Location ID: #2799
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This coastal site has a landscaped bluff top with a picnic area and trails that lead down to the beach. The location is a one mile beach popular with surfers, divers and swimmers. Historic cottage
Parking has a capacity for 51 to 100 vehicles.
Location ID: #3067
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The log cabins have wood floors, finished walls, ceiling height of 8'- 10', 500-1000 square feet, and fireplace. Outside there are paved roads, evergreen vegetation, mountains, and a rural landscape. The open terrain includes grasslands, meadows, ...
Location ID: #10000161
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Jack London State Historic Park covers 1400 acres of pristine Sonoma County Wilderness. Twenty plus miles take the traveler to breathtaking views of the Valley of the Moon, Jack London’s agricultural experiments, and vineyards. The park contains a ...
Location ID: #7581
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This is the site of the oldest building in Santa Barbara and the second oldest in California. Visitors can step back and view this historic site surrounded by modern buildings. El Cuartel, the oldest existing building in Santa Barbara, is all that ...
Location ID: #7546
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The purpose of the Delta Meadows property, in Sacramento County, is to preserve and protect one of the last remaining areas of the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that exhibits remnants of the natural conditions that existed prior to ...
Location ID: #7539
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The site is three miles south of the San Marcos Pass: Take Highway 154 out of Santa Barbara and turn right on Painted Caves Road. The cave is located on the left, about two miles up a steep, narrow road. The pullout at the site will only accommodate ...
Location ID: #7477
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This off road area has challenging hill-type trail riding, hill-climbs and a professionally designed motocross track available. Elevations are up to 1,800 feet. It is a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and (limited) four-wheel drive area. The park ...
Location ID: #7470
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The park features miles of hiking trails, 21 drive-in campsites and 18 walk-in campsites.
Location ID: #7468
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Brannan Island State Recreation Area is a maze of waterways through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This park northeast of San Francisco Bay, has countless islands and marshes with many wildlife habitats and many opportunities for recreation, ...
Location ID: #7461
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Located in the heart of the beautiful Napa Valley wine country, the Park offers camping, picnicking, swimming, and hiking trails that go through stands of coastal redwoods as well as forests of Douglas-fir, tanoak, and madrone. Daytime visitors can ...
Location ID: #7457
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Located in the northernmost part of the San Joaquin Valley, Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a popular place for water-oriented recreation, especially fishing and windsurfing. It also features a bike trail (along the California Aqueduct ...
Location ID: #7456
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The original building has been restored with reconstructed period furnishings and exhibits. The interior includes a board-for-board reconstruction of the building’s original floor with ponderosa pine. The desks, three of which are originals from the ...
Location ID: #7455
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Benicia State Recreation Area covers marsh, grassy hillsides and rocky beaches along the narrowest portion of the Carquinez Strait.
Cyclists, runners, walkers, equestrians, and roller skaters enjoy the park’s 2 ½ miles of road and bike paths. ...
Location ID: #6959
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Covers over 35,000 acres of woodsy land in both Placer and El Dorado Counties. Paved and unpaved roads winding through the woods; bridges over river/rapids.
Location ID: #6956
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This State Parks has Snow on Ground January to March. It offers Forests & Woodlands; Mountains & Rocks; Scenic Vistas of Sandy Beaches & Coastline; Mountains and Lake.
The Coastline has Bluffs; Cliffs; Coves; Rocks. Mountains range 3,000-5,000' ...
Location ID: #6866
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Waddell Creek and Rancho del Oso (a part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park) offer a variety of recreational opportunities including mountain biking. Six miles of Canyon Road (a graded dirt fire road) meanders along the course of Waddell Creek. A ...
Location ID: #6457
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Long stretches of paved two lane road with above ground aqueduct piping throughout. Department of Water Resources maintains the roadway that lies on Tejon Ranch private property. Tejon Ranch permit coordination is required as well as County Permit.
Location ID: #6455
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Also known as Point Santa Cruz, this area is one of the last open headlands in any California urban area. Surfers, tourists, birds, tourists, birds - including the rare Black Swift and wintering Monarch butterflies are drawn to this area. Sea Lions ...
Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve
Location ID: #6454
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Public beach / natural preserve, sandy beach, cove, rocks, bluff/cliff, picnic facilities, ranger station, lagoon, tidepools.
Location ID: #4985
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This State beach is part of Point Mugu State Park. It has coves, sandy beaches and a lifeguard tower.
Location ID: #4984
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Part of Point Mugu State Park (not military property).
Coastline features a rocky beach and lifeguard tower.
Location ID: #4982
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Point Mugu State Beach is located in the Santa Monica Mountains. Location has five miles of ocean shoreline with rocky bluffs, sand dunes, rugged hills and uplands. There are two major river canyons and wide grassy valleys. Hike in 1.6 miles to ...
Location ID: #4943
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1/10/2025
The devastating Palisades Fire destroyed historic buildings and multiple structures at two California State Parks, including the historic Topanga Ranch Motel once owned by William Randolph Hearst. Topanga Ranch Motel and all concessions ...
Location ID: #4496
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This park is known for the heavily forested Russian Gulch Creek Canyon, a headland that features the Devil’s Punch Bowl (a large, collapsed sea cave with churning water), and a beach that offers swimming, tide pool exploring, skin diving and rock ...