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The California State Parks system is headquartered at the California Natural Resources Agency, in Sacramento. Responsible for almost one-third of California's scenic coastline (280 miles), California State Parks manages the state's finest coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. California State Parks contains the largest and ...
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.
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 ...
Salt Point State Park. / 38.583°N 123.333°W / 38.583; -123.333. Salt Point State Park is a state park in Sonoma County, California, United States. The park covers 6,000 acres (2,428 ha) on the coast of Northern California, with 20 miles (32 km) of hiking trails and over 6 miles (9.7 km) of a rough rocky coastline including Salt Point ...
Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada. It has been a major tourist attraction since 1852, when the existence of the trees was first widely reported, and ...
California Department of Parks and Recreation. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving mainly forest and riparian areas in the watershed of the San Lorenzo River, including a grove of old-growth coast redwood. [ 1] It is located in Santa Cruz County, primarily in the area between the cities of ...
Nevada County, California, United States. Coordinates. 39°17′30″N 121°11′40″W. / 39.29167°N 121.19444°W / 39.29167; -121.19444. Area. 11,000 acres (45 km 2) Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. South Yuba River State Park is located along the South Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada, within ...
590 acres (240 ha) Established. 1949. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Clear Lake State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Clear Lake. The park is popular for water recreation. Amenities include 149 developed campsites spread across four campground areas, two group campsites, a swimming beach ...