List of California state parks

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system.

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General location of California's +139 State Parks

List of parks

Park name	Classification	County or counties	Size<ref name="Statistical">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation		CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Year established<ref name="Statistical" />	Remarks
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Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area	Template:Nowrap	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1944	Boasts redwoods plus salmon and steelhead fishing on the Eel River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park	State park	Shasta	Template:Convert	1975	Preserves a wilderness of freshwater springs and geologically recent lava flows.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Albany State Marine Reserve	Park property	Alameda			1985
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park	State historic park	Lake	Template:Convert	1982	Preserves a tule marsh and ancient archaeological sites of the Pomo people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Andrew Molera State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1968	Offers a primitive walk-in campground on the Big Sur coast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Angel Island State Park	State park	Marin and San Francisco	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	State park	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1985	Encompasses Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which boasts the world's largest mainland rookery of northern elephant seals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve	State natural reserve	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1976	Showcases the state's most-consistent blooms of California poppy, in the high Mojave Desert.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1979	Interprets the Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions in a 1928 folk art building on the NRHP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	State park	San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside	Template:Convert	1933	Preserves a vast tract of the Colorado Desert in California's largest state park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1934	Preserves a grove of coast redwoods.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park	State park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1993	Preserves a remnant stand of Joshua trees and junipers in the Antelope Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Asilomar State Beach	State beach	Monterey	Template:Convert	1951	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The 1913 Asilomar Conference Grounds are a National Historic Landmark.<ref name="nhlsum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Auburn State Recreation Area	State recreation area	El Dorado and Placer	Template:Convert	1966	Offers numerous recreational opportunities along the North and Middle Forks of the American River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Nowrap	State recreation area	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1964	Features a rugged wilderness on Austin Creek, adjacent to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Azalea State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1943	Harbors a profusion of spring-blooming western azaleas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park	State historic park	Napa	Template:Convert	1974	Showcases a restored 1846 water-powered grist mill in Napa Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The mill is on the NRHP.<ref name="NRISref|2009a">Template:NRISref</ref>
Bean Hollow State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1958	Offers fishing and beachcombing among tide pools.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Benbow State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1958	Centers on a reservoir on the South Fork Eel River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park	State historic park	Solano	Template:Convert	1951	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The building is on the NRHP.<ref name="NRISref|2009a"/>
Benicia State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Solano	Template:Convert	1957	Preserves a tidal wetland on the Carquinez Strait.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Alameda	Template:Convert	1974	Offers windsurfing and other water recreation on the Bethany Reservoir.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park	State historic park	Butte	Template:Convert	1964	Offers tours of the 1868 Victorian mansion of influential settlers John and Annie Bidwell.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The mansion is on the NRHP.
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park	State park	Butte and Glenn	Template:Convert	1979	Preserves riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big Chico Creek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Big Basin Redwoods State Park	State park	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1902	Established as California's first state park, to preserve coast redwoods on Waddell Creek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bodie State Historic Park	State historic park	Mono	Template:Convert	1962	Preserves the ghost town of Bodie, whose gold-mining heyday ran from 1877 to 1881, and is now a National Historic Landmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bolsa Chica State Beach	State beach	Orange	Template:Convert	1960	Offers surf fishing and catching grunion by hand.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Border Field State Park	State park	San Diego	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park	State park	Napa and Sonoma	Template:Convert	1960	Contains the farthest inland coast redwoods in a California state park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Brannan Island State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1952	Offers water recreation amid a maze of channels in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch	Park property	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1979	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Burton Creek State Park	State park	Placer	Template:Convert	1976	Offers Template:Convert of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Butano State Park	State park	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1956	Showcases a secluded redwood-filled valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Butte City Project	Park property	Butte	Template:Convert	2007	In development, not open to public
Calaveras Big Trees State Park	State park	Calaveras and Tuolumne	Template:Convert	1931	Protects two large groves of giant sequoias.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California Citrus State Historic Park	State historic park	Riverside	Template:Convert	1984	Interprets the influence of the state's citrus industry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California Indian Heritage Center State Park	State park	Yolo	Template:Convert	2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
California State Capitol Museum	Park property	Sacramento	Template:Convert<ref name="CSCM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1982	Offers exhibits and tours of the California State Capitol and its grounds.<ref name="CSCM" />
California State Mining and Mineral Museum	Park property	Mariposa			1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cambria State Marine Conservation Area	State marine park	San Luis Obispo			2007	California State Parks' first state marine park.
