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Wildlife Watching in California

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California State Parks with Wildlife Watching

A lake at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

+7 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Paddling Biking Historic Sites
gravel road through the trees at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

+7 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Paddling Biking Historic Sites
aerial photograph of Andrew Molera State Park

Andrew Molera State Park

+5 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
Aerial view of Angel Island State Park with Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline

Angel Island State Park

+8 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Annadel State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
aerial photograph of Ano Nuevo State Park

Ano Nuevo State Park

+6 Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
Antelope Valley Indian Museum view from southeast

Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

+5 Picnicking Bird Watching Stargazing Biking Historic Sites
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

+7 Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Stargazing Backpacking Biking Historic Sites

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park on a clear day

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

+4 Picnicking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
sign at Ash Hollow State Historical Park

Ash Hollow State Historical Park

+4 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing

Asilomar State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Auburn SRA

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Bair Island Ecological Reserve
the waterwheel at Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

+5 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
The capitol building at Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

+8 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites

Berkeley Marina

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Paddling Biking Historic Sites
Bidwell Mansion in 2021

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

+6 Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Golfing Biking Historic Sites
Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park entrance sign

Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

+11 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Sledding Golfing Paddling Biking Historic Sites
sunlight shining through the trees at Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Big Basin Redwoods State Park

+4 Photography Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Bodie State Historic Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites

Border Field State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Brannan Island State Recreation Area

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Burton Creek State Park

+1 Historic Sites

Butano State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
a person walking through a walkway under a tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Calaveras Big Trees State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites

California Citrus State Historic Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Carmel River State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Castle Crags State Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites
scenic viewpoint at Castle Rock State Park overlooking trees

Castle Rock State Park (California)

+8 Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites
Baranof Castle State Historic Site Alaska

Castle State Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Caswell Memorial State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Channel Islands Harbor

Chimney Peak Wilderness

China Camp State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
a picture of Chino Hills State Park with mountains in the background

Chino Hills State Park

+5 Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
Dorn Bay, Clear Lake, CA as viewed from Clear Lake State Park

Clear Lake State Park (California)

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Bird Watching Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites

Columbia State Historic Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Paddling Biking Historic Sites
View of Crystal Cove State Park from the cliffs above

Crystal Cove State Park

+9 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Surfing Biking Historic Sites

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

D.L. Bliss State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Doheny State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Donner Memorial State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Dos Rios Ranch Preserve

Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites
Sparring Bull Elk in Elk State Park

Elk State Park

+11 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Cross Country Skiing Ice Fishing Scuba Diving Hunting Paddling Winter Sports Biking
Aerial view of Emerald Bay with Fannette Island and turquoise waters at Lake Tahoe California

Emerald Bay State Park

+7 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Scuba Diving Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Estero Bluffs State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Fort Ord Dunes State Park

+3 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites

Fort Ross State Historic Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Fort Tejon State Historic Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Fremont Peak State Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Great Valley Grasslands State Park

+3 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites

Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Grover Hot Springs State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Half Moon State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Harmony Headlands State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Hendy Woods State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park from the top of a hill

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

+7 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites

Henry W. Coe State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Humboldt Lagoons State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Huntington State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Jack London State Historic Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Jug Handle State Reserve

+4 Wildlife Watching Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites

Jughandle State Natural Reserve

+4 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites Nature

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

+5 Photography Picnicking Scuba Diving Biking Historic Sites

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Lake Greenwood State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Lake Oroville SRA

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Lake Perris State Recreation Area

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Paddling Biking Historic Sites
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Leo Carrillo State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Surfing Biking Historic Sites

Limekiln State Park

+3 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites
Waterbury Reservoir at Little River State Park

Little River State Park

+11 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Snowshoeing Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Los Angeles State Historic Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

MacKerricher State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
aerial photograph of Malibu Creek State Park

Malibu Creek State Park

+8 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites

Malibu Lagoon State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Manresa State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites
Marsh Creek Lake at Marsh Creek State Park, looking towards the West Launch Area.

