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The California State Parks system ( Spanish: Parques Estatales de California) [5] is the public park system of California. The system is administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a department of the California Natural Resources Agency. The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States.
Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its 6,000-foot-tall (1,800 m) rock crags. [ 49] Castle Rock State Park. State park. Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo. 5,242. 2,121. 1968. Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Sunset behind Mount Tamalpais. Mount Tamalpais is the highest peak in the Marin Hills, which are part of the Northern California Coast Ranges.The elevation at the West Peak, where a radar dome currently stands, is between 2,560 feet (780 m) and 2,578 feet (786 m) [10] It stood over 2,600 feet (792 m) before the summit was flattened for the radar dome construction.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation maintains over 270 protected areas, which include almost one-third of California's scenic coastline, including coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. The state parks system covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km 2 ), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of ...
The coast redwood is the tallest tree species on Earth Map of the Channel Islands of California Torrey pine grove on Santa Rosa island Santa Barbara Island Death Valley National Park Death Valley, California A Joshua tree The upper part of Kings Canyon, seen from Zumwalt Meadow General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park Lake Helen in Lassen Volcanic National Park Rock formations at ...
California Department of Parks and Recreation. Fremont Peak State Park is a California State Park located in Monterey County and San Benito County, California. The park encompasses the summit of 3,173-foot (967 m) Fremont Peak in the Gabilan Range . The park features expansive views of Monterey Bay and Pacific Ocean from its hiking trails.
The state library parks pass program was cut until advocates pushed to bring it back. Now library cardholders in the state can visit a state park for free. Libraries can still offer free passes to ...
McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park is the second oldest state park in the California State Parks system, located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Burney, California. The park offers camping, fishing, watersports, hiking and horseback riding facilities. The park is mainly known for the waterfall, Burney Falls, at the entrance of ...