List of California state parks explained

This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system.

List of parks

Park nameClassificationCounty or
counties		Size[1] Year establishedRemarks
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45disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1944 Boasts redwoods plus salmon and steelhead fishing on the Eel River.[2]
State park 5930disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975 Preserves a wilderness of freshwater springs and geologically recent lava flows.[3]
Park property Alameda1985
State historic park 1298disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982 Preserves a tule marsh and ancient archaeological sites of the Pomo people.[4]
State park 4766disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1968 Offers a primitive walk-in campground on the Big Sur coast.[5]
State park 756disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955 Interprets an island in San Francisco Bay whose history encompasses Coast Miwok prehistory, ranching, the 1910–1940 Angel Island Immigration Station, and long military use.[6]
State park 4209disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985 Encompasses Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which boasts the world's largest mainland rookery of northern elephant seals.[7]
State natural reserve 1781disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Showcases the state's most-consistent blooms of California poppy, in the high Mojave Desert.[8]
State historic park 397disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Interprets the Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions in a 1928 folk art building on the NRHP.[9]
State park 585930disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933 Preserves a vast tract of the Colorado Desert in California's largest state park.[10]
State natural reserve 752disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934 Preserves a grove of coast redwoods.[11]
State park 566disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1993 Preserves a remnant stand of Joshua trees and junipers in the Antelope Valley.[12]
State beach 107disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951 Balances protection of rocky coast and dune habitat with public access.[13] The 1913 Asilomar Conference Grounds are a National Historic Landmark.[14]
State recreation area 42377disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 Offers numerous recreational opportunities along the North and Middle Forks of the American River.[15]
State recreation area 5927disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1964 Features a rugged wilderness on Austin Creek, adjacent to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve.[16]
State natural reserve 30disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1943 Harbors a profusion of spring-blooming western azaleas.[17]
State historic park 0.75disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 Showcases a restored 1846 water-powered grist mill in Napa Valley.[18] The mill is on the NRHP.2009a">
State beach 44disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958 Offers fishing and beachcombing among tide pools.[19]
Benbow State Recreation AreaState recreation area 1142disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958 Centers on a reservoir on the South Fork Eel River.[20]
State historic park 0.86disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951 Interprets the third and oldest-surviving California capitol, used 1853–54.[21] The building is on the NRHP.2009a"/>
State recreation area 447disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957 Preserves a tidal wetland on the Carquinez Strait.[22]
State recreation area 609disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 Offers windsurfing and other water recreation on the Bethany Reservoir.[23]
State historic park 5.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1964 Offers tours of the 1868 Victorian mansion of influential settlers John and Annie Bidwell.[24] The mansion is on the NRHP.
State park 349disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Preserves riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big Chico Creek.[25]
State park 18050disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1902 Established as California's first state park, to preserve coast redwoods on Waddell Creek.[26]
State historic park 1016disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1962 Preserves the ghost town of Bodie, whose gold-mining heyday ran from 1877 to 1881, and is now a National Historic Landmark.[27]
State beach 169disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960 Offers surf fishing and catching grunion by hand.[28]
State park 1316disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 Occupies the southwesternmost point of the contiguous U.S., on the Mexico – United States border. Part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve.[29]
State park 1991disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960 Contains the farthest inland coast redwoods in a California state park.[30]
State recreation area 329disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952 Offers water recreation amid a maze of channels in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.[31]
Park property 1325disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Encompasses a hidden valley with a historic ranch established in 1857.[32]
State park 1890disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Offers 6miles of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing.[33]
State park 4728disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Showcases a secluded redwood-filled valley.[34]
Park property 37disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2007 In development, not open to public
State park 6498disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931 Protects two large groves of giant sequoias.[35]
State historic park 248disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1984 Interprets the influence of the state's citrus industry.[36]
State park 7.91disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2011 Undeveloped property located in West Sacramento. Plan is for this unit to eventually replace the State Indian Museum (State Historic Park).[37]
Park property 40disp=tableNaNdisp=table[38] 1982 Offers exhibits and tours of the California State Capitol and its grounds.
