California State Parks

(Last Updated On: December 29, 2022)

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Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Key Takeaways:

  • California has 139 state parks, 31 National Wildlife Refuges, 19 National Forests, and 10 State Wildlife Areas.
  • The California State Park system encompasses nearly 1.6 million acres of land.
  • More than 68 million visitors come to an California park each year.

Map Of California State Parks

The map below shows the location of every state park in California:

List of California State Parks

Here is a complete list of all the state parks in California along with the address for each park. Click through to find out more about each park.

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

McArthur, CA 96056

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

8400 CA-53
Lower Lake, CA 95457

Andrew Molera State Park

45500 CA-1
Big Sur, CA 93920

Angel Island State Park

Angel Island
Tiburon, CA 94920

Ano Nuevo State Park

1 New Years Creek Rd
Pescadero, CA 94060

Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

15701 E Ave M
Lancaster, CA 93535

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

200 Palm Canyon Dr
Borrego Springs, CA 92004

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

Lancaster Road at, 205th St W
Lancaster, CA 93536

Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

3369 St Helena Hwy
St Helena, CA 94574

Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

115 W G St
Benicia, CA 94510

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

525 Esplanade
Chico, CA 95926

Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

12105 River Rd
Chico, CA 95973

Big Basin Redwoods State Park

21600 Big Basin Way
Boulder Creek, CA 95006

Bodie State Historic Park

CA-270
Bridgeport, CA 93517

Border Field State Park

1500 Monument Rd
San Diego, CA 92154

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

3801 St Helena Hwy
Calistoga, CA 94515

Burton Creek State Park

Tahoe City, CA 96145

Butano State Park

1500 Cloverdale Rd
Pescadero, CA 94060

Calaveras Big Trees State Park

1170 CA-4
Arnold, CA 95223

California Citrus State Historic Park

9400 Dufferin Ave
Riverside, CA 92503

Cambria State Marine Park

Moonstone Beach Dr & CA-1
Cambria, CA 93428

Castle Crags State Park

20022 Castle Creek Rd
Castella, CA 96017

Castle Rock State Park

15451 CA-35
Los Gatos, CA 95033

Caswell Memorial State Park

28000 S Austin Rd
Ripon, CA 95366

China Camp State Park

101 Peacock Gap Trail
San Rafael, CA 94901

Chino Hills State Park

4721 Sapphire Rd
Chino Hills, CA 91709

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

CA-154
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Clear Lake State Park

5300 Soda Bay Rd
Kelseyville, CA 95451

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Grant Dr
Earlimart, CA 93219

