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The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States, managing more than 280 park units that protect some of California’s most iconic landscapes and historic sites. These parks include a wide range of designations—such as state parks, state beaches, state recreation areas, and state historic parks—and together preserve over 1.6 million acres of land and more than 340 miles of coastline. Visitors can experience environments ranging from ancient redwood forests and rugged mountains to deserts, lakes, and coastal cliffs. In addition to natural resources, the system also protects important cultural and historical landmarks, including missions, gold rush towns, and Native American heritage sites. California State Parks provide opportunities for hiking, camping, boating, wildlife viewing, and historical exploration, making them a major destination for both residents and tourists seeking outdoor recreation and education.
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| Park Name | Designation | Year. Est |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral William Standley | State Recreation Area | 1944 |
| Ahjumawi Lava Springs | State Park | 1975 |
| Albany State Marine Reserve | Park property | 1985 |
| Anderson Marsh | State Historic Park | 1982 |
| Andrew Molera | State Park | 1968 |
| Angel Island | State Park | 1955 |
| Annadel | State Park | 1971 |
| Año Nuevo | State Park | 1985 |
| Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve | State Natural Reserve | 1976 |
| Antelope Valley Indian Museum | State Historic Park | 1979 |
| Anza-Borrego Desert | State Park | 1933 |
| Armstrong Redwoods | State Natural Reserve | 1934 |
| Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland | State Park | 1993 |
| Asilomar | State Beach | 1951 |
| Auburn | State Recreation Area | 1966 |
| Austin Creek | State Recreation Area | 1964 |
| Azalea | State Natural Reserve | 1943 |
| Bale Grist Mill | State Historic Park | 1974 |
| Bean Hollow | State Beach | 1958 |
| Benbow Lake | State Recreation Area | 1958 |
| Benicia Capitol | State Historic Park | 1951 |
| Benicia | State Recreation Area | 1957 |
| Bethany Reservoir | State Recreation Area | 1974 |
| Bidwell Mansion | State Historic Park | 1964 |
| Bidwell-Sacramento River | State Park | 1979 |
| Big Basin Redwoods | State Park | 1902 |
| Bodie | State Historic Park | 1962 |
| Bolsa Chica | State Beach | 1960 |
| Border Field | State Park | 1972 |
| Bothe-Napa Valley | State Park | 1960 |
| Brannan Island | State Recreation Area | 1952 |
| Burleigh H. Murray Ranch | Park property | 1979 |
| Burton Creek | State Park | 1976 |
| Butano | State Park | 1956 |
| Butte City Project | Park property | 2007 |
| Calaveras Big Trees | State Park | 1931 |
| California Citrus | State Historic Park | 1984 |
| California Indian Heritage Center | State Park (undeveloped) | 2011 |
| California State Capitol Museum | Park property | 1982 |
| California State Mining and Mineral Museum | Park property | 1999 |
| California State Railroad Museum | Point of interest | 1976 |
| Candlestick Point | State Recreation Area | 1972 |
| Cardiff | State Beach | 1949 |
| Carlsbad | State Beach | 1933 |
| Carmel River | State Beach | 1953 |
| Carnegie | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1979 |
| Carpinteria | State Beach | 1932 |
| Caspar Headlands | State Beach | 1972 |
| Caspar Headlands | State Natural Reserve | 1972 |