Park property 1999 Exhibits the official state mineral collection and displays on the region's influential mining heritage.[39]
State marine park 2007 California State Parks' first state marine park.
State recreation area 204disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay.[40]
State beach 507disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949 Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside San Diego.[41]
State beach 44disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933 Features a small beach at the foot of coastal bluffs.[42]
State beach 297disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Protects a 1adj=midNaNadj=mid beach and a lagoon at the mouth of the Carmel River which attracts many migratory birds.[43]
State vehicular recreation area 5075disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Provides off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range around the former townsite of Carnegie.[44]
State beach 62disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932 Offers a mile-long beach in the city of Carpinteria.[45]
State beach 75disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972
State natural reserve 2.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972 Preserves a small strip of rugged coastline.[46]
State recreation area 4224disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1965 Features 29miles of shoreline on Castaic Lake.[47]
State park 3905disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934 Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6000adj=midNaNadj=mid rock crags.[48]
State park 5242disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1968 Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.[49]
State park 258disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952 Preserves a riparian forest along the Stanislaus River.[50]
State beach 16disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1940 Provides a swimming and surfing beach in the beach town of Cayucos.[51]
State park 1514disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Surrounds an 1880s Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and salt marshes on San Pablo Bay.[52]
State park 14173disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1981 Preserves a large tract of the Chino Hills.[53]
State historic park 7.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Preserves a sandstone cave bearing rock art of the Chumash people.[54]
State vehicular recreation area 220disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1981 Provides off-roading opportunities in the shallow clay pit excavated for material to build the Oroville Dam.[55]
State park 590disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949 Provides recreation opportunities on the southwest shore of Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake within California's borders.[56]
State historic park 3715disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1973 Interprets the town of Allensworth, founded in 1908 as a haven for African Americans by Colonel Allen Allensworth and other community leaders.[57] The town is a district on the NRHP.
State historic park 273disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1946 Interprets Columbia's preserved gold rush-era downtown,[58] a National Historic Landmark District.
State recreation area 301disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955 Adjoins a stretch of the Sacramento River known for its fishing.[59]
State beach 30disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1947 Provides a half-mile-long swimming beach adjacent to the Newport Beach harbor jetty.[60]
State park 3936disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Encompasses cliffbound coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the NRHP-listed Crystal Cove Historic District of 1920s and 30s beach cottages.[61]
State park 24693disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933 Preserves an expansive tract of forests and meadows above 5000feet in the Laguna Mountains, on the former Rancho Cuyamaca.[62]
State park 2149disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1929 Features a balancing rock and the Rubicon Point Light on the shore of Lake Tahoe.[63]
State park 31261disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1925 Preserves old-growth coast redwoods and is managed cooperatively with RNSP.[64]
Park property 472disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985 Preserves undeveloped wet meadows and sloughs in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Closed to the public.[65]
State beach 91disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1948 Features 3miles of beach and a hang gliding training site, adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.
State beach 254disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931 Offers surfing and beach-front camping in Dana Point.[66]
State park 3293disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1928 Interprets the site where the Donner Party was trapped by weather in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847,[67] now a National Historic Landmark.
State parkStanislaus1600disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2024Opened in June 2024, it became the newest park in the state park system. "Nestled between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, around eight miles from Modesto, [it] is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in the state [and] the first state park to open in California since Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area in 2014."[68]
State vehicular recreation areaKern26000disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2014As of April 2024, it is the newest and second largest state vehicular recreation area in the state park system. It is surrounded by Bureau of Land Management lands.[69]
State park 2324disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1965 Comprises the Lake Tahoe estate and 1903 summer home of banker Isaias W. Hellman.[70]
State beach 2634disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Features a narrow beach at the foot of coastal bluffs where monarch butterflies congregate in autumn.[71]
State historic park 5.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 Preserves components of a Spanish presidio dating back to 1782,[72] now on the NRHP.
