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All 231 California state parks

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Data in progress. We've confirmed the full list of California state parks and are adding camping, trails, amenities and directions for each. Park names below are accurate; details are coming soon.

Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

Albany State Marine Reserve

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

Andrew Molera State Park

Angel Island State Park

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve

Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

Asilomar State Beach

Auburn State Recreation Area

Austin Creek State Recreation Area

Azalea State Natural Reserve

Año Nuevo State Park

Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

Bean Hollow State Beach

Benbow State Recreation Area

Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

Benicia State Recreation Area

Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Bodie State Historic Park

Bolsa Chica State Beach

Border Field State Park

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

Brannan Island State Recreation Area

Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Property

Burton Creek State Park

Butano State Park

Butte City Project Prop

Calaveras Big Trees State Park

California Citrus State Historic Park

California Indian Heritage Center Prop.

California State Capitol Museum

California State Mining and Mineral Museum Prop

California State Railroad Museum

Cambria State Marine Park

Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

Cardiff State Beach

Carlsbad State Beach

Carmel River State Beach

Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

Carpinteria State Beach

Caspar Headlands Sb

Caspar Headlands Snr

Castaic Lake State Recreation Area

Castle Crags State Park

Castle Rock State Park

Caswell Memorial State Park

Cayucos State Beach

China Camp State Park

Chino Hills State Park

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area

Clear Lake State Park

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Columbia State Historic Park

Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area

Corona del Mar State Beach

Crystal Cove State Park

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park

D. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve

John Little State Natural Reserve

Jug Handle State Natural Reserve

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

Kings Beach State Recreation Area

Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve

La Purísima Mission State Historic Park

Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area

Lake Oroville State Recreation Area

Lake Perris State Recreation Area

Lake Valley State Recreation Area

Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park

Leo Carrillo State Park

Leucadia State Beach

Lighthouse Field State Beach

Limekiln State Park

Little River State Beach

Locke Boarding House Museum

Los Angeles State Historic Park

Los Encinos State Historic Park

Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve

MacKerricher State Park

Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Malibu Creek State Park

Malibu Lagoon State Beach

Manchester State Park

Mandalay State Beach

Manresa State Beach

Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park

Marina State Beach

Marsh Creek State Park

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Martial Cottle Park State Recreation Area

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

McConnell State Recreation Area

McGrath State Beach

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore

Mendocino Headlands State Park

Mendocino Woodlands State Park

Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve

Montara State Beach

Montaña de Oro State Park

Monterey State Beach

Monterey State Historic Park

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

Moonlight State Beach

Morro Bay State Park

Morro Strand State Beach

Moss Landing State Beach

Mount Diablo State Park

Mount San Jacinto State Park

Mount Tamalpais State Park

Natural Bridges State Beach

Navarro River Redwoods State Park

New Brighton State Beach

Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area

Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area

Old Sacramento State Historic Park

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Olompali State Historic Park

Pacheco State Park

Pacifica State Beach

Palomar Mountain State Park

Pelican State Beach

Pescadero State Beach

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Picacho State Recreation Area

Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

Pismo State Beach

Placerita Canyon State Park

Plumas-Eureka State Park

Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park

Point Dume State Beach

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Point Mugu State Park

Point Sal State Beach

Point Sur State Historic Park

Pomponio State Beach

Portola Redwoods State Park

Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Providence Mountains State Recreation Area

Pío Pico State Historic Park

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe Property

Red Rock Canyon State Park

Refugio State Beach

Reynolds Wayside Campground

Richardson Grove State Park

Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation Area

Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach

Russian Gulch State Park

Saddleback Butte State Park

Salinas River State Beach

Salt Point State Park

Salton Sea State Recreation Area

Samuel P. Taylor State Park

San Bruno Mountain State Park

San Buenaventura State Beach

San Clemente State Beach

San Elijo State Beach

San Gregorio State Beach

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area

San Onofre State Beach

San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

San Timoteo Canyon Property

Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park

Santa Monica State Beach

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

Schooner Gulch State Beach

Seacliff State Beach

Shasta State Historic Park

Silver Strand State Beach

Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Sonoma Coast State Park

Sonoma State Historic Park

South Carlsbad State Beach

South Yuba River State Park

Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area

State Indian Museum State Historic Park

Stone Lake Property

Sue-meg State Park

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

Sunset State Beach

Sutter Buttes State Park

Sutter's Fort State Historic Park

Tahoe State Recreation Area

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Thornton State Beach

Tijuana Estuary Natural Preserve

Tolowa Dunes State Park

Tomales Bay State Park

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

Topanga State Park

Torrey Pines State Beach

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

Trinidad State Beach

Trione-Annadel State Park

Tule Elk State Natural Reserve

Turlock Lake State Recreation Area

Twin Lakes State Beach

Van Damme State Park

Verdugo Mountains Prop

Ward Creek Property

Washoe Meadows State Park

Wassama Round House State Historic Park

Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park

Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park

Westport-Union Landing State Beach

Wilder Ranch State Park

Wildwood Canyon Property

Will Rogers State Beach

Will Rogers State Historic Park

William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area

Zmudowski State Beach