The Carmel River creates a lagoon – a popular habitat for waterfowl and songbirds – before spilling into the Pacific Ocean at this scenic beach park. From southbound Highway 1 in Carmel, the park is ...

A reserve for western azalea along California's northern coast, with a profusion of white and pink blossoms in spring. 5 miles north of Arcata, take the McKinleyville exit off of Highway 101. Drive 2 ...

The Park is currently closed, please check back at a later date for updated information. California's executive mansion, built in 1877 in Victorian style and purchased by the State of California to ...

This former U.S. Army frontier fort on the main route between the Central Valley and Southern California was garrisoned from 1854 to 1864. The park is 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles, near the top ...

Located 3 miles south of the tiny town of Harmony, this park offers a short hiking trail to a coastal marine terrace grassland with steep hills and panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. From the town ...

This two-mile-long beach is operated by Los Angeles County and has a picnic area, shops and pier, as well as volleyball and basketball courts and biking and walking paths. This beach is two miles long ...

Comprises rich tidal marshes, sub-tidal areas and mudflats that extend along 8.5 miles of shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is located along 8.5 miles of the San ...

Walkway renovations will parodically close entrance and exits for work, may need to wait inside or outside the fort while work is conducted. This park in midtown Sacramento is the oldest restored fort ...

Memorializes the site in Coloma where James Marshall first found gold in 1848 on the South Fork of the American River, setting off the Gold Rush. 12/2/25: Christmas in Coloma Returns to Marshall Gold ...

Set between the Santa Ynez mountains and the sea, the park preserves and interprets the last Spanish fortress built in Alta California and today celebrates all of Santa Barbara’s diverse cultures — ...

Two-story adobe hacienda that takes visitors back in time to the Mexican Rancho period of the mid-1800s when it became one of the social centers of the central California coast. The Castro Adobe is ...

Park is open for day use from 7:30 AM to Sunset. This park in the eastern foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains features broad grasslands, canopies of centuries-old interior live oak, and historic ...