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Aug 23, 2018 · The Golden State is home to 9 national parks and 118 state parks. We’ve already visited most of the national parks, like Yosemite, Joshua Tree and Sequoia. Now we’re trying to visit as many state parks as we can. We’re lucky to be within a fifteen-minute drive of a few of the most beautiful state parks, like Crystal Cove and Huntington Beach.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation, more commonly known as California State Parks, manages the California state parks system. The system administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (570,000 ha), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline; 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of hiking, biking, and ...
- $589 million ($117.5 million General Fund) 2016
- 1864 (First State Park), 1927 (Bureaucratic Forming)
- 1,451 permanent staff, 1,416 seasonal (2016-17)
- 715 P St, Sacramento, California
Dec 29, 2022 · 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.
Apr 6, 2020 · Located in Jamestown, in the heart of California’s Gold Country about 100 miles southeast of Sacramento, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is home to the Historic Jamestown Shops and Roundhouse—an intact and still-functioning steam locomotive repair and maintenance facility, portions of which date back to 1897.
When it comes to preserving precious places, California goes all in. The nation’s largest state park system has a whopping 279 parks and this year another park joins the collection: Dos Rios Ranch, a 2,500-acre Modesto property at the convergence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne Rivers. The new state park will welcome anglers, kayakers, and picnickers and provide a key habitat for chinook ...
Updated annually, this large format map shows all units of the California State Parks System as well as the department’s district boundaries, state highways, and county boundaries. Each park boundary is listed and labeled, showing unit name and identifying subunits (Wildernesses and Preserves). (PDF-format map - file size: ~ 5.58 MB)
CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION 2020-21 ANNUAL REPORT 3 A LEGACY FOR PARKS California’s state parks comprise the largest and most diverse natural and cultural heritage holdings of any state in the nation They include beaches, underwater refuges, museums, lighthouses, ghost towns, wilderness areas, and
