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Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a unit in the state park system of California, preserving a small sandstone cave adorned with rock art attributed to the Chumash people. Adjoining the small community of Painted Cave, the site is... Read more >

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park is a state park unit of California, preserving Allensworth, the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans.

The small farming community was founded in 19... Read more >

Columbia State Historic Park, also known as Columbia Historic District, is a state park unit and National Historic Landmark District preserving historic downtown Columbia, California. It includes almost 30 buildings built during the Califo... Read more >

Corona del Mar State Beach is a popular place for swimmers. The half-mile long sandy beach is framed by cliffs and a rock jetty that forms the east entrance to Newport Harbor. The beach is also popular with surfers and divers. This State b... Read more >

El Capit√°n State Beach offers visitors a sandy beach, rocky tidepools, and stands of sycamore and oaks along El Capit√°n Creek. It's a perfect setting for swimming, fishing, surfing, picnicking and camping. A stairway ... Read more >

Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Grass Valley, California, US. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a Californi... Read more >

The rocky seashore at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, California hosts a vibrant living community of marine life. A variety of algae, crabs, sponges, seastars, mollusks, and fish make their homes in the inter-tidal; that area betw... Read more >

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush. The park grounds include much of the historic town o... Read more >

Gray Whale Cove State Beach is a California State Park between Pacifica, California, and Montara, California, by Highway 1 and approximately 18 miles south of San Francisco. It features a sheltered cove surrounded by abrupt cliffs, with tr... Read more >

The Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains, span a wide range of elevations, making them home to over 400 vertebrate species, 100 tree species, and 5000 plant species. Hiking is the park's main attraction, with over 800 m... Read more >

With three wedding ceremony locations to choose from and a spacious reception area, Green Oaks Creek Farm is a beautiful wedding venue for you and your guests. Nestled against the Santa Cruz mountains and bordering Green Oaks Creek, our or... Read more >

Greenwood State Beach, also known as Elk Beach, is a state-protected beach of California. It is located in the unincorporated village of Elk in Mendocino County. It is located about 15 miles (24 km) north of Point Arena on Highway 1. This ... Read more >

Half Moon Bay State Beach is a 4-mile stretch of protected beaches in the state park system of California, on Half Moon Bay. From north to south it comprises Roosevelt, Dunes, Venice, and Francis Beaches. This State beach comprises 181 acr... Read more >

Huntington State Beach is a protected beach in Southern California, located in the City of Huntington Beach in Orange County. It extends 2 miles from Newport Beach north to Beach Boulevard, where the Huntington City Beach begins. This Stat... Read more >

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a California State Park, preserving an outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes—the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America. It is located i... Read more >

Native California fan palms thrive in many locations but rarely in such numbers as in the canyons of the Indio Hills. Here, along a line where the San Andreas fault captures groundwater that nurtures the palms, is a wild parkland which is ... Read more >