is also very popular for surfing, skating, surf fishing, and there is a bicycle trail. Huntington Beach CA.

  • Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park This park preserves an outcropping of marbleized limestone with 1,185 mortar holes, the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America. Indian Grinding Rock State Park is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, eight miles east of Jackson CA.

  • Indio Hills Palms is park property.The park contains some palm groves that include Hidden, Pushawalla, Briska, Macomber and Horseshoe palms.

  • Jack London State Historic Park a memorial to writer and adventurer Jack London.

  • Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

  • John B. Dewitt State Reserve

  • John Little State Reserve

  • John Marsh Home Park Property

  • Jug Handle State Reserve

  • Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur CA. has an absolutely beautiful 80-foot waterfall that drops from the cliff into the ocean.

  • Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

  • Kings Beach State Recreation Area

  • Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve features 317 acres of second-growth redwood, douglas fir, grand firs, tanoaks, and a plethora of rhododendrons. The parks is located 20 miles north of Jenne, CA. and adjacent to Salt Point State Park.

  • Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area located near Livermore CA.

  • Lake Oroville State Recreation Area near the city of Oroville, CA.

  • Lake Perris State Recreation Area is nestled between Moreno Valley and Perris, CA. There are many recreational activities at Lake Perris.

  • Lake Valley State Recreation Area

  • Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park 19,000-square-foot Mansion, open to the public as a museum. Sacramento CA.

  • Leo Carrillo State Park

  • Leucadia State Beach

  • Lighthouse Field State Beach also known as Point Santa Cruz. Monarch butterflies winter here. The lighthouse is home to California's first surfing museum. Santa Cruz CA.

  • Limekiln State Park offers one of the most beautiful views of the Big Sur Coast. Big Sur CA.

  • Little River State Beach dunes and open beach. Near Eureka CA.

  • Los Angeles State Historic Park

  • Los Encinos State Historic Park

  • Los Osos Oaks State Reserve ancient sand dunes covered with centuries-old coast live oak trees. Dwarf oak trees growing on the ancient sand dune. Located outside the town of Los Osos, CA.

  • MacKerricher State Park

  • Mailliard Redwoods State Reserve

  • Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

  • Malibu Creek State Park

  • Malibu Lagoon State Beach

  • Manchester State Park

  • Mandalay State Beach

  • Manresa State Beach

  • Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park

  • Marina State Beach

  • Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

  • McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

  • McConnell State Recreation Area

  • McGrath State Beach

  • Mendocino Headlands State Park

  • Mendocino Woodlands State Park

  • Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

  • Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve

  • Montana de Oro State Park

  • Montara State Beach

  • Monterey State Historic Park

  • Monterey State Beach

  • Montgomery Woods State Reserve

  • Moonlight State Beach

  • Morro Bay State Park The bay’s most prominent landmark is Morro Rock. Morro Bay State Park has a Museum of Natural History, campground also a marina and an 18-hole public golf course. Morro Bay CA.

  • Morro Strand State Beach is a three-mile stretch of beach, great for strolling along the beach, surf fishing and a great beach for windsurfing. Morro Strand State Beach is located just north of Morro Bay CA.

  • Moss Landing State Beach

  • Mount Diablo State Park

  • Mount San Jacinto State Park

  • Mount Tamalpais State Park

  • Natural Bridges State Beach

  • New Brighton State Beach

  • Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Old Sacramento State Historic Park

  • Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

  • Olompali State Historic Park

  • Pacheco State Park

  • Pacifica State Beach

  • Palomar Mountain State Park

  • Patrick's Point State Park

  • Pelican State Beach

  • Pescadero State Beach

  • Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

  • Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

  • Picacho State Recreation Area

  • Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

  • Pio Pico State Historic Park

  • Pismo State Beach

  • Placerita Canyon State Park

  • Plumas-Eureka State Park

  • Point Cabrillo Light Station

  • Point Dume State Beach

  • Point Lobos State Reserve

  • Point Lobos Ranch this ranch is newly acquired park property.

  • Point Montara Light Station

  • Point Mugu State Park located in Malibu, CA

  • Point Sur State Historic Park located in Big Sur CA.

     

  • Pomponio State Beach South of Half Moon Bay, CA.

  • Portola Redwoods State Park

  • Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area

  • Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

  • Providence Mountains State Recreation Area

  • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

  • Red Rock Canyon State Park

  • Refugio State Beach

  • Reynolds Wayside Campground

  • Richardson Grove State Park

  • Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach

  • Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

  • Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach

  • Russian Gulch State Park

  • Saddleback Butte State Park

  • Salinas River State Beach

  • Salt Point State Park

  • Salton Sea State Recreation Area

  • Samuel P. Taylor State Park

  • San Bruno Mountain State Park

  • San Buenaventura State Beach

  • San Clemente State Beach

  • San Elijo State Beach

  • San Gregorio State Beach

  • San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

  • San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area

  • San Onofre State Beach

  • San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

  • San Simeon State Park This scenic park offers unobstructed views of the ocean and rocky shore. Located in San Simeon CA.

  • San Timoteo Canyon

  • Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park

  • Santa Monica State Beach

  • Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

  • Schooner Gulch State Beach

  • Seacliff State Beach

  • Shasta State Historic Park

  • Silver Strand State Beach

  • Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

  • Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

  • Smithe Redwoods State Reserve

  • Sonoma State Historic Park

  • Sonoma Coast State Beach

  • South Carlsbad State Beach

  • South Yuba River State Park

  • Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area

  • State Indian Museum State Historic Park

  • Stone Lake State Park Property

  • Sugar Pine Point State Park

  • Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

  • Sunset State Beach

  • Sutter Buttes State Park

  • Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

  • Tahoe State Recreation Area

  • The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

  • Thornton State Beach

  • Tijuana Estuary Point of Interest

  • Tolowa Dunes State Park

  • Tomales Bay State Park

  • Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

  • Topanga State Park

  • Torrey Pines State Beach

  • Torrey Pines State Reserve

  • Trinidad State Beach

  • Tule Elk State Reserve

  • Turlock Lake State Recreation Area

  • Twin Lakes State Beach

  • Van Damme State Park

  • Verdugo Mountains State Property

  • Ward Creek Park Property

  • Washoe Meadows State Park

  • Wassama Round House State Historic Park

  • Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. The Watts Towers are one of only nine works of folk art listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds. The temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California. The Temple is located in the heart of Weaverville, CA.

  • Westport-Union Landing State Beach

  • Wilder Ranch State Park

  • Wildwood Canyon

  • Will Rogers State Beach

  • Will Rogers State Historic Park

  • William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

  • William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach is a beautiful little sandy beach spot, with a protected cove. The beach is located directly across Highway One from the Hearst Castle in the little scenic town of San Simeon.

  • Woodland Opera House State Historic Park live entertainment on a year-round basis. Woodland Opera House is still a stopping place for actors, musicians, and entertainers. The Woodland Opera House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in historic downtown Woodland, CA.

  • Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area

  • Zmudowski State Beach

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