California State Parks


California's state parks showcase the state's vast natural diversity, from the towering redwoods of Humboldt to the desert landscapes of Anza-Borrego. Highlights include iconic beaches, historical missions, and majestic mountain ranges. Visitors can enjoy activities like hiking, surfing, and exploring cultural landmarks, experiencing the best of California's varied environments.
255 state parks found
Ahjumawi Lava Springs
State Park
McArthur
Anderson Marsh
State Historic Park
Lower Lake
Andrew Molera
State Park
Big Sur
Angel Island
State Park
Tiburon
Año Nuevo
State Park
Pescadero
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
State Natural Reserve
Lancaster
Antelope Valley Indian Museum
State Historic Park
Lancaster
Anza-Borrego Desert
State Park
Borrego Springs
Armstrong Redwoods
State Natural Reserve
Guerneville
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland
State Park
Lancaster
Asilomar
State Beach
Pacific Grove
Auburn
State Recreation Area
Auburn
Austin Creek
State Recreation Area
Guerneville
Azalea
State Natural Reserve
McKinleyville
Bale Grist Mill
State Historic Park
Saint Helena
Benbow
State Recreation Area
Garberville
Benicia
State Recreation Area
Benicia
Benicia Capitol
State Historic Park
Benicia
Bethany Reservoir
State Recreation Area
Byron
Bidwell Mansion
State Historic Park
Chico
Bidwell-Sacramento River
State Park
Chico
Big Basin Redwoods
State Park
Boulder Creek
Bodie
State Historic Park
Bridgeport
Bolsa Chica
State Beach
Huntington Beach
Border Field
State Park
San Diego
Bothe-Napa Valley
State Park
Calistoga
Brannan Island
State Recreation Area
Rio Vista
Burton Creek
State Park
Carnelian Bay
Butano
State Park
Pescadero
Calaveras Big Trees
State Park
Arnold
California Citrus
State Park
Riverside
Candlestick Point
State Recreation Area
San Francisco
Cardiff
State Beach
Cardiff By The Sea
Carlsbad
State Beach
Carlsbad
Carmel River
State Beach
Carmel
Carnegie
State Recreation Area
Tracy
Carpinteria
State Beach
Carpinteria
Caspar Headlands
State Beach
Mendocino
Castaic Lake
State Recreation Area
Castaic
Castle Crags
State Park
Castella
Castle Rock
State Park
Los Gatos
Caswell Memorial
State Park
Ripon
Cayucos
State Beach
Cayucos
China Camp
State Park
San Rafael
Chino Hills
State Park
Chino Hills
Chumash Painted Cave
State Historic Park
Santa Barbara
Clay Pit
State Recreation Area
Oroville
Clear Lake
State Park
Kelseyville
Colonel Allensworth
State Historic Park
Allensworth
Columbia
State Historic Park
Columbia
Crystal Cove
State Park
Laguna Beach
Cuyamaca Rancho
State Park
Descanso
Del Norte Coast Redwoods
State Park
Crescent City
D. L. Bliss
State Park
Lake Tahoe
Dockweiler
State Beach
Playa del Rey
Doheny
State Beach
Dana Point
Donner Memorial
State Park
Truckee
Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Mojave
Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point
State Park
Tahoma
El Capitán
State Beach
Goleta
El Presidio de Santa Barbara
State Historic Park
Santa Barbara
Emerald Bay
State Park
South Lake Tahoe
Emma Wood
State Beach
Ventura
Empire Mine
State Historic Park
Grass Valley
Estero Bluffs
State Park
Cayucos
Folsom Lake
State Recreation Area
Folsom
Folsom Powerhouse
State Historic Park
Folsom
Fort Humboldt
State Historic Park
Eureka
Fort Ord Dunes
State Park
Marina
Fort Ross
State Historic Park
Jenner
Fort Tejon
State Historic Park
Lebec
Franks Tract
State Recreation Area
Brentwood
Fremont Peak
State Park
San Juan Bautista
Garrapata
State Park
Monterey
Gaviota
State Park
Goleta
George J. Hatfield
State Recreation Area
Hilmar
Gray Whale Cove
State Beach
Half Moon Bay
Great Valley Grasslands
State Park
Los Banos
Greenwood
State Beach
