List of California state parks

| {{nowrap|State recreation area}}

| Mendocino

| {{convert|45|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1944

| Boasts redwoods plus salmon and steelhead fishing on the Eel River.{{cite web | title = Admiral William Standley SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=424 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| Shasta

| {{convert|5930|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1975

| Preserves a wilderness of freshwater springs and geologically recent lava flows.{{cite web | title = Ahjumawi Lava Springs SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=464 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| Park property

| Alameda

|

|

|align=right| 1985

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| State historic park

| Lake

| {{convert|1298|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1982

| Preserves a tule marsh and ancient archaeological sites of the Pomo people.{{cite web | title = Anderson Marsh SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=483 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|4766|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1968

| Offers a primitive walk-in campground on the Big Sur coast.{{cite web | title = Andrew Molera SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=582 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| Marin and San Francisco

| {{convert|756|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

| Interprets an island in San Francisco Bay whose history encompasses Coast Miwok prehistory, ranching, the 1910–1940 Angel Island Immigration Station, and long military use.{{cite web | title = Angel Island SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| San Mateo

| {{convert|4209|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

| Encompasses Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which boasts the world's largest mainland rookery of northern elephant seals.{{cite web | title = Año Nuevo SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State natural reserve

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|1781|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Showcases the state's most-consistent blooms of California poppy, in the high Mojave Desert.{{cite web | title = Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|397|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Interprets the Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions in a 1928 folk art building on the NRHP.{{cite web | title = Antelope Valley Indian Museum SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=632 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside

| {{convert|585930|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

| Preserves a vast tract of the Colorado Desert in California's largest state park.{{cite web | title = Anza-Borrega Desert SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State natural reserve

| Sonoma

| {{convert|752|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

| Preserves a grove of coast redwoods.{{cite web | title = Armstrong Redwoods SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|566|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1993

| Preserves a remnant stand of Joshua trees and junipers in the Antelope Valley.{{cite web | title = Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=634 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State beach

| Monterey

| {{convert|107|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

| Balances protection of rocky coast and dune habitat with public access.{{cite web | title = Asilomar SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=566 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}} The 1913 Asilomar Conference Grounds are a National Historic Landmark.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1986&ResourceType=District |title=Asilomar Conference Grounds |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222349/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1986&ResourceType=District |archive-date=14 November 2007 }}

| State recreation area

| El Dorado and Placer

| {{convert|42377|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1966

| Offers numerous recreational opportunities along the North and Middle Forks of the American River.{{cite web | title = Auburn SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=502 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State recreation area

| Sonoma

| {{convert|5927|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1964

| Features a rugged wilderness on Austin Creek, adjacent to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve.{{cite web | title = Austin Creek SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=452 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State natural reserve

| Humboldt

| {{convert|30|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1943

| Harbors a profusion of spring-blooming western azaleas.{{cite web | title = Azalea SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=420 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State historic park

| Napa

| {{convert|0.75|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

| Showcases a restored 1846 water-powered grist mill in Napa Valley.{{cite web | title = Bale Grist Mill SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=482 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}} The mill is on the NRHP.{{NRISref|2009a}}

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|44|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

| Offers fishing and beachcombing among tide pools.{{cite web | title = Bean Hollow SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=572 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State recreation area

| Humboldt

| {{convert|1142|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

| Centers on a reservoir on the South Fork Eel River.{{cite web | title = Benbow Lake SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=426 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State historic park

| Solano

| {{convert|0.86|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

| Interprets the third and oldest-surviving California capitol, used 1853–54.{{cite web | title = Benicia Capitol SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id_id=475 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}} The building is on the NRHP.

| State recreation area

| Solano

| {{convert|447|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1957

| Preserves a tidal wetland on the Carquinez Strait.{{cite web | title = Benicia SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=476 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-30}}

| State recreation area

| Alameda

| {{convert|609|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

| Offers windsurfing and other water recreation on the Bethany Reservoir.{{cite web | title = Bethany Reservoir SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=562 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-01}}

| State historic park

| Butte

| {{convert|5.2|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1964

| Offers tours of the 1868 Victorian mansion of influential settlers John and Annie Bidwell.{{cite web | title = Bidwell Mansion SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=460 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-01}} The mansion is on the NRHP.

