California State Parks

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California State Park Planning Tools

Maps of California State Parks

California State Park Day Use Fees

California State Park Annual Passes

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California State Park Educational Resources

California State Parks Adventure Pass Program – FREE Park Admission at 19 California State Parks for Fourth Graders!

List of California State Parks that Accept the Fourth Grade Adventure Pass

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California State Parks Junior Ranger Programs

List of California State Parks With Junior Ranger Programs

California State Parks Junior Ranger Adventure Guide

Guia de Aventuras del Guardabosque Juvenil

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California State Parks Kids in Parks

California State Parks Take-a-Hike: Mojave Desert Explorer Program

California State Parks Virtual Junior Ranger Program

California State Parks Litter Getter Sticker Program

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California State Parks Agents of Discovery Program

About California State Parks Agents of Discovery Program

List of California State Parks with Agents of Discovery Activities

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California State Park Online Adventures

• California Gold Rush Word Puzzle
• Chinese Lion Dance Coloring Page
• California Indian Basket Coloring Page
• California’s Capitals and Flag Coloring Page
• Park Rangers Coloring Page
• Spanish Settlements of California Activity
• My Favorite Park Activity
• Animal Tracks Match-Up
• Grizzly Bear Dot-to-Dot
• California Sea Lion Coloring Page
• Crumb Clean Coloring Page
• Food Chain Coloring/Activity Page
• Redwood Maze and Coloring Page
• California’s State Organisms Cube
• California State Beach Park Birds Activity
• Tidepools Coloring Page
• Park Symbols Match-Up
• Park Symbol Triangle Puzzle
• Save My Park Activity Page
• Hiking Maze

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Redwood EdVentures Quests

• Arcata Community Forest
• Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary
• Elk River Wildlife Sanctuary/Hikshari’ Trail
• Eureka Waterfront Bike Trail
• Fish Lake
• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
• Freshwater Farms Reserve
• Gray Falls Day Use Area
• Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park – Cheatham Grove
• Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park – Hiker’s Trail
• Hammond Coastal Trail – Clam Beach Bike Quest
• Hammond Coastal Trail – Hiller Park Bike Quest
• Headwaters Forest Reserve
• Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center
• Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
• Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
• Humboldt Redwoods State Park – Rockefeller Grove
• Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
• King Range National Conservation Area – Black Sands Beach
• King Range National Conservation Area – Hidden Valley Trail
• Mad River Estuary 
• Sue-meg State Park (Formerly Patrick’s Point)
• Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
• Redwood National Park – Trillium Falls
• Richardson Grove State Park
• Sequoia Park & Zoo
• Shelter Cover SCARF Nature Fitness Trail
• Tish Tang Campground
• Trinidad Head Coastal Monument