| Castaic Lake | State Recreation Area | 1965 |
| Castle Crags | State Park | 1934 |
| Castle Rock | State Park | 1968 |
| Castro Adobe | Park property | 2002 |
| Caswell Memorial | State Park | 1952 |
| Cayucos | State Beach | 1940 |
| China Camp | State Park | 1976 |
| Chino Hills | State Park | 1981 |
| Chumash Painted Cave | State Historic Park | 1976 |
| Clay Pit | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1981 |
| Clear Lake | State Park | 1949 |
| Colonel Allensworth | State Historic Park | 1973 |
| Columbia | State Historic Park | 1946 |
| Colusa-Sacramento River | State Recreation Area | 1955 |
| Corona del Mar | State Beach | 1947 |
| Cowell Ranch/John Marsh | State Historic Park | 1981 |
| Crystal Cove | State Park | 1979 |
| Cuyamaca Rancho | State Park | 1933 |
| D. L. Bliss | State Park | 1929 |
| Del Norte Coast Redwoods | State Park | 1925 |
| Delta Meadows | Park property | 1985 |
| Dockweiler | State Beach | 1948 |
| Doheny | State Beach | 1931 |
| Donner Memorial | State Park | 1928 |
| Dos Rios | State Park | 2024 |
| Eastshore | State Seashore | 1985 |
| Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point | State Park | 1965 |
| El Capitán | State Beach | 1953 |
| El Presidio de Santa Barbara | State Historic Park | 1966 |
| Emerald Bay | State Park | 1953 |
| Emeryville Crescent | State Marine Reserve | 1985 |
| Emma Wood | State Beach | 1957 |
| Empire Mine | State Historic Park | 1975 |
| Estero Bluffs | State Park | 2000 |
| Folsom Lake | State Recreation Area | 1956 |
| Folsom Powerhouse | State Historic Park | 1956 |
| Fort Humboldt | State Historic Park | 1955 |
| Fort Ord Dunes | State Park | 2009 |
| Fort Ross | State Historic Park | 1909 |
| Fort Tejon | State Historic Park | 1940 |
| Franks Tract | State Recreation Area | 1959 |
| Fremont Peak | State Park | 1934 |
| Garrapata | State Park | 1979 |
| Gaviota | State Park | 1953 |
| George J. Hatfield | State Recreation Area | 1953 |
| Governor's Mansion | State Historic Park | 1903 |
| Gray Whale Cove | State Beach | 1966 |
| Great Valley Grasslands | State Park | 1982 |
| Greenwood | State Beach | 1978 |
| Grizzly Creek Redwoods | State Park | 1943 |
| Grover Hot Springs | State Park | 1959 |
| Half Moon Bay | State Beach | 1956 |
| Harmony Headlands | State Park | 2003 |
| Harry A. Merlo | State Recreation Area | 1982 |
| Hatton Canyon | Park property | 2002 |
| Hearst San Simeon | State Historical Monument | 1958 |
| Hearst San Simeon | State Park | 1932 |
| Heber Dunes | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1998 |
| Hendy Woods | State Park | 1958 |
| Henry Cowell Redwoods | State Park | 1953 |
| Henry W. Coe | State Park | 1959 |
| Hollister Hills | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1975 |
| Humboldt Lagoons | State Park | 1931 |
| Humboldt Redwoods | State Park | 1921 |
| Hungry Valley | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1978 |
| Huntington | State Beach | 1942 |
| Indian Grinding Rock | State Historic Park | 1962 |
| Indio Hills Palms | Park property | 1983 |
| Jack London | State Historic Park | 1959 |
| Jedediah Smith Redwoods | State Park | 1939 |
| John B. Dewitt Redwoods | State Natural Reserve | 1929 |
| John Little | State Natural Reserve | 1953 |
| Jug Handle | State Natural Reserve | 1976 |
| Julia Pfeiffer Burns | State Park | 1962 |
| Kenneth Hahn | State Recreation Area | 1984 |
| Kings Beach | State Recreation Area | 1974 |
| Kruse Rhododendron | State Natural Reserve | 1934 |