| State park

| Butte and Glenn

| {{convert|349|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Preserves riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big Chico Creek.{{cite web | title = Bidwell-Sacramento River SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=463 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-01}}

| State park

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|18050|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1902

| Established as California's first state park, to preserve coast redwoods on Waddell Creek.{{cite web | title = Big Basin Redwoods State Park | url = http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail.aspx?num=827| publisher = California State Parks | year = 2012 | access-date = 2012-12-04}}

| State historic park

| Mono

| {{convert|1016|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1962

| Preserves the ghost town of Bodie, whose gold-mining heyday ran from 1877 to 1881, and is now a National Historic Landmark.{{cite web | title = Bodie SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-01}}

| State beach

| Orange

| {{convert|169|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

| Offers surf fishing and catching grunion by hand.{{cite web | title = Bolsa Chica SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=642 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-01}}

| State park

| San Diego

| {{convert|1316|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

| Occupies the southwesternmost point of the contiguous U.S., on the Mexico – United States border. Part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve.{{cite web | title = Border Field SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=664 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-02}}

| State park

| Napa and Sonoma

| {{convert|1991|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

| Contains the farthest inland coast redwoods in a California state park.{{cite web | title = Bothe-Napa Valley State Park | url = http://parks.ca.gov/pages/477/files/Bothe-NapaFinalWebPDF01222011.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2010 | access-date = 2011-10-04}}

| State recreation area

| Sacramento

| {{convert|329|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

| Offers water recreation amid a maze of channels in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.{{cite web | title = Brannan Island SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=487 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-23}}

| Park property

| San Mateo

| {{convert|1325|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Encompasses a hidden valley with a historic ranch established in 1857.{{cite web | title = Burleigh H. Murray Ranch | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=535 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-23}}

| State park

| Placer

| {{convert|1890|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Offers {{convert|6|mi|km}} of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing.{{cite web | title = Burton Creek SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=512 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-23}}

| State park

| San Mateo

| {{convert|4728|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

| Showcases a secluded redwood-filled valley.{{cite web | title = Butano SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=536 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-23}}

| Park property

| Butte

| {{convert|37|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2007

| In development, not open to public

| State park

| Calaveras and Tuolumne

| {{convert|6498|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

| Protects two large groves of giant sequoias.{{cite web | title = Calaveras Big Trees State Park | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/551/files/CalaverasBigTreesWebBrochure2010.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2004 | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

| State historic park

| Riverside

| {{convert|248|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1984

| Interprets the influence of the state's citrus industry.{{cite web | title = California Citrus SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=649 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

| State park

| Yolo

| {{convert|7.91|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2011

| Undeveloped property located in West Sacramento. Plan is for this unit to eventually replace the State Indian Museum (State Historic Park).{{cite web | title = California Indian Heritage Center State Park (SP) | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22628 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

| Park property

| Sacramento

| {{convert|40|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}{{cite web | title = California State Capitol Museum | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=495 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

|align=right| 1982

| Offers exhibits and tours of the California State Capitol and its grounds.

| Park property

| Mariposa

|

| Exhibits the official state mineral collection and displays on the region's influential mining heritage.{{cite web | title = California State Mining and Mineral Museum | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=588 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

| State marine park

| San Luis Obispo

|

| California State Parks' first state marine park.

| State recreation area

| San Francisco

| {{convert|204|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

| Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay.{{cite web | title = Candlestick Point SRA | url = http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=519 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090131172811/http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=519 | archive-date = 31 January 2009 }}

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|507|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

| Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside San Diego.{{cite web|title=Cardiff SB |url=http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=656 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2011-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930121523/http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=656 |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|44|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

| Features a small beach at the foot of coastal bluffs.{{cite web | title = Carlsbad SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=653 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12}}

| State beach

| Monterey

| {{convert|297|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Protects a {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid

| State vehicular recreation area

| Alameda and San Joaquin

| {{convert|5075|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Provides off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range around the former townsite of Carnegie.{{cite web | title = Carnegie SVRA | url = http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1172 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12}}

| State beach

| Santa Barbara and Ventura

| {{convert|62|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

| Offers a mile-long beach in the city of Carpinteria.{{cite web|title=Carpinteria SB |url=http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=599 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2011-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102164916/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=599 |archive-date= 2 November 2011 }}

| State beach

| Mendocino

| {{convert|75|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

|

| State natural reserve

| Mendocino

| {{convert|2.7|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

| Preserves a small strip of rugged coastline.{{cite web | title = Caspar Headlands SNR | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=444 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12}}

| State recreation area

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|4224|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1965

| Features {{convert|29|mi|km}} of shoreline on Castaic Lake.{{cite web | title = Castaic Lake SRA | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=628 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12}}

| State park

| Shasta

| {{convert|3905|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

| Provides access to the Castle Crags Wilderness, with its {{convert|6000|ft|m|adj=mid

| State park

| Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo

| {{convert|5242|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1968

| Encompasses a wild forest with rock climbing opportunities along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains.{{cite web | title = Castle Rock SP | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State park

| San Joaquin

| {{convert|258|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

| Preserves a riparian forest along the Stanislaus River.{{cite web | title = Caswell Memorial SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=557 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State beach