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California State Parks

Park Name	Location
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area	Westport, CA
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park (boat access only)	McArthur, CA
Albany State Marine Reserve	Albany, CA
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park	Lower Lake, CA
Andrew Molera State Park	Big Sur, CA
Angel Island State Park (boat or ferry access only)	Tiburon, CA
Año Nuevo State Park	Pescadero, CA
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve	Lancaster, CA
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park	Lancaster, CA
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	Borrego Springs, CA
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve	Guerneville, CA
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park	Lancaster, CA
Asilomar State Beach	Pacific Grove, CA
Auburn State Recreation Area	Auburn, CA
Austin Creek State Recreation Area	Guerneville, CA
Azalea State Natural Reserve	Trinidad, CA
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park	Helena, CA
Bean Hollow State Beach	Pescadero, CA
Benbow Lake State Recreation Area	Garberville, CA
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park	Benicia, CA
Benicia State Recreation Area	Benicia, CA
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area	Byron, CA
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park	Chico, CA
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park	Chico, CA
Big Basin Redwoods State Park	Boulder Creek, CA
Bodie State Historic Park	Bridgeport, CA
Bolsa Chica State Beach	Huntington Beach, CA
Border Field State Park	San Diego, CA
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park	Calistoga, CA
Brannan Island State Recreation Area	Rio Vista, CA
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch	Half Moon Bay, CA
Burton Creek State Park	Tahoe City, CA
Butano State Park	Pescadero, CA
Calaveras Big Trees State Park	Arnold, CA
California Citrus State Historic Park	Riverside, CA
California Indian Heritage Center	Sacramento, CA
California State Capitol Museum	Sacramento, CA
California State Mining and Mineral Museum	Mariposa, CA
California State Railroad Museum	Sacramento, CA
Cambria State Marine Park	Cambria, CA
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area	San Francisco, CA
Cardiff State Beach	Encinitas, CA
Carlsbad State Beach	Carlsbad, CA
Carmel River State Beach	Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area	Tracy, CA
Carpinteria State Beach	Carpinteria, CA
Caspar Headlands State Beach	Caspar, CA
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve	Caspar, CA
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area	Castaic, CA
Castle Crags State Park	Castella, CA
Castle Rock State Park	Los Gatos, CA
Caswell Memorial State Park	Ripon, CA
Cayucos State Beach	Cayucos, CA
China Camp State Park	San Rafael, CA
Chino Hills State Park	Chino Hills, CA
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park	Santa Barbara, CA
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area	Oroville, CA
Clear Lake State Park	Kelseyville, CA
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park	Earlimart, CA
Columbia State Historic Park	Columbia, CA
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area	Colusa, CA
Corona del Mar State Beach	Newport Beach, CA
Crystal Cove State Park	Laguna Beach, CA
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park	Julian, CA
D.L. Bliss State Park	South Lake Tahoe, CA
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park	Crescent City, CA
Delta Meadows	Clayton, CA
Dockweiler State Beach	Playa Del Rey, CA
Doheny State Beach	Dana Point, CA
Donner Memorial State Park	Truckee, CA
Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area	Gorman, CA
Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park	Tahoma, CA
El Capitán State Beach	Goleta, CA
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park	Santa Barbara, CA
Emerald Bay State Park	South Lake Tahoe, CA
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve	Emeryville, CA
Emma Wood State Beach	Ventura, CA
Empire Mine State Historic Park	Grass Valley, CA
Estero Bluffs State Park	San Simeon, CA
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area	Folsom, CA
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park	Folsom, CA
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park	Aptos, CA
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park	Eureka, CA
Fort Ord Dunes State Park	Marina, CA
Fort Ross State Historic Park	Jenner, CA
Fort Tejon State Historic Park	Lebec, CA
Franks Tract State Recreation Area	Oakley, CA
Fremont Peak State Park	San Juan Bautista, CA
Garrapata State Park	Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
Gaviota State Park	Goleta, CA
George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area	Hilmar, CA
Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park	Sacramento, CA
Gray Whale Cove State Beach	Half Moon Bay, CA
Great Valley Grasslands State Park	Stevinson, CA
Greenwood State Beach	Elk, CA
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park	Carlotta, CA
Grover Hot Springs State Park	Markleeville, CA
Half Moon Bay State Beach	Half Moon Bay, CA
Harmony Headlands State Park	Cayucos, CA
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area	Trinidad, CA
Hatton Canyon	Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument	San Simeon, CA
Hearst San Simeon State Park	San Simeon, CA
Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	Holtville, CA
Hendy Woods State Park	Philo, CA
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park	Felton, CA
Henry W. Coe State Park	Morgan Hill, CA
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area	Hollister, CA
Humboldt Lagoons State Park	Trinidad, CA
Humboldt Redwoods State Park	Weott, CA
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area	Gorman, CA
Huntington State Beach	Huntington Beach, CA
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park	Pine Grove, CA
Indio Hills Palms	Niland, CA
Jack London State Historic Park	Glen Ellen, CA
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park	Crescent City, CA
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve	Myers Flat, CA
John Little State Natural Reserve	Big Sur, CA
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve	Fort Bragg, CA
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park	Big Sur, CA
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area	Los Angeles, CA
Kings Beach State Recreation Area	Kings Beach, CA
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve	Cazadero, CA
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park	Lompoc, CA
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area	Livermore, CA
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area	Oroville, CA
Lake Perris State Recreation Area	Perris, CA
Lake Valley State Recreation Area	South Lake Tahoe, CA
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park	Sacramento, CA
Leo Carrillo State Park	Malibu, CA
Leucadia State Beach	Encinitas, CA
Lighthouse Field State Beach	Santa Cruz, CA
Limekiln State Park	Big Sur, CA
Little River State Beach	McKinleyville, CA
Locke Boarding House Museum	Walnut Grove, CA