Columbia State Historic Park

22708 Broadway St
Columbia, CA 95310

Crystal Cove State Park

8471 N Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park

14592-14674 CA-79
Julian, CA 92036

D. L. Bliss State Park

9881 CA-89
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

Crescent City, CA 95531

Donner Memorial State Park

12593 Donner Pass Rd
Truckee, CA 96161

Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park

7360 W Lake Blvd
Tahoma, CA 96142

Emerald Bay State Park

138 Emerald Bay Rd
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Empire Mine State Historic Park

10791 E Empire St
Grass Valley, CA 95945

Estero Bluffs State Park

750 Hearst Castle Road
San Simeon, CA 93452

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

9980 Greenback Ln
Folsom, CA 95630

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park

3431 Fort Ave
Eureka, CA 95503

Fort Ord Dunes State Park

Beach Range Rd
Marina, CA 93933

Fort Ross State Historic Park

19005 Coast Hwy
Jenner, CA 95450

Fort Tejon State Historic Park

4201 Fort Tejon Rd
Lebec, CA 93243

Fremont Peak State Park

10700 San Juan Canyon Rd
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

Garrapata State Park

34500 CA-1
Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA 93923

Gaviota State Park

17620 Gaviota Beach Rd
Gaviota, CA 93117

Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park

1526 H St
Sacramento, CA 95814

Great Valley Grasslands State Park

Gonzaga Rd
Stevinson, CA 95374

Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

16949 CA-36
Carlotta, CA 95528

Grover Hot Springs State Park

3415 Hot Springs Rd
Markleeville, CA 96120

Harmony Headlands State Park

Cayucos, CA 93430

Hearst San Simeon State Park

500 San Simeon-Monterey Creek Rd
Cambria, CA 93428

Hendy Woods State Park

18599 Philo Greenwood Rd
Philo, CA 95466

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Felton, CA 95018

Henry W. Coe State Park

9000 E Dunne Ave
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Humboldt Lagoons State Park

15336 US-101
Trinidad, CA 95570

Humboldt Redwoods State Park

17119 Avenue of the Giants
Weott, CA 95571

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

14881 Pine Grove Volcano Rd
Pine Grove, CA 95665

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Crescent City, CA 95531

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

52801 CA-1
Big Sur, CA 93920

La Purรญsima Mission State Historic Park

2295 Purisima Rd
Lompoc, CA 93436

Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park

800 N St
Sacramento, CA 95814

Leo Carrillo State Park

35000 E Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265

Limekiln State Park

63025 CA-1
Big Sur, CA 93920

Los Angeles State Historic Park

1245 N Spring St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Los Encinos State Historic Park

16756 Moorpark St
Encino, CA 91436

MacKerricher State Park

24100 Mackerricher Park Rd
Fort Bragg, CA 95437

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

23579 N Bloomfield Rd
Nevada City, CA 95959

Malibu Creek State Park

1925 Las Virgenes Road
Calabasas, CA 91302

Manchester State Park

California 95459

Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park

9702 18500 CA-1
Marshall, CA 94940

Marina State Beach

200 Reservation Rd
Marina, CA 93933

Marsh Creek State Park State Historic Park

21767 Marsh Creek Rd
Brentwood, CA 94513

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

310 Back St
Coloma, CA 95613

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

24898 CA-89
Burney, CA 96013

Mendocino Headlands State Park

Mendocino, CA 95460

Mendocino Woodlands State Park

Fort Bragg, CA 95437

Montaรฑa de Oro State Park

3550 Pecho Valley Rd
Los Osos, CA 93402

Monterey State Historic Park

20 Custom House Plaza
Monterey, CA 93940

Morro Bay State Park

60 State Park Rd
Morro Bay, CA 93442

Mount Diablo State Park

Summit Rd
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Mount San Jacinto State Park

25905 CA-243
Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA 92549

Mount Tamalpais State Park

3801 Panoramic Hwy
Mill Valley, CA 94941

Navarro River Redwoods State Park

Elk, CA 95432

Old Sacramento State Historic Park

111 I St
Sacramento, CA 95814

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

4002 Wallace St
San Diego, CA 92110

Olompali State Historic Park

8901 Redwood Blvd
Novato, CA 94945

Pacheco State Park

38787 Dinosaur Point Rd
Hollister, CA 95023

Palomar Mountain State Park

19952 State Park Drive
Palomar Mountain, CA 92060

Patrick’s Point State Park

4150 Patricks Point Dr
Trinidad, CA 95570

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

3325 Adobe Rd
Petaluma, CA 94954

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Pfeiffer Big Sur Rd
Big Sur, CA 93920

Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park

210 Pigeon Point Rd
Pescadero, CA 94060

Pio Pico State Historic Park

6003 Pioneer Blvd
Whittier, CA 90606

Placerita Canyon State Park

19152 Placerita Canyon Rd
Newhall, CA 91321

Plumas-Eureka State Park

310 Johnsville Rd
Blairsden, CA 96103

Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park

13800 Point Cabrillo Dr
Mendocino, CA 95460

Point Mugu State Park

9000 Pacific Coast Hwy
Malibu, CA 90265

Point Sur State Historic Park

CA-1
Monterey, CA 93940

Portola Redwoods State Park

9000 Portola State Park Rd
La Honda, CA 94020

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

127011 Newton B. Drury Scenic Pkwy
Orick, CA 95555

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

10501 Reservoir Rd
Jamestown, CA 95327

Red Rock Canyon State Park

37749 Abbott Dr
Cantil, CA 93519

Richardson Grove State Park

1600 US-101
Garberville, CA 95542

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

4824 Lake County Hwy #4774
Calistoga, CA 94515

Russian Gulch State Park

CA-1
Mendocino, CA 95460

Saddleback Butte State Park

17102 E Ave. J
Lancaster, CA 93535

Salt Point State Park

25050 CA-1
Jenner, CA 95450

Samuel P. Taylor State Park

8889 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
Lagunitas, CA 94938

San Bruno Mountain State Park

555 Guadalupe Canyon Pkwy
Brisbane, CA 94005

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

19 Franklin St
San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

15808 San Pasqual Valley Rd
Escondido, CA 92027

Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park

144 School St
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

9853 Andora Ave
Chatsworth, CA 91311

Shasta State Historic Park

15312 CA-299
Redding, CA 96003

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

1600 US-101
Garberville, CA 95542

Sonoma State Historic Park

20 E Spain St #5729
Sonoma, CA 95476

Sonoma Coast State Park

3095 CA-1
Bodega Bay, CA 94923

South Yuba River State Park

17660 Pleasant Valley Rd
Penn Valley, CA 95946

State Indian Museum State Historic Park

2618 K St
Sacramento, CA 95816

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

2605 Adobe Canyon Rd
Kenwood, CA 95452

Sutter Buttes State Park

Sutter Buttes, California 95982

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

2701 L St
Sacramento, CA 95816

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Aptos Creek Rd
Aptos, CA 95003

Tolowa Dunes State Park

Kellogg Rd
Crescent City, CA 95531

Tomales Bay State Park

1100 Pierce Point Rd
Inverness, CA 94937

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

Tehachapi, CA 93561

Topanga State Park

20828 Entrada Rd
Topanga, CA 90290

Trione-Annadel State Park

6201 Channel Dr
Santa Rosa, CA 95409

Van Damme State Park

Van Damme State Park, California

Washoe Meadows State Park

Sawmill Rd
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

Wassama Round House State Historic Park

42877 Round House Rd
Ahwahnee, CA 93601

Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park

1745 E 107th St
Los Angeles, CA 90002

Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park

630 Main St
Weaverville, CA 96093

Wilder Ranch State Park

1401 Coast Rd
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Will Rogers State Historic Park

1501 Will Rogers State Park Rd
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

21659 Adobe Rd
Red Bluff, CA 96080

Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

340 2nd St
Woodland, CA 95695

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State Parks By State

Click on the links below to go to the main state park page for each individual state in the United States.