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|16|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1940

| Provides a swimming and surfing beach in the beach town of Cayucos.{{cite web | title = Cayucos SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=596 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State park

| Marin

| {{convert|1514|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Surrounds an 1880s Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and salt marshes on San Pablo Bay.{{cite web | title = China Camp SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=446 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State park

| Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino

| {{convert|14173|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1981

| Preserves a large tract of the Chino Hills.{{cite web | title = Chino Hills SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=648 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State historic park

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|7.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Preserves a sandstone cave bearing rock art of the Chumash people.{{cite web | title = Chumash Painted Cave SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=602 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State vehicular recreation area

| Butte

| {{convert|220|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1981

| Provides off-roading opportunities in the shallow clay pit excavated for material to build the Oroville Dam.{{cite web | title = Clay Pit SVRA | url = http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25572 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State park

| Lake

| {{convert|590|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

| Provides recreation opportunities on the southwest shore of Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake within California's borders.{{cite web | title = Clear Lake SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=473 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}}

| State historic park

| Tulare

| {{convert|3715|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1973

| Interprets the town of Allensworth, founded in 1908 as a haven for African Americans by Colonel Allen Allensworth and other community leaders.{{cite web | title = Colonel Allensworth SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=583 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}} The town is a district on the NRHP.

| State historic park

| Tuolumne

| {{convert|273|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1946

| Interprets Columbia's preserved gold rush-era downtown,{{cite web | title = Columbia SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=552 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}} a National Historic Landmark District.

| State recreation area

| Colusa

| {{convert|301|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

| Adjoins a stretch of the Sacramento River known for its fishing.{{cite web | title = Colusa-Sacramento River SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=461 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}}

| State beach

| Orange

| {{convert|30|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1947

| Provides a half-mile-long swimming beach adjacent to the Newport Beach harbor jetty.{{cite web | title = Corona del Mar SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=652 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}}

| State park

| Orange

| {{convert|3936|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Encompasses cliffbound coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the NRHP-listed Crystal Cove Historic District of 1920s and 30s beach cottages.{{cite web | title = Crystal Cove SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=644 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}}

| State park

| San Diego

| {{convert|24693|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

| Preserves an expansive tract of forests and meadows above {{convert|5000|ft|m}} in the Laguna Mountains, on the former Rancho Cuyamaca.{{cite web | title = Cuyamaca Rancho SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=667 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-28}}

| State park

| El Dorado

| {{convert|2149|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1929

| Features a balancing rock and the Rubicon Point Light on the shore of Lake Tahoe.{{cite web | title = D. L. Bliss SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=505 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-06}}

| State park

| Del Norte

| {{convert|31261|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1925

| Preserves old-growth coast redwoods and is managed cooperatively with RNSP.{{cite web | title = Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=414 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-06}}

| Park property

| Sacramento

| {{convert|472|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

| Preserves undeveloped wet meadows and sloughs in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Closed to the public.{{cite web|last=McKinney |first=John |title=Paddling our State Parks |url=http://www.calparks.org/inside-parks/recreation/Paddling_our_State_Parks.pdf |publisher=California State Parks Foundation |access-date=2011-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920100155/http://www.calparks.org/inside-parks/recreation/Paddling_our_State_Parks.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2011 }}

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|91|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1948

| Features {{convert|3|mi|km}} of beach and a hang gliding training site, adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.

| State beach

| Orange

| {{convert|254|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

| Offers surfing and beach-front camping in Dana Point.{{cite web | title = Doheny SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=645 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-11}}

| State park

| Nevada and Placer

| {{convert|3293|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1928

| Interprets the site where the Donner Party was trapped by weather in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846–1847,{{cite web | title = Donner Memorial SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=503 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-12}} now a National Historic Landmark.