Los Angeles State Historic Park	Los Angeles, CA
Los Encinos State Historic Park	Encino, CA
Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve	Los Osos, CA
MacKerricher State Park	Fort Bragg, CA
Mailliard Woods State Natural Reserve	Yorkville, CA
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park	Nevada City, CA
Malibu Creek State Park	Cornell, CA
Malibu Lagoon State Beach	Malibu, CA
Manchester State Park	Manchester, CA
Mandalay State Beach	Oxnard, CA
Manresa State Beach	Watsonville, CA
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park	Marshall, CA
Marina State Beach	Marina, CA
Marsh Creek State Historic Park	Brentwood, CA
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park	Coloma, CA
Martial Cottle Park State Recreation Area	San Jose, CA
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park	Burney, CA
McConnell State Recreation Area	Ballico, CA
McGrath State Beach	Oxnard, CA
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore	Berkeley, CA
Mendocino Headlands State Park	Mendocino, CA
Mendocino Woodlands State Park	Mendocino, CA
Millerton Lake State Recreation Area	Friant, CA
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve	Lee Vining, CA
Montaña de Oro State Park	Los Osos, CA
Montara State Beach	Montara, CA
Monterey State Historic Park	Monterey, CA
Monterey State Beach	Monterey, CA
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve	Ukiah, CA
Moonlight State Beach	Encinitas, CA
Morro Bay State Park	Morro Bay, CA
Morro Strand State Beach	Morro Bay, CA
Moss Landing State Beach	Moss Landing, CA
Mount Diablo State Park	Walnut Creek, CA
Mount San Jacinto State Park	Idyllwild, CA
Mount Tamalpais State Park	Mill Valley, CA
Natural Bridges State Beach	Santa Cruz, CA
Navarro River Redwoods State Park	Elk, CA
New Brighton State Beach	Capitola, CA
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	Oceano, CA
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area	Borrego Springs, CA
Old Sacramento State Historic Park	Sacramento, CA
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park	San Diego, CA
Olompali State Historic Park	Novato, CA
Pacheco State Park	Hollister, CA
Pacifica State Beach	Pacifica, CA
Palomar Mountain State Park	Palomar Mountain, CA
Patrick’s Point State Park	Trinidad, CA
Pelican State Beach	Smith River, CA
Pescadero State Beach	Pescadero, CA
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park	Petaluma, CA
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park	Big Sur, CA
Picacho State Recreation Area	Winterhaven, CA
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park	Pescadero, CA
Pío Pico State Historic Park	Whittier, CA
Pismo State Beach	Oceano, CA
Placerita Canyon State Park	Newhall, CA
Plumas-Eureka State Park	Blairsden, CA
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park	Mendocino, CA
Point Dume State Beach	Malibu, CA
Point Lobos Ranch	Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve	Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
Point Mugu State Park	Point Mugu, CA
Point Sal State Beach	Guadalupe, CA
Point Sur State Historic Park	Monterey, CA
Pomponio State Beach	San Gregorio, CA
Portola Redwoods State Park	La Honda, CA
Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area	Rancho Cordova, CA
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park	Orick, CA
Providence Mountains State Recreation Area	Essex, CA
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park	Jamestown, CA
Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe	Watsonville, CA
Red Rock Canyon State Park	Cantil, CA
Refugio State Beach	Goleta, CA
Reynolds Wayside Campground	Garberville, CA
Richardson Grove State Park	Garberville, CA
Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation Area	Los Angeles, CA
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach	Malibu, CA
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park	Calistoga, CA
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach	Alameda, CA
Russian Gulch State Park	Mendocino, CA
Saddleback Butte State Park	Lancaster, CA
Salinas River State Beach	Moss Landing, CA
Salt Point State Park	Jenner, CA
Salton Sea State Recreation Area	Mecca, CA
Samuel P. Taylor State Park	Lagunitas, CA
San Bruno Mountain State Park	Brisbane, CA
San Buenaventura State Beach	Ventura, CA
San Clemente State Beach	San Clemente, CA
San Elijo State Beach	Cardiff, CA
San Gregorio State Beach	San Gregorio, CA
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park	San Juan Bautista, CA
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area	Gustine, CA
San Onofre State Beach	San Clemente, CA
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park	Escondido, CA
San Timoteo Canyon	Redlands, CA
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park	Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Monica State Beach	Santa Monica, CA
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park	Chatsworth, CA
Schooner Gulch State Beach	Point Arena, CA
Seacliff State Beach	Aptos, CA
Shasta State Historic Park	Redding, CA
Silver Strand State Beach	Coronado, CA
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area	Hesperia, CA
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park	Whitethorn, CA
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve	Piercy, CA
Sonoma State Historic Park	Sonoma, CA
Sonoma Coast State Park	Bodega Bay, CA
South Carlsbad State Beach	Carlsbad, CA
South Yuba River State Park	Penn Valley, CA
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area	Leggett, CA
State Indian Museum	Sacramento, CA
Stone Lake	Elk Grove, CA
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park	Kenwood, CA
Sunset State Beach	Watsonville, CA
Sutter Buttes State Park	Yuba City, CA
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park	Sacramento, CA
Tahoe State Recreation Area	Tahoe City, CA
Thornton State Beach	Daly City, CA
Tijuana Estuary	Imperial Beach, CA
Tolowa Dunes State Park	Crescent City, CA
Tomales Bay State Park	Inverness, CA
Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park	Tehachapi, CA
Topanga State Park	Topanga, CA
Torrey Pines State Beach	La Jolla, CA
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve	La Jolla, CA
Trinidad State Beach	Trinidad, CA
Trione-Annadel State Park	Santa Rosa, CA
Tule Elk State Natural Reserve	Buttonwillow, CA
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area	La Grange, CA
Twin Lakes State Beach	Santa Cruz, CA
Van Damme State Park	Little River, CA
Verdugo Mountains	Glendale, CA
Ward Creek Project	Tahoe City, CA
Washoe Meadows State Park	South Lake Tahoe, CA
Wassama Round House State Historic Park	Ahwahnee, CA
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park	Los Angeles, CA
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park	Weaverville, CA
Westport-Union Landing State Beach	Westport, CA
Wilder Ranch State Park	Santa Cruz, CA
Wildwood Canyon	Yucaipa, CA
Will Rogers State Beach	Pacific Palisades, CA
Will Rogers State Historic Park	Pacific Palisades, CA
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park	Red Bluff, CA
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park	Woodland, CA
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area	Corning, CA
Zmudowski State Beach	Moss Landing, CA

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