Elk
Grizzly Creek Redwoods
State Park
Carlotta
Grover Hot Springs
State Park
Markleeville
Half Moon Bay
State Beach
Half Moon Bay
Harmony Headlands
State Park
Harmony
Harry A. Merlo
State Recreation Area
Trinidad
Hearst San Simeon
State Park
Cambria
Heber Dunes
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Holtville
Hendy Woods
State Park
Boonville
Henry Cowell Redwoods
State Park
Felton
Henry W. Coe
State Park
Morgan Hill
Hollister Hills
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Hollister
Humboldt Lagoons
State Park
Trinidad
Humboldt Redwoods
State Park
Weott
Hungry Valley
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Gorman
Huntington
State Beach
Huntington Beach
Indian Grinding Rock
State Historic Park
Pine Grove
Ishxenta
State Park
Carmel
Jack London
State Historic Park
Glen Ellen
Jedediah Smith Redwoods
State Park
Crescent City
John B. Dewitt Redwoods
State Natural Reserve
Redway
John Little
State Natural Reserve
Big Sur
Jug Handle
State Natural Reserve
Fort Bragg
Julia Pfeiffer Burns
State Park
Big Sur
Kenneth Hahn
State Recreation Area
Los Angeles
Kings Beach
State Recreation Area
Kings Beach
Kruse Rhododendron
State Natural Reserve
Jenner
Lake Del Valle
State Recreation Area
Livermore
Lake Oroville
State Recreation Area
Oroville
Lake Perris
State Recreation Area
Perris
Lake Valley
State Recreation Area
Perris
La Purísima Mission
State Historic Park
Lompoc
Leland Stanford Mansion
State Historic Park
Sacramento
Leo Carrillo
State Park
Malibu
Leucadia
State Beach
Encinitas
Lighthouse Field
State Beach
Santa Cruz
Limekiln
State Park
Big Sur
Little River
State Beach
Trinidad
Los Angeles
State Historic Park
Los Angeles
Los Encinos
State Historic Park
Los Angeles
Los Osos Oaks
State Natural Reserve
Los Osos
MacKerricher
State Park
Fort Bragg
Mailliard Redwoods
State Natural Reserve
Yorkville
Malakoff Diggins
State Historic Park
Nevada City
Malibu Creek
State Park
Calabasas
Malibu Lagoon
State Beach
Malibu
Manchester
State Park
Manchester
Mandalay
State Beach
Oxnard
Manresa
State Beach
Watsonville
Marconi Conference Center
State Historic Park
Point Reyes Station
Marina
State Beach
Marina
Marshall Gold Discovery
State Historic Park
Coloma
Marsh Creek
State Historic Park
Brentwood
Martial Cottle Park
State Recreation Area
San Jose
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial
State Park
Burney
McConnell
State Recreation Area
Ballico
McGrath
State Beach
Oxnard
McLaughlin Eastshore
State Seashore
Emeryville
Mendocino Headlands
State Park
Mendocino
Mendocino Woodlands
State Park
Mendocino
Millerton Lake
State Recreation Area
Friant
Mono Lake Tufa
State Natural Reserve
Lee Vining
Montaña de Oro
State Park
Los Osos
Montara
State Beach
Montara
Monterey
State Beach
Monterey
Monterey
State Historic Park
Monterey
Montgomery Woods
State Natural Reserve
Ukiah
Moonlight
State Beach
Encinitas
Morro Bay
State Park
Morro Bay
Morro Strand
State Beach
Morro Bay
Moss Landing
State Beach
Moss Landing
Mount Diablo
State Park
Blackhawk
Mount San Jacinto
State Park
Idyllwild
Mount Tamalpais
State Park
Mill Valley
Natural Bridges
State Beach
Santa Cruz
Navarro River Redwoods
State Park
Albion
New Brighton
State Beach
Capitola
Oceano Dunes
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Oceano
Ocotillo Wells
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Borrego Springs
Old Sacramento
State Historic Park
Sacramento
Old Town San Diego
State Historic Park
San Diego
Olompali
State Historic Park
Novato
Pacheco
State Park
Hollister
Pacifica
State Beach
Pacifica
Palomar Mountain
State Park
Palomar Mountain
Pelican
State Beach
Smith River
Pescadero
State Beach
Pescadero
Petaluma Adobe