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area	State recreation area	San Francisco	Template:Convert	1972	Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cardiff State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1949	Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside San Diego.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Carlsbad State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1933	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Carmel River State Beach	State beach	Monterey	Template:Convert	1953	Protects a Template:Convert beach and a lagoon at the mouth of the Carmel River which attracts many migratory birds.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Alameda and San Joaquin	Template:Convert	1979	Provides off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range around the former townsite of Carnegie.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Carpinteria State Beach	State beach	Santa Barbara and Ventura	Template:Convert	1932	Offers a mile-long beach in the city of Carpinteria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Caspar Headlands State Beach	State beach	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1972
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1972	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1965	Features Template:Convert of shoreline on Castaic Lake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Castle Crags State Park	State park	Shasta	Template:Convert	1934	Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its Template:Convert rock crags.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Castle Rock State Park	State park	Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo	Template:Convert	1968	Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Caswell Memorial State Park	State park	San Joaquin	Template:Convert	1952	Preserves a riparian forest along the Stanislaus River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cayucos State Beach	State beach	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1940	Provides a swimming and surfing beach in the beach town of Cayucos.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
China Camp State Park	State park	Marin	Template:Convert	1976	Surrounds an 1880s Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and salt marshes on San Pablo Bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chino Hills State Park	State park	Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino	Template:Convert	1981	Preserves a large tract of the Chino Hills.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park	State historic park	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1976	Preserves a sandstone cave bearing rock art of the Chumash people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Butte	Template:Convert	1981	Provides off-roading opportunities in the shallow clay pit excavated for material to build the Oroville Dam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Clear Lake State Park	State park	Lake	Template:Convert	1949	Provides recreation opportunities on the southwest shore of Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake within California's borders.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park	State historic park	Tulare	Template:Convert	1973	Interprets the town of Allensworth, founded in 1908 as a haven for African Americans by Colonel Allen Allensworth and other community leaders.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The town is a district on the NRHP.
Columbia State Historic Park	State historic park	Tuolumne	Template:Convert	1946	Interprets Columbia's preserved gold rush-era downtown,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> a National Historic Landmark District.
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Colusa	Template:Convert	1955	Adjoins a stretch of the Sacramento River known for its fishing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Corona del Mar State Beach	State beach	Orange	Template:Convert	1947	Provides a half-mile-long swimming beach adjacent to the Newport Beach harbor jetty.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Crystal Cove State Park	State park	Orange	Template:Convert	1979	Encompasses cliffbound coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the NRHP-listed Crystal Cove Historic District of 1920s and 30s beach cottages.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park	State park	San Diego	Template:Convert	1933	Preserves an expansive tract of forests and meadows above Template:Convert in the Laguna Mountains, on the former Rancho Cuyamaca.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
D. L. Bliss State Park	State park	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1929	Features a balancing rock and the Rubicon Point Light on the shore of Lake Tahoe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park	State park	Del Norte	Template:Convert	1925	Preserves old-growth coast redwoods and is managed cooperatively with RNSP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Delta Meadows	Park property	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1985	Preserves undeveloped wet meadows and sloughs in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Closed to the public.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Dockweiler State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1948	Features Template:Convert of beach and a hang gliding training site, adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.
Doheny State Beach	State beach	Orange	Template:Convert	1931	Offers surfing and beach-front camping in Dana Point.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Donner Memorial State Park	State park	Nevada and Placer	Template:Convert	1928	Interprets the site where the Donner Party was trapped by weather in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> now a National Historic Landmark.
