This is a list of forts and camps in California, established by military, commercial and other interests.
style=text-align:left | Name ! | Location | County ! | Date Founded | Date Abandoned ! | Founded by | ||
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Fort Alcatraz[1] | November 6, 1850 | 1934 | United States Army | |||||
1862 | 1865 | Union Army | ||||||
Fort Anderson | 1862 1864 | 1862 1866 | Union Army | |||||
Fort Baker | March 23, 1862 | November 1863 | Union Army | |||||
Lime Point Military Reservation Fort Baker Fort Barry Fort Cronkhite | 1850 1897 | 1897 2002 | United States | |||||
Bolsa Chica Military Reservation | 1942 | 1948? | United States | |||||
Benicia Arsenal[2] Benicia Barracks Benicia Quartermaster Depot | April 9, 1849 | 1964 | United States Army | |||||
Fort Bragg[3] [4] Camp Bragg | Summer 1857 | 1864 | United States Army | |||||
Camp Burlington[5] Camp Burlington-Humboldt Camp Stephens Grove Camp Dyerville | 1933 | 1942 | Civilian Conservation Corps | |||||
Camp Cap Eele | ||||||||
Drum Barracks Camp Drum | 1861 | 1871 | Union Army | |||||
1942 | 1947 | United States Army | ||||||
Cantonment Far West[6] Camp Far West Fort Far West | Marysville (Bear Creek) | September 28, 1849 | May 4, 1852 | United States Army | ||||
1939 | 1963 | United States Army | ||||||
December 4, 1859 | June 29, 1892 | United States Army | ||||||
Camp Grant[7] | October 1863 | about 1865 | Union Army | |||||
1853 | 1866 | United States Army | ||||||
Fort Hunter Liggett | North of the San Luis Obispo County line, bounded byPfeiffer Big State Park to the north | Monterey | 1940 | - | United States Army | |||
Fort Iaqua | August 5, 1863 | 1866 | Union Army | |||||
Fort Irwin | 1940 | United States Army | ||||||
October 18, 1852 | June 23, 1858 | United States Army | ||||||
Camp Lincoln | September 1862 | 1870 | Union Army United States Army | |||||
Camp Low | 1864 | 1865 | Union Army | |||||
Fort MacArthur White Point Military Reservation | 1888 | (Still in use) | United States Army | |||||
1901 | 1962 | United States Army | ||||||
Point Lobos, San Francisco | 1898 | 1949 | United States Army | |||||
May 26, 1851 | December 1, 1866 | United States Army | ||||||
1768 | still in use by US | New Spain | ||||||
1850 April 5, 1879 | 1879 | United States Army | ||||||
Camp No. 27 | ||||||||
1917 | September, 1994 | United States Army | ||||||
Camp NacimientoCamp Roberts | foothills of Santa Lucia Range, between Lake Nacimiento,Bradley, Valleton, and San Miguel | San Luis Obispo - Monterey | 1940 | - | United States Army | |||
1812 | 1841 | Russian-American Company | ||||||
Fort Sacramento | ||||||||
1769 | 1835 | Spain | ||||||
1776 | 1994 | Spain | ||||||
Camp Merriam Camp San Luis Obispo | 1928 | - | United States Army | |||||
1782 | 1846 | Spain | ||||||
1794 | 1970 | Spain | ||||||
Fort Reading | May 26, 1852 | April 6, 1870 | United States Army | |||||
1852 | United States Army | |||||||
September 25, 1861 | April, 1862 | Union Army | ||||||
June 24, 1854 | September 11, 1864 | United States Army | ||||||
October 12, 1857 | June 10, 1862 | United States Army | ||||||
Camp Wessels | ||||||||
Camp at Nome Cult Indian Agency Fort Wright Camp Wright | 1858 1862 1875 | 1861 1866 1875 | United States Army Union Army United States Army | |||||
1852 | 1995 | United States Army | ||||||
Fort Yuma | November 27, 1850 | 1885 | United States Army | |||||