Location ID: #7677
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Monterey State Historic Park is a collection of significant historic houses and buildings interspersed throughout Old Monterey. The inside of the Stevenson House, Larkin House, Cooper-Molera Adobe, and Casa Soberanes can ONLY be viewed with a State ...
Location ID: #1848
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California's most notorious gold-mining town, Bodie attracted miners, gamblers, prostitutes and hotel operators. Now it is the best-preserved ghost town in the West. This State historic park is located in a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. ...
Location ID: #1664
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353-acre park with lake on timberline, in Sierra Nevada Mountains. Snow in winter.
Also Has a Smaller Picnic Ground North of Truckee.
The park is 100 miles east of Sacramento via Interstate 80, and is within the town of Truckee, just west of ...
Location ID: #7604
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Grover Hot Springs State Park is located on the east side of the Sierra at the edge of the Great Basin Province, characterized by open pine forest, and sagebrush and meadows. The park has a pool complex with a hot pool and a swimming pool hot ...
Location ID: #7622
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Kings Beach State Recreation Area features Ponderosa Pine and small brush covering the park's 700 feet of lake frontage area. This day-use only area is popular for water sports during the summer.
Location ID: #7641
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Ringed by mountains, Lake Valley State Recreation Area features a championship 18-hole golf course. Since the elevation is over 6,000 feet, shots carry farther in the thin mountain air. In the winter, the recreation area has snowmobiling and cross ...
Location ID: #7669
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The reserve was established to preserve the spectacular "tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water.
Mono Lake is a majestic body of water covering about 65 square miles. It ...
Location ID: #7692
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Plumas-Eureka State Park was established in 1959, and provides visitors with a glimpse into a fascinating period of California history, as well as opportunities for quiet recreation in a beautiful high Sierra mountain setting.
The focal point of ...
Location ID: #7763
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The SRA is in Tahoe City, near shopping malls and restaurants. Views of Ponderosa and Jefferey pine groves from park. Lakeside campgrounds are in this park.
Location ID: #7736
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This park is part of a nationally recognized historic landmark and can be found adjacent to the extant portion of one of California’s 21 Spanish era mission church sites. The park and its Plaza represent what was once the “town square” of the ...
Location ID: #7613
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This area is a motorcycle, four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle, and dune buggy use area. Four-wheel drive and dune buggy visitors should call ahead as this area can be closed for special events.
For motorcyclist and ATV riders the park offers 64 ...
Location ID: #7610
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Coe Park is the largest state park in northern California of wild open spaces. The terrain of the park is rugged, varied and beautiful, with lofty ridges and steep canyons.
Once the home of Ohlone Indians, the park is now home to a fascinating ...
Location ID: #7595
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This park features expansive views of Monterey Bay, rolling hills, and hiking trails in the grasslands of the higher peaks of the Gavilan Range. Other views include the San Benito Valley, Salinas Valley, and the Santa Lucia Mountains east of Big ...
Location ID: #7682
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This off road area is among the most popular and unique of California State Parks. The 5 ½ miles of beach open for vehicle use and the sand dunes available for off highway motor vehicle recreation are attractions for visitors from throughout the ...
Location ID: #1610
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700 ft. wood pier with short 'T' on end; white wood buildings on ocean end; swimming beach and buildings at foot. Restaurants.
Location ID: #10094572
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Castaic Lake State Recreation Area is one of the largest and most spectacular state water reservoirs in California! Large horseshoe shaped reservoir surrounded by low rolling hills. Castaic Lake State Recreation Area is a reservoir of the State ...
Location ID: #1121
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Location is 14,000 acres of old growth coast redwood. Park has varied wildlife, scenic drive and Fern Canyon which is a steep-sided canyon with walls blanketed with ferns.
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is 50 miles north of Eureka and 25 ...
Location ID: #7770
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The park includes forests, beaches, field, hills, meadows and marshes - each with its own plant life, including varieties of trees, shrubs and wildflowers.
The Coast Miwok people were the first to inhabit the coastal area of sheltered coves, ...
Location ID: #7731
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Samuel P. Taylor State Park has wooded countryside in the steep rolling hills of Marin County north of San Francisco. The park features a unique contrast of coast redwoods groves and open grassland.
The park features a variety of flowers and ...
Location ID: #7685
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The park overlooks the Petaluma River and San Pablo Bay from the east-facing slopes of 1,558 foot Mount Burdell.
The name "olompali" comes from the Miwok language and may be translated as "southern village" or "southern people." The Coast Miwok ...
Location ID: #6829
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North of Golden Gate the park is 6,300 acres of redwood groves and oak woodlands with a great view from the 2,571-foot peak. Visitors at times are able to see San Francisco Bay, Mt. Diablo and the Farallon Islands. Forests and geological ...
Location ID: #10094601
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The Marconi Conference Center is situated on wooded hills overlooking scenic Tomales Bay in Marin County.
The California State Parks Foundation acquired the property in 1984 with Buck Trust funds, remodeled it as a conference center, and gave it ...
Location ID: #6336
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China Camp Village - Traditional Coastal Chinatown Historic District
The park has 1,640 acres of natural watershed along the shores of San Francisco Bay. Features include an extensive intertidal salt marsh, meadow and oak habitats, that are home ...
Location ID: #7297
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Kellogg Beach is a small Del Norte County beach access surrounded by state lands north of Crescent City. The beach access has a parking area and a path for vehicles to drive right onto the sand. This is a remote spot on the Northern California ...