Dos Rios State Park	State park	Stanislaus	Template:Convert	2024	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Kern	Template:Convert	2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park	State park	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1965	Comprises the Lake Tahoe estate and 1903 summer home of banker Isaias W. Hellman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
El Capitán State Beach	State beach	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1953	Features a narrow beach at the foot of coastal bluffs where monarch butterflies congregate in autumn.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park	State historic park	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1966	Preserves components of a Spanish presidio dating back to 1782,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> now on the NRHP.
Emerald Bay State Park	State park	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1953	Contains Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay and Fannette Island plus the 1929 Vikingsholm mansion,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> which is on the NRHP.
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve	Park property	Alameda and Contra Costa	Template:Convert	1985	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).
Emma Wood State Beach	State beach	Ventura	Template:Convert	1957	Contains a surfing beach and an estuary at the mouth of the Ventura River.
Empire Mine State Historic Park	State historic park	Nevada	Template:Convert	1975	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The mine is on the NRHP.
Estero Bluffs State Park	State park	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	2000	Preserves diverse coastal habitats on Estero Bay.
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area	State recreation area	El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento	Template:Convert	1956	Surrounds Folsom and Natoma Lakes, reservoirs on the American River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park	State historic park	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1956	Interprets an 1895 hydroelectricity plant, now a National Historic and Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Sort	State park	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1963	Preserves a tract of secondary forest donated by the family of former owner Nisene Marks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park	State historic park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fort Ord Dunes State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	2009	Reclaims coastline overlooking Monterey Bay on former property of the decommissioned Fort Ord.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Fort Ross State Historic Park	State historic park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The fort is a National Historic Landmark.
Fort Tejon State Historic Park	State historic park	Kern	Template:Convert	1940	Interprets the U.S. Army fort staffed 1854–1864 to monitor the Sebastian Indian Reservation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The fort is on the NRHP.
Franks Tract State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Contra Costa	Template:Convert	1959	Encompasses a flooded area in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta accessible only by water.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Fremont Peak State Park	State park	Monterey and San Benito	Template:Convert	1934	Provides views of the surrounding landscape from atop Fremont Peak and of the night sky from the Fremont Peak Observatory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Garrapata State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1979	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gaviota State Park	State park	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1953	Flanks the narrow gorge of Gaviota Creek, which funnels Sundowner winds onto the popular beach area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Merced	Template:Convert	1953	Adjoins the Merced River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Governor's Mansion State Historic Park	State historic park	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1903	Interprets the 1877 mansion that housed 13 of California's governors and their families from 1903 to 1967.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gray Whale Cove State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1966	Embraces a steep-walled cove, near the Devil's Slide, where gray whales are often seen close to shore.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Great Valley Grasslands State Park	State park	Merced	Template:Convert	1982	Preserves a remnant of the native grasslands once extensive in the Central Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Greenwood State Beach	State beach	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1978	Features a picturesque beach in Elk and a visitor center interpreting the town's lumbering history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1943	Harbors groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Grover Hot Springs State Park	State park	Alpine	Template:Convert	1959	Boasts hot springs that feed a swimming pool complex in an alpine meadow.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Half Moon Bay State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1956	Encompasses four popular sandy beaches on Half Moon Bay.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Harmony Headlands State Park	State park	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	2003	Preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast.
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1982	Offers fishing on Big Lagoon adjacent to Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Hatton Canyon	Park property	Monterey	Template:Convert	2002	Preserves a canyon in Carmel saved from a planned freeway route. In development, not open to public.
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument	State historical monument	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1958	Offers tours of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst's opulent 115-room "Hearst Castle," designed by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hearst San Simeon State Park	State park	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Imperial	Template:Convert	1998	Attracts ATV riders to sandy, tamarisk-dotted dunes along a former course of the Alamo River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hendy Woods State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1958	Preserves two groves of old-growth coast redwoods in the Anderson Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park	State park	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1953	Boasts its Redwood Grove and other old-growth forest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Henry W. Coe State Park	State park	Santa Clara and Stanislaus	Template:Convert	1959	Encompasses a sprawling wilderness of ridges and steep canyons in the Diablo Range.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	San Benito	Template:Convert	1975	Offers a variety of off-roading tracks and events in the hills outside Hollister.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Humboldt Lagoons State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1931	Protects part of the largest lagoon system in the United States, including Big Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, and Freshwater Lagoon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Humboldt Redwoods State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1921	Preserves the world's largest remaining old-growth coast redwood forest,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> including Stratosphere Giant, the fourth-tallest known tree.