| La Purísima Mission | State Historic Park | 1935 |
| Lake Del Valle | State Recreation Area | 1967 |
| Lake Oroville | State Recreation Area | 1967 |
| Lake Perris | State Recreation Area | 1974 |
| Lake Valley | State Recreation Area | 1985 |
| Leland Stanford Mansion | State Historic Park | 1978 |
| Leo Carrillo | State Park | 1953 |
| Leucadia | State Beach | 1949 |
| Lighthouse Field | State Beach | 1978 |
| Limekiln | State Park | 1994 |
| Little River | State Beach | 1931 |
| Los Angeles | State Historic Park | 2001 |
| Los Encinos | State Historic Park | 1949 |
| Los Osos Oaks | State Natural Reserve | 1972 |
| MacKerricher | State Park | 1949 |
| Mailliard Woods | State Natural Reserve | 1945 |
| Malakoff Diggins | State Historic Park | 1965 |
| Malibu Creek | State Park | 1974 |
| Malibu Lagoon | State Beach | 1951 |
| Manchester | State Park | 1955 |
| Mandalay | State Beach | 1985 |
| Manresa | State Beach | 1948 |
| Marconi Conference Center | State Historic Park | 1976 |
| Marina | State Beach | 1977 |
| Marsh Creek | State Historic Park | 2012 |
| Marshall Gold Discovery | State Historic Park | 1942 |
| Martial Cottle Park | State Recreation Area | 2003 |
| McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial | State Park | 1920 |
| McConnell | State Recreation Area | 1949 |
| McGrath | State Beach | 1948 |
| Mendocino Headlands | State Park | 1972 |
| Mendocino Woodlands | State Park | 1977 |
| Millerton Lake | State Recreation Area | 1957 |
| Mono Lake Tufa | State Natural Reserve | 1982 |
| Montaña de Oro | State Park | 1934 |
| Montara | State Beach | 1959 |
| Monterey | State Beach | 1960 |
| Monterey | State Historic Park | 1916 |
| Montgomery Woods | State Natural Reserve | 1947 |
| Moonlight | State Beach | 1949 |
| Morro Bay | State Park | 1934 |
| Morro Strand | State Beach | 1932 |
| Moss Landing | State Beach | 1972 |
| Mount Diablo | State Park | 1931 |
| Mount San Jacinto | State Park | 1930 |
| Mount Tamalpais | State Park | 1928 |
| Natural Bridges | State Beach | 1933 |
| Navarro River Redwoods | State Park | 1928 |
| New Brighton | State Beach | 1933 |
| Oceano Dunes | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1974 |
| Ocotillo Wells | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1976 |
| Old Sacramento | State Historic Park | 1967 |
| Old Town San Diego | State Historic Park | 1967 |
| Olompali | State Historic Park | 1977 |
| Onyx Ranch | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 2014 |
| Pacheco | State Park | 1995 |
| Pacifica | State Beach | 1979 |
| Palomar Mountain | State Park | 1932 |
| Patrick's Point | State Park | 1930 |
| Pelican | State Beach | 1947 |
| Pescadero | State Beach | 1958 |
| Petaluma Adobe | State Historic Park | 1951 |
| Pfeiffer Big Sur | State Park | 1933 |
| Picacho | State Recreation Area | 1960 |
| Pigeon Point Light Station | State Historic Park | 1981 |
| Pío Pico | State Historic Park | 1917 |
| Pismo | State Beach | 1935 |
| Placerita Canyon | State Park | 1949 |
| Plumas-Eureka | State Park | 1959 |
| Point Cabrillo Light Station | State Historic Park | 2002 |
| Point Dume | State Beach | 1958 |
| Point Lobos Ranch | Park property | 1998 |
| Point Lobos | State Natural Reserve | 1933 |
| Point Montara Light Station | Park property | 1982 |
| Point Mugu | State Park | 1966 |
| Point Sal | State Beach | 1948 |
| Point Sur | State Historic Park | 1986 |
| Pomponio | State Beach | 1960 |
| Portola Redwoods | State Park | 1945 |
