California State Parks: List by County

Since California has so many state parks I figured I would create a page which lists them all and then links to the posts I have made on the different parks I have been able to visit. I would love to get to all of these one day, but until then hopefully it will help you find something interesting and new in your area. Be sure to comment which is your favorite. They are broken up by county and the ones I have been to are linked.

Alameda

• Albany State Marine Reserve
• Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
• Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area
• Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
• Eastshore State Park
• Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve
• Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

Alpine

• Grover Hot Springs State Park

Amador

Butte

• Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
• Butte City Project
• Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
• Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
• Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

Calaveres

• Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Colusa

• Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area

Contra Costa

• Cowell Ranch/John Marsh State Historic Park
• Franks Tract State Recreation Area
• Mount Diablo State Park

Del Norte

• Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
• Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
• Pelican State Beach
• Tolowa Dunes State Park

El Dorado

• D. L. Bliss State Park
• Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
• Emerald Bay State Park
• Lake Valley State Recreation Area
• Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
• Washoe Meadows State Park
• Auburn State Recreation Area
• Folsom Lake State Recreation Area

Fresno

• Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

Humbolt

• Azalea State Natural Reserve
• Benbow Lake State Recreation Area
• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
• Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
• Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
• Humboldt Lagoons State Park
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park
• John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
• Little River State Beach
• Patrick’s Point State Park
• Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (Fern Canyon)
• Richardson Grove State Park
• Trinidad State Beach

Imperial

• Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
• Picacho State Recreation Area
• Salton Sea State Recreation Area
• Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area

Kern

• Fort Tejon State Historic Park
• Red Rock Canyon State Park
• Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park
• Tule Elk State Natural Reserve

Lake

• Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
• Clear Lake State Park

Los Angeles

• Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve
• Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park
• Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park
• Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
• Dockweiler State Beach
• Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
• Los Angeles State Historic Park
• Los Encinos State Historic Park
• Malibu Creek State Park
• Malibu Lagoon State Beach
• Pio Pico State Historic Park !Pío Pico State Historic Park
• Placerita Canyon State Park
• Rio de Los Angeles State Park
• Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach
• Saddleback Butte State Park
• Santa Monica State Beach
• Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
• Topanga State Park
• Verdugo Mountains
• Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
• Will Rogers State Beach
• Will Rogers State Historic Park
• Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area
• Leo Carrillo State Park

Madera

• Wassama Round House State Historic Park

Marin

• China Camp State Park
• Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
• Mount Tamalpais State Park
• Olompali State Historic Park
• Samuel P. Taylor State Park
• Tomales Bay State Park
• Angel Island State Park

Mariposa

• California State Mining and Mineral Museum

Mendocino

• Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area
• Caspar Headlands State Beach
• Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve
• Greenwood State Beach
• Hendy Woods State Park
• Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
• MacKerricher State Park
• Mailliard Woods State Natural Reserve
• Manchester State Park
• Mendocino Headlands State Park
• Mendocino Woodlands State Park
• Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve
• Navarro River Redwoods State Park
• Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park
• Reynolds Wayside Campground
• Russian Gulch State Park
• Schooner Gulch State Beach
• Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve
• Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
• Van Damme State Park
• Westport-Union Landing State Beach
• Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

Merced

• George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area
• Great Valley Grasslands State Park
• McConnell State Recreation Area
• San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
• Pacheco State Park

Mono

• Bodie State Historic Park
• Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve

Monterey

• Andrew Molera State Park
• Asilomar State Beach
• Carmel River State Beach
• Fort Ord Dunes State Park
• Garrapata State Park
• Hatton Canyon
• John Little State Natural Reserve
• Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
• Limekiln State Park
• Marina State Beach
• Monterey State Historic Park
• Monterey State Beach
• Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
• Point Lobos Ranch
• Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
• Point Sur State Historic Park
• Fremont Peak State Park
• Salinas River State Beach
• Zmudowski State Beach
• Moss Landing State Beach

