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This is a list of parks, historic resources, reserves and recreation areas in the California State Parks system.
List of parks
Park name | Classification | County or counties |
Size[1] | Year established[1] | Remarks | |
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acres | ha | |||||
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Mendocino | 45 | 18 | 1944 | Boasts redwoods plus salmon and steelhead fishing on the Eel River.[2] |
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park | State park | Shasta | 5,930 | 2,400 | 1975 | Preserves a wilderness of freshwater springs and geologically recent lava flows.[3] |
Albany State Marine Reserve | Park property | Alameda | 1985 | |||
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park | State historic park | Lake | 1,298 | 525 | 1982 | Preserves a tule marsh and ancient archaeological sites of the Pomo people.[4] |
Andrew Molera State Park | State park | Monterey | 4,766 | 1,929 | 1968 | Offers a primitive walk-in campground on the Big Sur coast.[5] |
Angel Island State Park | State park | Marin and San Francisco | 756 | 306 | 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] |
Año Nuevo State Park | State park | San Mateo | 4,209 | 1,703 | 1985 | Encompasses Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which boasts the world's largest mainland rookery of northern elephant seals.[7] |
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve | State natural reserve | Los Angeles | 1,781 | 721 | 1976 | Showcases the state's most-consistent blooms of California poppy, in the high Mojave Desert.[8] |
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park | State historic park | Los Angeles | 397 | 161 | 1979 | Interprets the Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions in a 1928 folk art building on the NRHP.[9] |
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park | State park | San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside | 585,930 | 237,120 | 1933 | Preserves a vast tract of the Colorado Desert in California's largest state park.[10] |
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve | State natural reserve | Sonoma | 752 | 304 | 1934 | Preserves a grove of coast redwoods.[11] |
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park | State park | Los Angeles | 566 | 229 | 1993 | Preserves a remnant stand of Joshua trees and junipers in the Antelope Valley.[12] |
Asilomar State Beach | State beach | Monterey | 107 | 43 | 1951 | Balances protection of rocky coast and dune habitat with public access.[13] The 1913 Asilomar Conference Grounds are a National Historic Landmark.[14] |
Auburn State Recreation Area | State recreation area | El Dorado and Placer | 42,377 | 17,149 | 1966 | Offers numerous recreational opportunities along the North and Middle Forks of the American River.[15] |
Austin Creek State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Sonoma | 5,927 | 2,399 | 1964 | Features a rugged wilderness on Austin Creek, adjacent to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve.[16] |
Azalea State Natural Reserve | State natural reserve | Humboldt | 30 | 12 | 1943 | Harbors a profusion of spring-blooming western azaleas.[17] |
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park | State historic park | Napa | 0.75 | 0.30 | 1974 | Showcases a restored 1846 water-powered grist mill in Napa Valley.[18] The mill is on the NRHP.[19] |
Bean Hollow State Beach | State beach | San Mateo | 44 | 18 | 1958 | Offers fishing and beachcombing among tide pools.[20] |
Benbow State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Humboldt | 1,142 | 462 | 1958 | Centers on a reservoir on the South Fork Eel River.[21] |
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park | State historic park | Solano | 0.86 | 0.35 | 1951 | Interprets the third and oldest-surviving California capitol, used 1853–54.[22] The building is on the NRHP.[19] |
Benicia State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Solano | 447 | 181 | 1957 | Preserves a tidal wetland on the Carquinez Strait.[23] |
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Alameda | 609 | 246 | 1974 | Offers windsurfing and other water recreation on the Bethany Reservoir.[24] |
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park | State historic park | Butte | 5.2 | 2.1 | 1964 | Offers tours of the 1868 Victorian mansion of influential settlers John and Annie Bidwell.[25] The mansion is on the NRHP. |
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park | State park | Butte and Glenn | 349 | 141 | 1979 | Preserves riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big Chico Creek.[26] |
Big Basin Redwoods State Park | State park | Santa Cruz | 18,050 | 7,300 | 1902 | Established as California's first state park, to preserve coast redwoods on Waddell Creek.[27] |
