Great California Parks and Recreation

The California Department of Parks and Recreation oversees and manages more than 1.3 million acres of land. Each acre of this land is different than the last, and there are some magnificent sites to be seen that can inspire, educate, and transform the way that people think of the land that we live on. Whether you travel to California or you have lived in the state for your whole life, you will find many of the parks and specific sites in California breathtaking and interesting. While there are hundreds of parks for you to visit, we’ve listed a few for you to consider the next time you have a vacation, a weekend off, or you’d just like to get away and realize for yourself just how beautiful California is.

List of California State Parks

*SRA - State Recreation Area

*SNR - State Natural Reserve

Admiral William Standley SRA	Hearst San Simeon State historical Monument
Ahjumawi Lave Springs State Park	Henry W Coe State Park
Andrew Molera State Park	Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Angel Island State Park	Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Annadel State Park	Indio Hills Palms
Ano Nuevo State Park	Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve SNR	John Little State Reserve
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	Julian Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Armstrong Redwoods SNR	Kenneth Hahn SRA
Arthur B Ripley Desert Woodland State Park	Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Auburn State Recreation Area	Leo Carrilo State Park
Austin Creek Recreation Area	Limekiln State Park
Benicia State Recreation Area	Little River State Park
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area	Los Osos Oaks State Reserve
Bidwell Sacramento River State Park	MacKerricher State Park
Big Basin Redwoods State Park	Malibu Creek State Park
Border Field State Park	Manchester State Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park	Mendocino Headlands State Park
Brannan Island SRA	Mendocino Woodlands State Park
Burleigh H Murray Ranch	Montana De Oro State Park
Burton Creek State Park	Morro Bay State Park
Butano State Park	Mount Diablo State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park	Mount San Jacinto State Park
California State Capitol Museum	Mount Tamalpais State Park
California State Mining and Mineral Museum	Navarro River Redwoods State Park
California State Railroad Museum	Oceano Dunes State Recreation Area
Candlestick Point SRA	Pacheco State Park
Carnegie State	Palomar Mountain State Park
Caspar Headlands SNR	Pfeffer Big Sur State Park
Castaic Lake SRA	Picacho SRA
Castle Crags State Park	Placerita Canyon State Park
Castle Rock State Park	Plumas Eureka State Park
Caswell Memorial State Park	Point Lobos State Reserve
China Camp State Park	Point Lobos Ranch
Chino Hills State Park	Point Mugu State Park
Clear Lake State Park	Portola Redwoods State Park
Crystal Cove State Park	Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park	Richardson Grove State Park
D.L. Bliss State Park	Rio De Los Angeles State Park
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park	Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
Donner Memorial State Park	Russian Gulch State Park
Eastshore State Park	Salinas River State Park
Ed Z'Berg Sugar Pine State Park	Salt Point State Park
Emerald Bay State Park	Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Estero Bluffs State Park	Samuel P Taylor State Park
Folsom Lake SRA	San Bruno Mountain State Park
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park	San Buenaventura State Park
Ford Ord Dunes State Park	San Simeon State Park
Franks Tract SRA	Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Fremont Peak State Park	South Yuba River State Park
Garrapata State Park	Stone Lake
Gaviota State Park	Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Great Valley Grasslands State Park	Tolowa Dunes State Park
Grizzly Creek Redwood State Park	Tomales Bay State Park
Grover Hot Springs State Park	Topanga State Park
Harmony Headlands State Park	Van Damme State Park
Hendy Woods State Park	Verdugo Mountains
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park	Wilder Ranch State Park