State park 1533disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Contains Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay and Fannette Island plus the 1929 Vikingsholm mansion,[73] which is on the NRHP.
Park property 103.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table1985 Preserves a marsh on San Francisco Bay, managed as part of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. Closed to the public. Unit will not become officially classified until action is also taken by the California Fish and Game Commission (ongoing since 2004).
State beach 112disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957 Contains a surfing beach and an estuary at the mouth of the Ventura River.
State historic park 853disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975 Offers tours of an underground gold mine which operated from 1850 to 1956, plus its surface surroundings.[74] The mine is on the NRHP.
State park 353disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2000 Preserves diverse coastal habitats on Estero Bay.
State recreation area 19564disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Surrounds Folsom and Natoma Lakes, reservoirs on the American River.[75]
State historic park 35disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Interprets an 1895 hydroelectricity plant, now a National Historic and Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.[76]
State park 10223disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1963 Preserves a tract of secondary forest donated by the family of former owner Nisene Marks.[77]
State historic park 18disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955 Situated on its commanding bluff adjacent to Humboldt Bay, park interprets relations between U.S. army (present at fort 1853–1870), Native American groups, and settlers. Site includes a logging museum and logging equipment displays.[78]
State park 980disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2009 Reclaims coastline overlooking Monterey Bay on former property of the decommissioned Fort Ord.[79]
State historic park 3393disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1909 Interprets the partially reconstructed Fort Ross, an 1812–1841 Russian-American Company outpost that was the southernmost settlement in the Russian colonization of the Americas.[80] The fort is a National Historic Landmark.
State historic park 647disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1940 Interprets the U.S. Army fort staffed 1854–1864 to monitor the Sebastian Indian Reservation.[81] The fort is on the NRHP.
State recreation area 3523disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959 Encompasses a flooded area in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta accessible only by water.[82]
State park 162disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934 Provides views of the surrounding landscape from atop Fremont Peak and of the night sky from the Fremont Peak Observatory.[83]
State park 2939disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979 Preserves a largely hidden stretch of wild coast.[84]
State park 2787disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Flanks the narrow gorge of Gaviota Creek, which funnels Sundowner winds onto the popular beach area.[85]
State recreation area 46.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Adjoins the Merced River.[86]
State historic park 0.78disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1903 Interprets the 1877 mansion that housed 13 of California's governors and their families from 1903 to 1967.[87]
State beach 3.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 Embraces a steep-walled cove, near the Devil's Slide, where gray whales are often seen close to shore.[88]
State park 2826disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982 Preserves a remnant of the native grasslands once extensive in the Central Valley.[89]
State beach 47disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 Features a picturesque beach in Elk and a visitor center interpreting the town's lumbering history.[90]
State park 430disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1943 Harbors groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River.[91]
State park 553disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959 Boasts hot springs that feed a swimming pool complex in an alpine meadow.[92]
State beach 181disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Encompasses four popular sandy beaches on Half Moon Bay.[93]
State park 748disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2003 Preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast.
State recreation area 955disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982 Offers fishing on Big Lagoon adjacent to Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Park property 130disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2002 Preserves a canyon in Carmel saved from a planned freeway route. In development, not open to public.
State historical monument 209disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958 Offers tours of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst's opulent 115-room "Hearst Castle," designed by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947.[94]
State park 2309disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932 Preserves rocky coast and rare habitats like mima mounds and Monterey pine forest, as well as a 5,850-year-old Native American archaeological site.[95]
State vehicular recreation area 342disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1998 Attracts ATV riders to sandy, tamarisk-dotted dunes along a former course of the Alamo River.[96]
State park 816disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958 Preserves two groves of old-growth coast redwoods in the Anderson Valley.[97]
State park 4623disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Boasts its Redwood Grove and other old-growth forest.[98]
State park 89164disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959 Encompasses a sprawling wilderness of ridges and steep canyons in the Diablo Range.[99]
State vehicular recreation area 6624disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975 Offers a variety of off-roading tracks and events in the hills outside Hollister.[100]
State park 2256disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931 Protects part of the largest lagoon system in the United States, including Big Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, and Freshwater Lagoon.[101]
State park 51651disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1921 Preserves the world's largest remaining old-growth coast redwood forest,[102] including Stratosphere Giant, the fourth-tallest known tree.