| State park

| Stanislaus

| {{convert|1600|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2024

| Opened in June 2024, it became the newest park in the state park system. "Nestled between the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, around eight miles from Modesto, [it] is the largest public-private floodplain restoration project in the state [and] the first state park to open in California since Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area in 2014."{{cite web | title = Dos Rios SP | url = https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/new-california-state-park-opening-19416559.php | work = San Francisco Chronicle | access-date = 24 April 2024}}

| State vehicular recreation area

| Kern

| {{convert|26000|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2014

| As of April 2024, it is the newest and second largest state vehicular recreation area in the state park system. It is surrounded by Bureau of Land Management lands.{{cite web | title = Onyx Ranch SVRA | url = https://ohv.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=28617 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 14 April 2024}}

| State park

| El Dorado

| {{convert|2324|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1965

| Comprises the Lake Tahoe estate and 1903 summer home of banker Isaias W. Hellman.{{cite web | title = Sugar Pine Point State Park | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/510/files/SugarPine_brochure.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2002 | access-date = 2011-12-15}}

| State beach

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|2634|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Features a narrow beach at the foot of coastal bluffs where monarch butterflies congregate in autumn.{{cite web | title = El Capitán Beach Trail | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25117 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-13 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111224142107/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=25117 | archive-date = 24 December 2011 }}

| State historic park

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|5.8|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1966

| Preserves components of a Spanish presidio dating back to 1782,{{cite web | title = El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=608 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-15}} now on the NRHP.

| State park

| El Dorado

| {{convert|1533|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

|Contains Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay and Fannette Island plus the 1929 Vikingsholm mansion,{{cite web|title=Emerald Bay SP |url=http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=506 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2011-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214193729/http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=506 |archive-date=14 December 2011 }} which is on the NRHP.

| Park property

| Alameda and Contra Costa

| {{convert|103.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

| Preserves a marsh on San Francisco Bay, managed as part of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. Closed to the public. Unit will not become officially classified until action is also taken by the California Fish and Game Commission (ongoing since 2004).

| State beach

| Ventura

| {{convert|112|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1957

| Contains a surfing beach and an estuary at the mouth of the Ventura River.

| State historic park

| Nevada

| {{convert|853|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1975

| Offers tours of an underground gold mine which operated from 1850 to 1956, plus its surface surroundings.{{cite web | title = Empire Mine | url = http://www.empiremine.org | publisher = Empire Mine Park Association | access-date = 2011-12-16}} The mine is on the NRHP.

| State park

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|353|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2000

| Preserves diverse coastal habitats on Estero Bay.

| State recreation area

| El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento

| {{convert|19564|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

| Surrounds Folsom and Natoma Lakes, reservoirs on the American River.{{cite web | title = Folsom Lake State Recreation Area | url = http://parks.ca.gov/pages/500/files/FolsomLakeFinalWebLayout011910.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-19}}

| State historic park

| Sacramento

| {{convert|35|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

| Interprets an 1895 hydroelectricity plant, now a National Historic and Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.{{cite web | title = Historic Landmark | url = http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1339 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-19}}

| State park

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|10223|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1963

| Preserves a tract of secondary forest donated by the family of former owner Nisene Marks.{{cite web | title = The Forest of Nisene Marks SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=666 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-20}}

| State historic park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|18|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

| Situated on its commanding bluff adjacent to Humboldt Bay, park interprets relations between U.S. army (present at fort 1853–1870), Native American groups, and settlers. Site includes a logging museum and logging equipment displays.{{cite web | title = Fort Humboldt SHP |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=665 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-11}}

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|980|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2009

|Reclaims coastline overlooking Monterey Bay on former property of the decommissioned Fort Ord.{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Jeanne |title=Fort Ord Dunes now a state park |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/22/PKRA1BH8L1.DTL&type=travel |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |location=San Francisco, Calif. |date=2010-01-24 |access-date=2011-12-30}}

| State historic park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|3393|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1909

| Interprets the partially reconstructed Fort Ross, an 1812–1841 Russian-American Company outpost that was the southernmost settlement in the Russian colonization of the Americas.{{cite web | title = Fort Ross SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=449 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-31}} The fort is a National Historic Landmark.

| State historic park

| Kern

| {{convert|647|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1940

| Interprets the U.S. Army fort staffed 1854–1864 to monitor the Sebastian Indian Reservation.{{cite web | title = Fort Tejon SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=5859 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-12-31}} The fort is on the NRHP.