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Los Angeles and Ventura	Template:Convert	1978	Offers Template:Convert of off-highway tracks, connecting to more routes in Los Padres National Forest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Huntington State Beach	State beach	Orange	Template:Convert	1942	Contains Template:Convert of wide, flat beach in the city of Huntington Beach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park	State historic park	Amador	Template:Convert	1962	Interprets an outcrop with 1,185 mortar holes where Native Americans ground acorns into flour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Indio Hills Palms	Park property	Riverside	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ishxenta State Park	Park property	Monterey	Template:Convert	1998	Closed to the public except for tours on a limited basis
Jack London State Historic Park	State historic park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently managed by the Jack London Park Partners, a non-profit that takes no state funding to maintain the park.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park	State park	Del Norte	Template:Convert	1939	Honors explorer Jedediah Smith with a tract of coast redwoods along the Smith River. Part of Redwood National and State Parks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1929	Contains three undeveloped coast redwood groves split off from Humboldt Redwoods State Park in 2001.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> In development, not open to the public.
John Little State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Monterey	Template:Convert	1953	Protects rugged cliffs on the Big Sur coast flanking the mouth of a creek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1976	Interprets a series of marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1962	Stretches from the Big Sur coast up to Template:Convert ridges.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Includes the iconic seaside McWay Falls.
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1984	Offers urban open space in the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kings Beach State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Placer	Template:Convert	1974	Encompasses Template:Convert of lakefront on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1934	Harbors a secondary forest with spring-blooming rhododendrons adjacent to Salt Point State Park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park	State historic park	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1935	Contains the 1813 La Purisima Mission, the most completely restored Spanish mission in California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Alameda	Template:Convert	1967	Surrounds Lake Del Valle, a reservoir on the Arroyo Valle managed by the East Bay Regional Park District
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Butte	Template:Convert	1967	Surrounds Lake Oroville, a reservoir on the Feather River.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Perris State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Riverside	Template:Convert	1974	Contains the southernmost reservoir in the Template:Convert California State Water Project and the Ya'i Heki' Regional Indian Museum.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lake Valley State Recreation Area	State recreation area	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1985	Offers an 18-hole golf course in the High Sierras.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park	State historic park	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1978	Offers tours of governor and tycoon Leland Stanford's restored 1856 mansion, now a National Historic Landmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Leo Carrillo State Park	State park	Los Angeles and Ventura	Template:Convert	1953	Honors actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo with a Template:Convert beach. Part of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Leucadia State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1949	Comprises a small, rocky beach in Encinitas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lighthouse Field State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1978	Features the Steamer Lane surf break and a lighthouse containing the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Limekiln State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1994	Contains four lime kilns from an 1887 lime-smelting operation on the Big Sur coast.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Little River State Beach	State beach	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1931	Comprises a broad open beach with dunes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Los Angeles State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	2001	Provides urban open space on the site of an 1875 train station where many travelers first arrived in Los Angeles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Los Encinos State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1949
Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1972
MacKerricher State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1949
Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1945
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park	State historic park	Nevada	Template:Convert	1965	Preserves the largest hydraulic mining site in California.
Malibu Creek State Park	State park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1974
Malibu Lagoon State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1951
Manchester State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1955
Mandalay State Beach	State beach	Ventura	Template:Convert	1985
Manresa State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1948
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park	State historic park	Marin	Template:Convert	1976
Marina State Beach	State Beach	Monterey	Template:Convert	1977
Marsh Creek State Historic Park	State historic park	Contra Costa County	Template:Convert	2012	Features Stone House of John Marsh;Park is under construction and closed to public as of 2023.