State Historic Park
Petaluma
Pfeiffer Big Sur
State Park
Big Sur
Picacho
State Recreation Area
Winterhaven
Pigeon Point Light Station
State Historic Park
Pescadero
Pío Pico
State Historic Park
Whittier
Pismo
State Beach
Oceano
Placerita Canyon
State Park
Newhall
Plumas-Eureka
State Park
Blairsden Graeagle
Point Cabrillo Light Station
State Historic Park
Mendocino
Point Dume
State Beach
Malibu
Point Lobos
State Natural Reserve
Carmel
Point Mugu
State Park
Point Mugu
Point Sal
State Beach
Guadalupe
Point Sur
State Historic Park
Big Sur
Pomponio
State Beach
San Gregorio
Portola Redwoods
State Park
La Honda
Prairie City
State Vehicle Recreation Area
Rancho Cordova
Prairie Creek Redwoods
State Park
Orick
Providence Mountains
State Recreation Area
Essex
Railtown 1897
State Historic Park
Jamestown
Red Rock Canyon
State Park
Canti
Refugio
State Beach
Goleta
Richardson Grove
State Park
Garberville
Rio de Los Angeles
State Recreation Area
Los Angeles
Robert H. Meyer Memorial
State Beach
Malibu
Robert Louis Stevenson
State Park
Calistoga
Robert W. Crown Memorial
State Beach
Alameda
Russian Gulch
State Park
Mendocino
Saddleback Butte
State Park
Lancaster
Salinas River
State Beach
Moss Landing
Salton Sea
State Recreation Area
Mecca
Salt Point
State Park
Jenner
Samuel P. Taylor
State Park
Camp Taylor, Lagunitas
San Bruno Mountain
State Park
Brisbane
San Buenaventura
State Beach
Ventura
San Clemente
State Beach
San Clemente
San Elijo
State Beach
Cardiff-by-the-Sea
San Gregorio
State Beach
Half Moon Bay
San Juan Bautista
State Historic Park
San Juan Bautista
San Luis Reservoir
State Recreation Area
Los Banos
San Onofre
State Beach
San Clemente
San Pasqual Battlefield
State Historic Park
Escondido
Santa Cruz Mission
State Historic Park
Santa Cruz
Santa Monica
State Beach
Santa Monica
Santa Susana Pass
State Historic Park
Chatsworth
Schooner Gulch
State Beach
Point Arena
Seacliff
State Beach
Aptos
Shasta
State Historic Park
Shasta
Silver Strand
State Beach
Coronado
Silverwood Lake
State Recreation Area
Hesperia
Sinkyone Wilderness
State Park
La Jolla
Smithe Redwoods
State Natural Reserve
Guerneville
Sonoma
State Historic Park
Sonoma
Sonoma Coast
State Park
Bodega Bay
South Carlsbad
State Beach
Carlsbad
South Yuba River
State Park
North San Juan
Standish-Hickey
State Recreation Area
Leggett
State Indian Museum
State Historic Park
Sacramento
Sue-meg
State Park
Trinidad
Sugarloaf Ridge
State Park
Kenwood
Sunset
State Beach
Watsonville
Sutter Buttes
State Park
Live Oak
Sutter's Fort
State Historic Park
Sacramento
Tahoe
State Recreation Area
Tahoe City
The Forest of Nisene Marks
State Park
Aptos
Thornton
State Beach
Daly City
Tolowa Dunes
State Park
Crescent City
Tomales Bay
State Park
Point Reyes Station
Tomo-Kahni
State Historic Park
Tehachapi
Topanga
State Park
Topanga
Torrey Pines
State Natural Reserve
La Jolla
Torrey Pines
State Beach
La Jolla
Trinidad
State Beach
Trinidad
Trione-Annadel
State Park
Santa Rosa
Tule Elk
State Natural Reserve
Buttonwillow
Turlock Lake
State Recreation Area
Hickman
Twin Lakes
State Beach
Santa Cruz
Van Damme
State Park
Mendocino
Washoe Meadows
State Park
South Lake Tahoe
Wassama Round House
State Historic Park
Ahwahnee
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia
State Historic Park
Los Angeles
Weaverville Joss House
State Historic Park
Weaverville
Westport-Union Landing
State Beach
Westport
Wilder Ranch
State Park
Santa Cruz
William B. Ide Adobe
State Historic Park
Red Bluff
Will Rogers
State Historic Park
Pacific Palisades
Will Rogers
State Beach
Pacific Palisades
Woodland Opera House
State Historic Park
Woodland
Woodson Bridge
State Recreation Area
Corning
Zmudowski
State Beach
Moss Landing