| State recreation area

| Contra Costa

| {{convert|3523|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

| Encompasses a flooded area in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta accessible only by water.{{cite web | title = Franks Tract SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=490 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-14}}

| State park

| Monterey and San Benito

| {{convert|162|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

| Provides views of the surrounding landscape from atop Fremont Peak and of the night sky from the Fremont Peak Observatory.{{cite web | title = Fremont Peak SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=564 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-19}}

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|2939|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

| Preserves a largely hidden stretch of wild coast.{{cite web|title=Garrapata State Park |url=http://www.seemonterey.com/big-sur-california/garrapata-state-park-big-sur-california |publisher=Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220132608/http://www.seemonterey.com/big-sur-california/garrapata-state-park-big-sur-california |archive-date=20 February 2012 }}

| State park

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|2787|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Flanks the narrow gorge of Gaviota Creek, which funnels Sundowner winds onto the popular beach area.{{cite web | title = Gaviota SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=606 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-21}}

| State recreation area

| Merced

| {{convert|46.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Adjoins the Merced River.{{cite web | title = George J. Hatfield SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=556 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-21}}

| State historic park

| Sacramento

| {{convert|0.78|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1903

| Interprets the 1877 mansion that housed 13 of California's governors and their families from 1903 to 1967.{{cite web | title = Mansion History | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1282 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-21}}

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|3.1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1966

| Embraces a steep-walled cove, near the Devil's Slide, where gray whales are often seen close to shore.{{cite web | title = Gray Whale Cove SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=528 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-24}}

| State park

| Merced

| {{convert|2826|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1982

| Preserves a remnant of the native grasslands once extensive in the Central Valley.{{cite web | title = Great River Grasslands SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=559 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-01-24}}

| State beach

| Mendocino

| {{convert|47|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

| Features a picturesque beach in Elk and a visitor center interpreting the town's lumbering history.{{cite web | title = Greenwood SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=447 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-15}}

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|430|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1943

| Harbors groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River.{{cite web | title = Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/421/files/grizzlycreeksp_web2011.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2011 | access-date = 2012-03-15}}

| State park

| Alpine

| {{convert|553|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

|Boasts hot springs that feed a swimming pool complex in an alpine meadow.{{cite web | title = Grover Hot Springs SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=508 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-15}}

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|181|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

|Encompasses four popular sandy beaches on Half Moon Bay.{{cite web | title = Half Moon Bay SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-17}}

| State park

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|748|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2003

| Preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast.

| State recreation area

| Humboldt

| {{convert|955|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1982

| Offers fishing on Big Lagoon adjacent to Humboldt Lagoons State Park

| Park property

| Monterey

| {{convert|130|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2002

| Preserves a canyon in Carmel saved from a planned freeway route. In development, not open to public.

| State historical monument

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|209|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

| Offers tours of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst's opulent 115-room "Hearst Castle," designed by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947.{{cite web | title = Hearst San Simeon SHM | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=591 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-27}}

| State park

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|2309|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

| Preserves rocky coast and rare habitats like mima mounds and Monterey pine forest, as well as a 5,850-year-old Native American archaeological site.{{cite web | title = Hearst San Simeon SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=590 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-27}}

| State vehicular recreation area

| Imperial

| {{convert|342|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1998

| Attracts ATV riders to sandy, tamarisk-dotted dunes along a former course of the Alamo River.{{cite web | title = Heber Dunes SVRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=408 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-27}}

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|816|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

| Preserves two groves of old-growth coast redwoods in the Anderson Valley.{{cite web | title = Hendy Woods SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=438 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-27}}

| State park

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|4623|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Boasts its Redwood Grove and other old-growth forest.{{cite web | title = Henry Cowell Redwoods SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-27}}

| State park

| Santa Clara and Stanislaus

| {{convert|89164|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

| Encompasses a sprawling wilderness of ridges and steep canyons in the Diablo Range.{{cite web | title = Henry W. Coe SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=561 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-28}}

| State vehicular recreation area

| San Benito

| {{convert|6624|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1975

| Offers a variety of off-roading tracks and events in the hills outside Hollister.{{cite web | title = Hollister Hills SVRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1179 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-29}}

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|2256|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

| Protects part of the largest lagoon system in the United States, including Big Lagoon, Stone Lagoon, and Freshwater Lagoon.{{cite web | title = Humboldt Lagoons State Park | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/416/files/HumboldtLagoonBrochure2011.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2011 | access-date = 2012-07-01}}

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|51651|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1921

| Preserves the world's largest remaining old-growth coast redwood forest,{{cite web | title = Humboldt Redwoods SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=425 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-01}} including Stratosphere Giant, the fourth-tallest known tree.