State vehicular recreation area 18533disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 Offers 130miles of off-highway tracks, connecting to more routes in Los Padres National Forest.[103]
State beach 121disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1942 Contains 2miles of wide, flat beach in the city of Huntington Beach.[104]
State historic park 135disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1962 Interprets an outcrop with 1,185 mortar holes where Native Americans ground acorns into flour.[105]
Park property 5630disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983 Harbors a profusion of California fan palms growing along the San Andreas Fault in the Indio Hills. Part of the multi-agency Coachella Valley Preserve.[106]
Park property 1329disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1998 Closed to the public except for tours on a limited basis
State historic park 1611disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959 Contains several structures from the ranch of author Jack London and his wife Charmian London, as well as their grave. The ranch is a National Historic Landmark.[107] Currently managed by the Jack London Park Partners, a non-profit that takes no state funding to maintain the park.
State park 10430disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1939 Honors explorer Jedediah Smith with a tract of coast redwoods along the Smith River. Part of Redwood National and State Parks.[108]
State natural reserve 1164disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1929 Contains three undeveloped coast redwood groves split off from Humboldt Redwoods State Park in 2001.[109] In development, not open to the public.
State natural reserve 21disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Protects rugged cliffs on the Big Sur coast flanking the mouth of a creek.[110]
State natural reserve 776disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Interprets a series of marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession.[111]
State park 3762disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1962 Stretches from the Big Sur coast up to 3000feet ridges.[112] Includes the iconic seaside McWay Falls.
State recreation area 401disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1984 Offers urban open space in the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles.[113]
State recreation area 7.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 Encompasses 700feet of lakefront on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.[114]
State natural reserve 317disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934 Harbors a secondary forest with spring-blooming rhododendrons adjacent to Salt Point State Park.[115]
State historic park 1934disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1935 Contains the 1813 La Purisima Mission, the most completely restored Spanish mission in California.[116]
State recreation area 3732disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967 Surrounds Lake Del Valle, a reservoir on the Arroyo Valle managed by the East Bay Regional Park District
State recreation area 29447disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967 Surrounds Lake Oroville, a reservoir on the Feather River.[117]
State recreation area 6675disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974 Contains the southernmost reservoir in the 701miles California State Water Project and the Ya'i Heki' Regional Indian Museum.[118]
State recreation area 155disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985 Offers an 18-hole golf course in the High Sierras.[119]
State historic park 0.88disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 Offers tours of governor and tycoon Leland Stanford's restored 1856 mansion, now a National Historic Landmark.[120]
State park 2513disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1953 Honors actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo with a 1.5miles beach. Part of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.[121]
State beach 10.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949 Comprises a small, rocky beach in Encinitas.[122]
State beach 38disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978 Features the Steamer Lane surf break and a lighthouse containing the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.[123]
State park 711disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1994 Contains four lime kilns from an 1887 lime-smelting operation on the Big Sur coast.[124]
State beach 152disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931 Comprises a broad open beach with dunes.[125]
State historic park 32disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2001 Provides urban open space on the site of an 1875 train station where many travelers first arrived in Los Angeles.[126]
State historic park 4.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State natural reserve 85disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972
State park 2519disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
Mailliard Redwoods State Natural ReserveState natural reserve242disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1945
State historic park 3143disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1965 Preserves the largest hydraulic mining site in California.
State park 8215disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974
State beach 110disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951
State park 5272disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955
State beach 92disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985
State beach 138disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1948
State historic park 62disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976
State Beach 171disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977
Marsh Creek State Historic ParkState historic parkContra Costa County3659disp=tableNaNdisp=table2012Features Stone House of John Marsh;Park is under construction and closed to public as of 2023.