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park	State historic park	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1942<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	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 Area	State recreation area	Santa Clara	Template:Convert	2003
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park	State park	Shasta	Template:Convert	1920
McConnell State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Merced	Template:Convert	1949
McGrath State Beach	State beach	Ventura	Template:Convert	1948
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore	State seashore	Alameda and Contra Costa	Template:Convert	1985	Encompasses several remnant and restored parcels along the East Bay waterfront.
Mendocino Headlands State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1972
Mendocino Woodlands State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1977
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Fresno and Madera	Template:Convert	1957	Includes Template:Convert of shoreline on Millerton Lake and the 1867 Millerton County Courthouse.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mono	Template:Convert	1982
Template:Sort	State park	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1934
Montara State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1959
Monterey State Historic Park	State historic park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1916
Monterey State Beach	State beach	Monterey	Template:Convert	1960
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1947
Moonlight State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1949
Morro Bay State Park	State park	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1934
Morro Strand State Beach	State beach	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1932
Moss Landing State Beach	State beach	Monterey	Template:Convert	1972
Mount Diablo State Park	State park	Contra Costa	Template:Convert	1931
Mount San Jacinto State Park	State park	Riverside	Template:Convert	1933
Mount Tamalpais State Park	State park	Marin	Template:Convert	1928
Natural Bridges State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1933
Navarro River Redwoods State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1928
New Brighton State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1933
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1974
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Imperial and San Diego	Template:Convert	1976	Offers off-roading opportunities adjacent to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Old Sacramento State Historic Park	State historic park	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1967	Includes 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park	State historic park	San Diego	Template:Convert	1967
Olompali State Historic Park	State historic park	Marin	Template:Convert	1977
Pacheco State Park	State park	Merced and Santa Clara	Template:Convert	1995
Pacifica State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1979
Palomar Mountain State Park	State park	San Diego	Template:Convert	1932
Pelican State Beach	State beach	Del Norte	Template:Convert	1947
Pescadero State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1958
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park	State historic park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1951
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park	State park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1933
Picacho State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Imperial	Template:Convert	1960
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park	State historic park	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1981
Template:Sort	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1917
Pismo State Beach	State beach	San Luis Obispo	Template:Convert	1935
Placerita Canyon State Park	State park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1949
Plumas-Eureka State Park	State park	Plumas	Template:Convert	1959
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park	State historic park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	2002
Point Dume State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1958
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Monterey	Template:Convert	1933
Point Mugu State Park	State park	Ventura	Template:Convert	1966
Point Sal State Beach	State beach	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1948
Point Sur State Historic Park	State historic park	Monterey	Template:Convert	1986	Contains the still-operational 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse and a former U.S. Navy SOSUS base. The lighthouse is on the NRHP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Pomponio State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1960
Portola Redwoods State Park	State park	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1945
Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area	State vehicular recreation area	Sacramento	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1923
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area	State recreation area	San Bernardino	Template:Convert	1956	Closed to the public
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park	State historic park	Tuolumne	Template:Convert	1982
Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe	Park property	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	2002	Comprises the grand 1849 hacienda of the prominent Castro family on their Rancho San Andrés.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> In development, not open to public. The hacienda is on the NRHP.