Marsh Creek State Park

+15 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Sledding Scuba Diving Hunting Sailing Archery Paddling Winter Sports Biking

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

McArthur-Burney Falls SP

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
Rustic Mill Adjacent to Rushing Stream in Peak Autumn Season in McConnells Mill State Park

McConnells Mill State Park

+10 Rock Climbing Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Scuba Diving Hunting Paddling Winter Sports Biking Historic Sites

McGrath State Beach

+3 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites

Mendocino Headlands State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve

Montana de Oro State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Monterey State Historic Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

+3 Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
Trading post museum at Mormon Station State Park

Mormon Station State Park

+2 Picnicking Bird Watching
Kayakers paddling in Morro Bay estuary with Morro Rock volcanic peak at golden hour sunset

Morro Bay State Park

+11 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Bird Watching Paddleboarding Surfing Cycling Golfing Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Morro Strand State Beach

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Mount Diablo State Park

+4 Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Mount San Jacinto State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
Mount Tamalpais summit panoramic view with fog below ridgeline and San Francisco Bay in distance

Mount Tamalpais State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Natural Bridges State Beach

+3 Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Navarro River Redwoods State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

New Brighton State Beach

+3 Wildlife Watching Biking Historic Sites

Oceano Dunes SVRA

+4 Wildlife Watching Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Ocotillo Wells SVRA

+2 Horseback Riding Biking

Pacheco State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Palomar Mountain State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
creek running through Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

+7 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Biking Historic Sites
Yellow wildflowers and saguaro cacti with Picacho Peak volcanic spire Arizona

Picacho Peak State Park

+8 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Mountain Biking Bird Watching Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites

Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Pio Pico State Historic Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites
Hero image for Placerita Canyon State Park

Placerita Canyon State Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites

Plumas-Eureka State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP

+3 Paddling Biking Historic Sites
Wind-twisted Monterey cypress trees on granite cliffs with turquoise cove at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

+5 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Point Mugu State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Horseback Riding Backpacking Biking Historic Sites

Point Sal State Beach

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Point Sur State Historic Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites

Portola Redwoods State Park

+5 Picnicking Horseback Riding Backpacking Biking Historic Sites

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Nature Watching Biking Historic Sites

Prairie State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites
the red canyons at Red Rock Canyon State Park

Red Rock Canyon State Park

+8 Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Stargazing Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites

Redwood State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Refugio State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Rhododendron State Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites

Richardson Grove State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

+1 Historic Sites

Russian Gulch State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Saddleback Butte State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Salt Point State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Diving Biking Historic Sites

Samuel P. Taylor State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

San Bruno Mountain State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

San Clemente State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area

+9 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Horseback Riding Bird Watching Windsurfing Paddling Biking Historic Sites

San Onofre State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Silver Strand State Beach

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Sonoma Coast State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Sonoma State Historic Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

South Yuba River State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Sue Meg State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Tidepooling Biking Historic Sites

Sugar Pine Point State Park

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Cross Country Skiing Biking Historic Sites

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

+4 Horseback Riding Stargazing Biking Historic Sites

Sunset State Beach

+5 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Tolowa Dunes State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Tomales Bay State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

+2 Biking Historic Sites
Eroded sandstone cliffs with wind-sculpted Torrey pine trees overlooking the Pacific Ocean at sunset

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

+5 Wildlife Watching Photography Picnicking Biking Historic Sites

Trione-Annadel State Park

+4 Picnicking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Van Damme State Park

+6 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Diving Paddling Biking Historic Sites

Washoe Meadows State Park

+4 Wildlife Watching Picnicking Biking Historic Sites
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Wilder Ranch State Park

+5 Picnicking Mountain Biking Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

Wildwood Canyon State Park

+3 Horseback Riding Biking Historic Sites

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