State historic park 575disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1942[127] Marks the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California gold rush.
Martial Cottle Park State Recreation AreaState recreation area 137disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2003
State park 910disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1920
State recreation area 74disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State beach 314disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1948
State seashore 442disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985 Encompasses several remnant and restored parcels along the East Bay waterfront.
State park 7709disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972
State park 720disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977
State recreation area 6857disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957 Includes 40miles of shoreline on Millerton Lake and the 1867 Millerton County Courthouse.[128]
State natural reserve 55300disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982
State park 10366disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934
State beach 780disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959
State historic park 9.6disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1916
State beach 114disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960
State natural reserve 2743disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1947
State beach 15disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State park 2783disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934
State beach 183disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932
State beach 60disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1972
State park 20124disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931
State park 13718disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State park 6243disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1928
State beach 62disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State park 727disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1928
State beach 157disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State vehicular recreation area 2675disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974
State vehicular recreation area 50553disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1976 Offers off-roading opportunities adjacent to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.[129]
State historic park 293disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967Includes the California State Railroad Museum which celebrates the history of rail transportation in California with museum displays, 21 restored locomotives, and a heritage railway along the Sacramento River.[130]
State historic park 29disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967
State historic park 700disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1977
State park 6894disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1995
State beach 21disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979
State park 1909disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932
State beach 5.2disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1947
State beach 700disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958
State historic park 41disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951
State park 1391disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State recreation area 6759disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960
State historic park 76disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1981
State historic park 5.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1917
State beach 1412disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1935
State park 342disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State park 4424disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959
State historic park 383disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2002
State beach 37disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958
State natural reserve 1325disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State park Ventura13947disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966
State beach 84disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1948
State historic park 92disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1986 Contains the still-operational 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse and a former U.S. Navy SOSUS base. The lighthouse is on the NRHP.[131]
State beach 421disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960
State park 2608disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1945
State vehicular recreation area 2786disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1990 Offers open off-roading at the foot of the Sierra Nevada as well as a go-kart track and 4WD obstacle course. This unit has never been officially named and 'Prairie City' is used until official action.[132]
State park 14187disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1923
State recreation area 5890disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956 Closed to the public
State historic park 24disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1982
Park property 1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2002 Comprises the grand 1849 hacienda of the prominent Castro family on their Rancho San Andrés.[133] In development, not open to public. The hacienda is on the NRHP.
State park 25325disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1970
State beach 905disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1950
Wayside campground 66disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1966 Preserves a parcel of old-growth redwoods and Douglas fir beside U.S. Route 101. The campground was removed in 1976.[134]
State park 1772disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1922
State recreation area 58disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2001
State beach 37disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State park 5990disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State beach 132disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1961
State park 1305disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State park 2954disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1957
State beach 281.84disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1960
State park 5684disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1968
State recreation area 16901disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951
State park 2707disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1946
State park 298disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1980
State beach 110disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1961
State beach 117disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931
State beach 588disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952
State beach 414disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1958
State historic park 6.1disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1933
State recreation area 26036disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1969
State beach 2107disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1971
State historic park 69disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1918
Park property 1148disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2002
State historic park 1.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959
State beach 48disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1948
State historic park 671disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979
State beach 54disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983
State beach 89disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931
State historic park 25disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1937
State beach 3749disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932
State recreation area 2201disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State park 7937disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1975
State natural reserve 689disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1963
State historic park 64disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1909
State park 10018disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1934
State beach 118disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1949
State park 8720disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1979
State recreation area 1021disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1921
State historic park 1914 Interprets the diverse cultures of the indigenous peoples of California.[135]
Park property 1090disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State park 652disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1930 Formerly Patrick's Point State Park
State park 4416disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1920 Managed by a group of Sonoma County non-profits as Team Sugarloaf with no state funding.