Red Rock Canyon State Park	State park	Kern	Template:Convert	1970
Refugio State Beach	State beach	Santa Barbara	Template:Convert	1950
Reynolds Wayside Campground	Wayside campground	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1966	Preserves a parcel of old-growth redwoods and Douglas fir beside U.S. Route 101. The campground was removed in 1976.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Richardson Grove State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1922
Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	2001
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1978
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park	State park	Napa, Sonoma, and Lake	Template:Convert	1949
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach	State beach	Alameda	Template:Convert	1961
Russian Gulch State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1933
Saddleback Butte State Park	State park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1957
Salinas River State Beach	State beach	Monterey and Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1960
Salt Point State Park	State park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1968
Salton Sea State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Imperial and Riverside	Template:Convert	1951
Samuel P. Taylor State Park	State park	Marin	Template:Convert	1946
San Bruno Mountain State Park	State park	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1980
San Buenaventura State Beach	State beach	Ventura	Template:Convert	1961
San Clemente State Beach	State beach	Orange	Template:Convert	1931
San Elijo State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1952
San Gregorio State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1958
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park	State historic park	San Benito	Template:Convert	1933
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Merced	Template:Convert	1969
San Onofre State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1971
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park	State historic park	San Diego	Template:Convert	1918
San Timoteo Canyon	Park property	Riverside	Template:Convert	2002
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park	State historic park	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1959
Santa Monica State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1948
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1979
Schooner Gulch State Beach	State beach	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1983
Seacliff State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1931
Shasta State Historic Park	State historic park	Shasta	Template:Convert	1937
Silver Strand State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1932
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area	State recreation area	San Bernardino	Template:Convert	1978
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park	State park	Mendocino and Humboldt	Template:Convert	1975
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1963
Sonoma State Historic Park	State historic park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1909
Sonoma Coast State Park	State park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1934
South Carlsbad State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1949
South Yuba River State Park	State park	Nevada	Template:Convert	1979
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1921
State Indian Museum	State historic park	Sacramento			1914	Interprets the diverse cultures of the indigenous peoples of California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Stone Lake	Park property	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1978
Sue-meg State Park	State park	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1930	Formerly Patrick's Point State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park	State park	Sonoma and Napa	Template:Convert	1920	Managed by a group of Sonoma County non-profits as Team Sugarloaf with no state funding.
Sunset State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1931
Sutter Buttes State Park	State park	Sutter	Template:Convert	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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park	State historic park	Sacramento	Template:Convert	1914
Tahoe State Recreation Area	State Recreation Area	Placer	Template:Convert		Campground on Lake Tahoe<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Thornton State Beach	State beach	San Mateo	Template:Convert	1955
Tolowa Dunes State Park	State park	Del Norte	Template:Convert	1983
Tomales Bay State Park	State park	Marin	Template:Convert	1952	Open under National Park Service management
Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park	State historic park	Kern	Template:Convert	1993
Topanga State Park	State park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1967
Torrey Pines State Beach	State beach	San Diego	Template:Convert	1952
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	San Diego	Template:Convert	1952
Trinidad State Beach	State beach	Humboldt	Template:Convert	1937
Trione-Annadel State Park	State park	Sonoma	Template:Convert	1971	Supports a variety of day-use activities at the northern end of Sonoma Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tule Elk State Natural Reserve	State natural reserve	Kern	Template:Convert	1932
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Stanislaus	Template:Convert	1950
Twin Lakes State Beach	State beach	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1955
Van Damme State Park	State park	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1932	Preserves beach, bog, and a pygmy forest on the site of a former redwood lumbering settlement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The pygmy forest is a National Natural Landmark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Verdugo Mountains	Park property	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1984
Ward Creek Project	Park property	Placer	Template:Convert	1978
Washoe Meadows State Park	State park	El Dorado	Template:Convert	1985
Wassama Round House State Historic Park	State historic park	Madera	Template:Convert	1978
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1978
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park	State historic park	Trinity	Template:Convert	1956
Westport-Union Landing State Beach	State beach	Mendocino	Template:Convert	1952
Wilder Ranch State Park	State park	Santa Cruz	Template:Convert	1974
Wildwood Canyon	Park property	San Bernardino	Template:Convert	2002	In development
Will Rogers State Beach	State beach	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1931
Will Rogers State Historic Park	State historic park	Los Angeles	Template:Convert	1944
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park	State historic park	Tehama	Template:Convert	1951
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park	State historic park	Yolo	Template:Convert	1980
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area	State recreation area	Tehama	Template:Convert	1959
Zmudowski State Beach	State beach	Template:Nowrap	Template:Convert	1950

See also

• California State Beaches
• List of California State Historic Parks
• Parks in California
• California Department of Parks and Recreation

External links

• Official California State Parks website
• California State Parks Foundation