San Diego Coast park featuring a popular blufftop campground with stairs leading to the beach for swimming, surfing, skin diving, fishing, and picnicking. The beach is located 3 miles south of ...

Comprises rich tidal marshes, sub-tidal areas and mudflats that extend along 8.5 miles of shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is located along 8.5 miles of the San ...

This two-mile-long beach is operated by Los Angeles County and has a picnic area, shops and pier, as well as volleyball and basketball courts and biking and walking paths. This beach is two miles long ...

This undeveloped, secluded site on the Oregon border is the northern most beach in California and is perfect for walking and beachcombing. Pelican State Beach offers beautiful ocean views. This ...

Oldest state park in California, acquired in 1902, that preserves ancient coast redwoods in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Experiencing regrowth following devestating wildfire in 2020. The ...

Site in Sacramento County that preserves and protects two rare natural Central Valley lakes that lie within the Pacific Flyway and provide wintering grounds for a variety of waterfowl and other ...

Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP is partially open. All backcountry trails east of Highway 1 remain CLOSED due to ongoing fire suppression and repair work. Entry into closed areas is prohibited. Violators are ...

The Carmel River creates a lagoon – a popular habitat for waterfowl and songbirds – before spilling into the Pacific Ocean at this scenic beach park. From southbound Highway 1 in Carmel, the park is ...

Two-story adobe hacienda that takes visitors back in time to the Mexican Rancho period of the mid-1800s when it became one of the social centers of the central California coast. The Castro Adobe is ...

Rugged peninsula that draws visitors from around the world to witness elephant seals mate, give birth, and rest from long sea voyages.

Notice: There is a $10.00 fee for use of dump station facilities in most California State Parks. State Parks is partnering with Sani-Star, a provider of self-pay stations for sewage dumps, to secure ...

This former U.S. Army frontier fort on the main route between the Central Valley and Southern California was garrisoned from 1854 to 1864. The park is 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles, near the top ...