State beach 302disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931
State park 1785disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2003 In development on the north side of the Sutter Buttes. This park has not officially been named but has been classified as a state park. The use of Sutter Buttes in the name was allowed temporarily by the California State Parks Commission in 2004. Currently no public access.[136]
State historic park 5.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1914
State Recreation Area 62disp=tableNaNdisp=table Campground on Lake Tahoe[137]
State beach 58disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955
State park 4399disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1983
State park 2443disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952 Open under National Park Service management
State historic park 560disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1993
State park 12666disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1967
State beach 61disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952
State natural reserve 1461disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952
State beach 159disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1937
State park 5092disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1971 Supports a variety of day-use activities at the northern end of Sonoma Valley.[138]
State natural reserve 984disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932
State recreation area 3559disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1950
State beach 95disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1955
State park 2336disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1932 Preserves beach, bog, and a pygmy forest on the site of a former redwood lumbering settlement.[139] The pygmy forest is a National Natural Landmark.[140]
Park property 251disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1984
Park property 173disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State park 628disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1985
State historic park 27disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State historic park 0.11disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1978
State historic park 2.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1956
State beach 58disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1952
State park 8342disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1974
Park property 856disp=tableNaNdisp=table 2002 In development
State beach 82disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1931
State historic park 189disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1944
State historic park 3.9disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1951
State historic park 0.26disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1980
State recreation area 323disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1959
State beach 194disp=tableNaNdisp=table 1950

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: California State Park System Statistical Reports . California State Parks . 2014-01-23.
  2. Web site: Admiral William Standley SRA . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  3. Web site: Ahjumawi Lava Springs SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  4. Web site: Anderson Marsh SHP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  5. Web site: Andrew Molera SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  6. Web site: Angel Island SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  7. Web site: Año Nuevo SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  8. Web site: Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve SNR . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  9. Web site: Antelope Valley Indian Museum SHP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  10. Web site: Anza-Borrega Desert SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  11. Web site: Armstrong Redwoods SNR . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  12. Web site: Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  13. Web site: Asilomar SB . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  14. Web site: Asilomar Conference Grounds . National Historic Landmark summary listing . National Park Service . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222349/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1986&ResourceType=District . 14 November 2007 .
  15. Web site: Auburn SRA . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  16. Web site: Austin Creek SRA . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  17. Web site: Azalea SNR . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  18. Web site: Bale Grist Mill SHP . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  19. Web site: Bean Hollow SB . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  20. Web site: Benbow Lake SRA . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  21. Web site: Benicia Capitol SHP . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  22. Web site: Benicia SRA . California State Parks . 2011-09-30.
  23. Web site: Bethany Reservoir SRA . California State Parks . 2011-10-01.
  24. Web site: Bidwell Mansion SHP . California State Parks . 2011-10-01.
  25. Web site: Bidwell-Sacramento River SP . California State Parks . 2011-10-01.
  26. Web site: Big Basin Redwoods State Park . California State Parks . 2012 . 2012-12-04.
  27. Web site: Bodie SHP . California State Parks . 2011-10-01.
  28. Web site: Bolsa Chica SB . California State Parks . 2011-10-01.
  29. Web site: Border Field SP . California State Parks . 2011-10-02.
  30. Web site: Bothe-Napa Valley State Park . California State Parks . 2010 . 2011-10-04.
  31. Web site: Brannan Island SRA . California State Parks . 2011-10-23.
  32. Web site: Burleigh H. Murray Ranch . California State Parks . 2011-10-23.
  33. Web site: Burton Creek SP . California State Parks . 2011-10-23.
  34. Web site: Butano SP . California State Parks . 2011-10-23.
  35. Web site: Calaveras Big Trees State Park . California State Parks . 2004 . 2011-10-29.
  36. Web site: California Citrus SHP . California State Parks . 2011-10-29.
  37. Web site: California Indian Heritage Center State Park (SP) . California State Parks . 2011-10-29.
  38. Web site: California State Capitol Museum . California State Parks . 2011-10-29.
  39. Web site: California State Mining and Mineral Museum . California State Parks . 2011-10-29.
  40. Web site: Candlestick Point SRA . California State Parks . 2011-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131172811/http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=519 . 31 January 2009 .