Napa

• Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
• Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
• Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Nevada

• Empire Mine State Historic Park
• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
• South Yuba River State Park
• Donner Memorial State Park

Orange County

• Bolsa Chica State Beach
• Corona del Mar State Beach
• Crystal Cove State Park
• Doheny State Beach
• Huntington State Beach
• San Clemente State Beach
• Chino Hills State Park

Placer

• Burton Creek State Park
• Kings Beach State Recreation Area
• Tahoe State Recreation Area
• Ward Creek Project

Plumas

Riverside County

• California Citrus State Historic Park
• Indio Hills Palms
• Lake Perris State Recreation Area
• Mount San Jacinto State Park
• San Timoteo Canyon
• Wildwood Canyon

Sacramento County

• Brannan Island State Recreation Area
• California State Capitol Museum
• California State Railroad Museum
• Delta Meadows
• Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
• Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park (closed to the public)
• Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
• Old Sacramento State Historic Park
• Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area
• State Indian Museum
• Stone Lake
• Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

San Benito

• Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
• San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

San Bernardino

• Providence Mountains State Recreation Area
• Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area

San Diego

• Border Field State Park
• Cardiff State Beach
• Carlsbad State Beach
• Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
• Leucadia State Beach
• Moonlight State Beach
• Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
• Palomar Mountain State Park
• San Elijo State Beach
• San Onofre State Beach
• San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
• Silver Strand State Beach
• South Carlsbad State Beach
• Tijuana Estuary
• Torrey Pines State Beach
• Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

San Fransisco

• Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

San Juquin

• Caswell Memorial State Park

San Luis Obispo

• Cayucos State Beach
• Estero Bluffs State Park
• Harmony Headlands State Park
• Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
• Hearst San Simeon State Park
• Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve
• Montana de Oro State Park
• Morro Bay State Park
• Morro Strand State Beach
• Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
• Pismo State Beach

San Mateo

• Ano Nuevo State Park
• Bean Hollow State Beach
• Burleigh H. Murray Ranch
• Butano State Park
• Gray Whale Cove State Beach
• Half Moon Bay State Beach
• Montara State Beach
• Pacifica State Beach
• Pescadero State Beach
• Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
• Point Montara Light Station
• Pomponio State Beach
• Portola Redwoods State Park
• San Bruno Mountain State Park
• San Gregorio State Beach
• Thornton State Beach

Santa Barbara

• Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
• El Capitán State Beach
• El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
• Gaviota State Park
• La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
• Point Sal State Beach
• Refugio State Beach
• Carpinteria State Beach

Santa Clara

• Henry W. Coe State Park
• Castle Rock State Park

Santa Cruz

• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• Castro Adobe
• Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
• Lighthouse Field State Beach
• Manresa State Beach
• Natural Bridges State Beach
• New Brighton State Beach
• Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
• Seacliff State Beach
• Sunset State Beach
• Twin Lakes State Beach
• Wilder Ranch State Park

Shasta

• Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
• Castle Crags State Park
• McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
• Shasta State Historic Park

Solano

• Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
• Benicia State Recreation Area

Sonoma

• Annadel State Park
• Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
• Austin Creek State Recreation Area
• Fort Ross State Historic Park
• Jack London State Historic Park
• Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve
• Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
• Salt Point State Park
• Sonoma State Historic Park
• Sonoma Coast State Park
• Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

Stanislaus

• Turlock Lake State Recreation Area

Sutter

• Sutter Buttes State Park

Tehama

• William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
• Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area

Trinity

Tulare

Tuolumne

• Columbia State Historic Park
• Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Ventura

• Emma Wood State Beach
• Mandalay State Beach
• McGrath State Beach
• Point Dume State Beach
• Point Mugu State Park
• San Buenaventura State Beach

Yolo

• Woodland Opera House State Historic Park