Parks - State Parks

Dockweiler State Beach features a three mile long shoreline with a picnic area and concession stand. The wide beach is beneath the takeoff path from Los Angeles International Airport. Although this is a State Beach, there are no camping si... Read more >

Doheny State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, located on the Pacific Ocean in the city of Dana Point. The beach is a popular surf spot located at the mouth of San Juan Creek, which flows from the Santa Ana... 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 >

Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California. It is located on the Santa Barbara Channel on the west side of the Ventura River estuary and south of the railroad tracks of the Coast Line and the US Highway 101 fr... 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 >

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 >

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 >

Jack London State Historic Park, also known as Jack London Home and Ranch, is a California State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, California, situated on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain. It includes the ruins of a house burned a few mon... Read more >

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park is a state park unit of California, containing La Purisima Mission, considered to be the most completely restored Spanish mission in California. Ten of the original buildings are fully restored and f... Read more >

Leucadia State Beach, also known as Beacon's Beach, is a protected beach of California, in Encinitas. It is operated as Beacon's Beach by the city under a 20-year agreement with California Department of Parks and Recreation. This State bea... Read more >

Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California. It is located in the city of Santa Cruz at the north end of Monterey Bay. The beach overlooks the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot. It also contains the ... Read more >