  41. Web site: Cardiff SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930121523/http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=656 . 30 September 2011 .
  42. Web site: Carlsbad SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  43. Web site: Carmel River SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  44. Web site: Carnegie SVRA . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  45. Web site: Carpinteria SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111102164916/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=599 . 2 November 2011 .
  46. Web site: Caspar Headlands SNR . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  47. Web site: Castaic Lake SRA . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  48. Web site: Castle Crags SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  49. Web site: Castle Rock SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  50. Web site: Caswell Memorial SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  51. Web site: Cayucos SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  52. Web site: China Camp SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  53. Web site: Chino Hills SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  54. Web site: Chumash Painted Cave SHP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  55. Web site: Clay Pit SVRA . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  56. Web site: Clear Lake SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  57. Web site: Colonel Allensworth SHP . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  58. Web site: Columbia SHP . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  59. Web site: Colusa-Sacramento River SRA . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  60. Web site: Corona del Mar SB . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  61. Web site: Crystal Cove SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  62. Web site: Cuyamaca Rancho SP . California State Parks . 2011-11-28.
  63. Web site: D. L. Bliss SP . California State Parks . 2011-12-06.
  64. Web site: Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP . California State Parks . 2011-12-06.
  65. Web site: McKinney . John . Paddling our State Parks . California State Parks Foundation . 2011-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920100155/http://www.calparks.org/inside-parks/recreation/Paddling_our_State_Parks.pdf . 20 September 2011 .
  66. Web site: Doheny SB . California State Parks . 2011-12-11.
  67. Web site: Donner Memorial SP . California State Parks . 2011-12-12.
  68. Web site: Dos Rios SP . San Francisco Chronicle . 24 April 2024.
  69. Web site: Onyx Ranch SVRA . California State Parks . 14 April 2024.
  70. Web site: Sugar Pine Point State Park . California State Parks . 2002 . 2011-12-15.
  71. Web site: El Capitán Beach Trail . California State Parks . 2011-12-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224142107/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25117 . 24 December 2011 .
  72. Web site: El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP . California State Parks . 2011-12-15.
  73. Web site: Emerald Bay SP . California State Parks . 2011-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214193729/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=506 . 14 December 2011 .
  74. Web site: Empire Mine . Empire Mine Park Association . 2011-12-16.
  75. Web site: Folsom Lake State Recreation Area . California State Parks . 2011-12-19.
  76. Web site: Historic Landmark . California State Parks . 2011-12-19.
  77. Web site: The Forest of Nisene Marks SP . California State Parks . 2011-12-20.
  78. Web site: Fort Humboldt SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-11.
  79. News: Cooper . Jeanne . Fort Ord Dunes now a state park . San Francisco Chronicle . San Francisco, Calif. . 2010-01-24 . 2011-12-30.
  80. Web site: Fort Ross SHP . California State Parks . 2011-12-31.
  81. Web site: Fort Tejon SHP . California State Parks . 2011-12-31.
  82. Web site: Franks Tract SRA . California State Parks . 2012-01-14.
  83. Web site: Fremont Peak SP . California State Parks . 2012-01-19.
  84. Web site: Garrapata State Park . Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau . 2012-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220132608/http://www.seemonterey.com/big-sur-california/garrapata-state-park-big-sur-california . 20 February 2012 .