Bodie State Historic Park | State historic park | Mono | 1,016 | 411 | 1962 | Preserves the ghost town of Bodie, whose gold-mining heyday ran from 1877 to 1881, and is now a National Historic Landmark.[28] |
Bolsa Chica State Beach | State beach | Orange | 169 | 68 | 1960 | Offers surf fishing and catching grunion by hand.[29] |
Border Field State Park | State park | San Diego | 1,316 | 533 | 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.[30] |
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | State park | Napa and Sonoma | 1,991 | 806 | 1960 | Contains the farthest inland coast redwoods in a California state park.[31] |
Brannan Island State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Sacramento | 329 | 133 | 1952 | Offers water recreation amid a maze of channels in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.[32] |
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch | Park property | San Mateo | 1,325 | 536 | 1979 | Encompasses a hidden valley with a historic ranch established in 1857.[33] |
Burton Creek State Park | State park | Placer | 1,890 | 760 | 1976 | Offers 6 miles (9.7 km) of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing.[34] |
Butano State Park | State park | San Mateo | 4,728 | 1,913 | 1956 | Showcases a secluded redwood-filled valley.[35] |
Butte City Project | Park property | Butte | 37 | 15 | 2007 | In development, not open to public |
Calaveras Big Trees State Park | State park | Calaveras and Tuolumne | 6,498 | 2,630 | 1931 | Protects two large groves of giant sequoias.[36] |
California Citrus State Historic Park | State historic park | Riverside | 248 | 100 | 1984 | Interprets the influence of the state's citrus industry.[37] |
California Indian Heritage Center State Park | State park | Yolo | 7.91 | 3.20 | 2011 | Undeveloped property located in West Sacramento. Plan is for this unit to eventually replace the State Indian Museum (State Historic Park).[38] |
California State Capitol Museum | Park property | Sacramento | 40 | 16[39] | 1982 | Offers exhibits and tours of the California State Capitol and its grounds.[39] |
California State Mining and Mineral Museum | Park property | Mariposa | 1999 | Exhibits the official state mineral collection and displays on the region's influential mining heritage.[40] | ||
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 | 204 | 83 | 1972 | Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay.[41] |
Cardiff State Beach | State beach | San Diego | 507 | 205 | 1949 | Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside San Diego.[42] |
Carlsbad State Beach | State beach | San Diego | 44 | 18 | 1933 | Features a small beach at the foot of coastal bluffs.[43] |
Carmel River State Beach | State beach | Monterey | 297 | 120 | 1953 | Protects a 1-mile-long (1.6 km) beach and a lagoon at the mouth of the Carmel River which attracts many migratory birds.[44] |
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area | State vehicular recreation area | Alameda and San Joaquin | 5,075 | 2,054 | 1979 | Provides off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range around the former townsite of Carnegie.[45] |
Carpinteria State Beach | State beach | Santa Barbara and Ventura | 62 | 25 | 1932 | Offers a mile-long beach in the city of Carpinteria.[46] |
Caspar Headlands State Beach | State beach | Mendocino | 75 | 30 | 1972 | |
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve | State natural reserve | Mendocino | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1972 | Preserves a small strip of rugged coastline.[47] |
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area | State recreation area | Los Angeles | 4,224 | 1,709 | 1965 | Features 29 miles (47 km) of shoreline on Castaic Lake.[48] |
Castle Crags State Park | State park | Shasta | 3,905 | 1,580 | 1934 | Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6,000-foot-tall (1,800 m) rock crags.[49] |
Castle Rock State Park | State park | Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo | 5,242 | 2,121 | 1968 | Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.[50] |
Caswell Memorial State Park | State park | San Joaquin | 258 | 104 | 1952 | Preserves a riparian forest along the Stanislaus River.[51] |
Cayucos State Beach | State beach | San Luis Obispo | 16 | 6.5 | 1940 | Provides a swimming and surfing beach in the beach town of Cayucos.[52] |
China Camp State Park | State park | Marin | 1,514 | 613 | 1976 | Surrounds an 1880s Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and salt marshes on San Pablo Bay.[53] |
Chino Hills State Park | State park | Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino | 14,173 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_California_state_parks