| Prairie City | State Vehicular Recreation Area | 1990 |
| Prairie Creek Redwoods | State Park | 1923 |
| Providence Mountains | State Recreation Area | 1956 |
| Railtown 1897 | State Historic Park | 1982 |
| Red Rock Canyon | State Park | 1970 |
| Refugio | State Beach | 1950 |
| Reynolds Wayside Campground | Wayside campground | 1966 |
| Richardson Grove | State Park | 1922 |
| Rio de Los Angeles | State Recreation Area | 2001 |
| Robert H. Meyer Memorial | State Beach | 1978 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson | State Park | 1949 |
| Robert W. Crown Memorial | State Beach | 1961 |
| Russian Gulch | State Park | 1933 |
| Saddleback Butte | State Park | 1957 |
| Salinas River | State Beach | 1960 |
| Salt Point | State Park | 1968 |
| Salton Sea | State Recreation Area | 1951 |
| Samuel P. Taylor | State Park | 1946 |
| San Bruno Mountain | State Park | 1980 |
| San Buenaventura | State Beach | 1961 |
| San Clemente | State Beach | 1931 |
| San Elijo | State Beach | 1952 |
| San Gregorio | State Beach | 1958 |
| San Juan Bautista | State Historic Park | 1933 |
| San Luis Reservoir | State Recreation Area | 1969 |
| San Onofre | State Beach | 1971 |
| San Pasqual Battlefield | State Historic Park | 1918 |
| San Timoteo Canyon | Park property | 2002 |
| Santa Cruz Mission | State Historic Park | 1959 |
| Santa Monica | State Beach | 1948 |
| Santa Susana Pass | State Historic Park | 1979 |
| Schooner Gulch | State Beach | 1983 |
| Seacliff | State Beach | 1931 |
| Shasta | State Historic Park | 1937 |
| Silver Strand | State Beach | 1932 |
| Silverwood Lake | State Recreation Area | 1978 |
| Sinkyone Wilderness | State Park | 1975 |
| Smithe Redwoods | State Natural Reserve | 1963 |
| Sonoma Coast | State Park | 1934 |
| Sonoma | State Historic Park | 1909 |
| South Carlsbad | State Beach | 1949 |
| South Yuba River | State Park | 1979 |
| Standish-Hickey | State Recreation Area | 1921 |
| State Indian Museum | State Historic Park | 1914 |
| Stone Lake | Park property | 1978 |
| Sugarloaf Ridge | State Park | 1920 |
| Sunset | State Beach | 1931 |
| Sutter Buttes | State Park | 2003 |
| Sutter's Fort | State Historic Park | 1914 |
| Tahoe | State Recreation Area | |
| The Forest of Nisene Marks | State Park | 1963 |
| Thornton | State Beach | 1955 |
| Tijuana Estuary | Point of interest | |
| Tolowa Dunes | State Park | 1983 |
| Tomales Bay | State Park | 1950 |
| Tomo-Kahni | State Historic Park | 1993 |
| Topanga | State Park | 1967 |
| Torrey Pines | State Beach | 1952 |
| Torrey Pines | State Natural Reserve | 1952 |
| Trinidad | State Beach | 1937 |
| Tule Elk | State Natural Reserve | 1932 |
| Turlock Lake | State Recreation Area | 1950 |
| Twin Lakes | State Beach | 1955 |
| Van Damme | State Park | 1932 |
| Verdugo Mountains | Park property | 1984 |
| Ward Creek Project | Park property | 1978 |
| Washoe Meadows | State Park | 1985 |
| Wassama Round House | State Historic Park | 1978 |
| Watts Towers of Simon Rodia | State Historic Park | 1978 |
| Weaverville Joss House | State Historic Park | 1956 |
| Westport-Union Landing | State Beach | 1952 |
| Wilder Ranch | State Park | 1974 |
| Wildwood Canyon | Park property | 2002 |
| Will Rogers | State Beach | 1931 |
| Will Rogers | State Historic Park | 1944 |
| William B. Ide Adobe | State Historic Park | 1951 |
| Woodland Opera House | State Historic Park | 1980 |
| Woodson Bridge | State Recreation Area | 1959 |
| Zmudowski | State Beach | 1950 |