  85. Web site: Gaviota SP . California State Parks . 2012-01-21.
  86. Web site: George J. Hatfield SRA . California State Parks . 2012-01-21.
  87. Web site: Mansion History . California State Parks . 2012-01-21.
  88. Web site: Gray Whale Cove SB . California State Parks . 2012-01-24.
  89. Web site: Great River Grasslands SP . California State Parks . 2012-01-24.
  90. Web site: Greenwood SB . California State Parks . 2012-03-15.
  91. Web site: Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park . California State Parks . 2011 . 2012-03-15.
  92. Web site: Grover Hot Springs SP . California State Parks . 2012-03-15.
  93. Web site: Half Moon Bay SB . California State Parks . 2012-03-17.
  94. Web site: Hearst San Simeon SHM . California State Parks . 2012-03-27.
  95. Web site: Hearst San Simeon SP . California State Parks . 2012-03-27.
  96. Web site: Heber Dunes SVRA . California State Parks . 2012-03-27.
  97. Web site: Hendy Woods SP . California State Parks . 2012-03-27.
  98. Web site: Henry Cowell Redwoods SP . California State Parks . 2012-03-27.
  99. Web site: Henry W. Coe SP . California State Parks . 2012-03-28.
  100. Web site: Hollister Hills SVRA . California State Parks . 2012-03-29.
  101. Web site: Humboldt Lagoons State Park . California State Parks . 2011 . 2012-07-01.
  102. Web site: Humboldt Redwoods SP . California State Parks . 2012-07-01.
  103. Web site: Hungry Valley SVRA . California State Parks . 2012-03-29.
  104. Web site: Huntington SB . California State Parks . 2012-07-01.
  105. Web site: Indian Grinding Rock SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-03.
  106. Web site: Indio Hills Palms Park Property . California State Parks . 2012-07-03.
  107. Web site: Jack London SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-03.
  108. Web site: Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP . California State Parks . 2012-07-03.
  109. Web site: Baselt . David . John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve . Redwood Hikes . 2009 . 2012-03-29.
  110. Web site: John Little SNR . California State Parks . 2012-07-03.
  111. Web site: Jug Handle SNR . California State Parks . 2012-03-29.
  112. Web site: Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  113. Web site: Kenneth Hahn SRA . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  114. Web site: Kings Beach SRA . California State Parks . 2012-05-31.
  115. Web site: Kruse Rhododendron SNR . California State Parks . 2012-05-31.
  116. Web site: La Purísima Mission SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  117. Web site: Lake Oroville SRA . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  118. Web site: Lake Perris State Recreation Area . California State Parks . 2011 . 2012-05-31.
  119. Web site: Lake Valley SRA . California State Parks . 2012-05-31.
  120. Web site: Leland Stanford Mansion SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  121. Web site: Leo Carrillo SP . California State Parks . 2012-07-10.
  122. Web site: Leucadia SB . California State Parks . 2012-07-28.
  123. Web site: Lighthouse Field SB . California State Parks . 2012-07-28.
  124. Web site: Limekiln State Park . California State Parks . 2008 . 2012-07-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161146/http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/577/files/LimekilnPDF.pdf . 30 September 2011 .
  125. Web site: Little River SB . California State Parks . 2012-07-29.
  126. Web site: Los Angeles SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-29.
  127. Web site: Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park . California State Parks . 2013 . 2014-01-23.
  128. Web site: Millerton Lake SRA . California State Parks . 2012-07-02.
  129. Web site: Ocotillo Wells SVRA . California State Parks . 2012-07-08.
  130. Web site: California State Railroad Museum . California State Parks . 2011-11-12.
  131. Web site: Point Sur SHP . California State Parks . 2012-07-08.
  132. Web site: Prairie City SVRA . California State Parks . 2012-07-08.
  133. Web site: Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe . Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks . 2011-11-26.
  134. Web site: Reynolds Wayside Campground . California State Parks . 2012-07-08.
  135. Web site: State Indian Museum . California State Parks . 2011-10-29.
  136. Web site: Sutter Buttes State Park . California State Parks . 2014-02-21.
  137. Web site: Tahoe SRA . California State Parks . 2014-01-23.
  138. Web site: Annadel SP . California State Parks . 2011-09-24.
  139. Web site: Van Damme SP . California State Parks . 2014-02-21.
  140. Web site: 2012-06-28. Pygmy Forest. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016090438/http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=PYFO-CA. 16 October 2011. 2014-02-21. National Park Service.

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