| State vehicular recreation area

| Los Angeles and Ventura

| {{convert|18533|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

| Offers {{convert|130|mi|km}} of off-highway tracks, connecting to more routes in Los Padres National Forest.{{cite web | title = Hungry Valley SVRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=405 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-29}}

| State beach

| Orange

| {{convert|121|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1942

| Contains {{convert|2|mi|km}} of wide, flat beach in the city of Huntington Beach.{{cite web | title = Huntington SB | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=643 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-01}}

| State historic park

| Amador

| {{convert|135|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1962

| Interprets an outcrop with 1,185 mortar holes where Native Americans ground acorns into flour.{{cite web | title = Indian Grinding Rock SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=553 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-03}}

| Park property

| Riverside

| {{convert|5630|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1983

| Harbors a profusion of California fan palms growing along the San Andreas Fault in the Indio Hills. Part of the multi-agency Coachella Valley Preserve.{{cite web | title = Indio Hills Palms Park Property | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=640 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-03}}

| Park property

| Monterey

| {{convert|1329|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1998

| Closed to the public except for tours on a limited basis

| State historic park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|1611|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

| Contains several structures from the ranch of author Jack London and his wife Charmian London, as well as their grave. The ranch is a National Historic Landmark.{{cite web | title = Jack London SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=478 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-03}} Currently managed by the [http://jacklondonpark.com/about-us.html Jack London Park Partners], a non-profit that takes no state funding to maintain the park.

| State park

| Del Norte

| {{convert|10430|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1939

| Honors explorer Jedediah Smith with a tract of coast redwoods along the Smith River. Part of Redwood National and State Parks.{{cite web | title = Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=413 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-03}}

| State natural reserve

| Humboldt

| {{convert|1164|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1929

| Contains three undeveloped coast redwood groves split off from Humboldt Redwoods State Park in 2001.{{cite web |last=Baselt |first=David |title=John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve |url=http://www.redwoodhikes.com/Dewitt/Dewitt.html |work=Redwood Hikes |year=2009 |access-date=2012-03-29}} In development, not open to the public.

| State natural reserve

| Monterey

| {{convert|21|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Protects rugged cliffs on the Big Sur coast flanking the mouth of a creek.{{cite web | title = John Little SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=568 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-03}}

| State natural reserve

| Mendocino

| {{convert|776|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Interprets a series of marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession.{{cite web | title = Jug Handle SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=441 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-03-29}}

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|3762|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1962

| Stretches from the Big Sur coast up to {{convert|3000|ft|m|adj=on}} ridges.{{cite web | title = Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}} Includes the iconic seaside McWay Falls.

| State recreation area

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|401|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1984

| Offers urban open space in the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles.{{cite web | title = Kenneth Hahn SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=612 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}}

| State recreation area

| Placer

| {{convert|7.7|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

| Encompasses {{convert|700|ft|m}} of lakefront on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.{{cite web | title = Kings Beach SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=511 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-05-31}}

| State natural reserve

| Sonoma

| {{convert|317|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

| Harbors a secondary forest with spring-blooming rhododendrons adjacent to Salt Point State Park.{{cite web | title = Kruse Rhododendron SNR | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=448 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-05-31}}

| State historic park

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|1934|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1935

| Contains the 1813 La Purisima Mission, the most completely restored Spanish mission in California.{{cite web | title = La Purísima Mission SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=598 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}}

| State recreation area

| Alameda

| {{convert|3732|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1967

| Surrounds Lake Del Valle, a reservoir on the Arroyo Valle managed by the East Bay Regional Park District

| State recreation area

| Butte

| {{convert|29447|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1967

| Surrounds Lake Oroville, a reservoir on the Feather River.{{cite web | title = Lake Oroville SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=462 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}}

| State recreation area

| Riverside

| {{convert|6675|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

| Contains the southernmost reservoir in the {{convert|701|mi|km|adj=on}} California State Water Project and the Ya'i Heki' Regional Indian Museum.{{cite web | title = Lake Perris State Recreation Area | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/651/files/LakePerrisbrochr2011.pdf | publisher = California State Parks | year = 2011 | access-date = 2012-05-31}}

| State recreation area

| El Dorado

| {{convert|155|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

| Offers an 18-hole golf course in the High Sierras.{{cite web | title = Lake Valley SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=515 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-05-31}}

| State historic park

| Sacramento

| {{convert|0.88|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

| Offers tours of governor and tycoon Leland Stanford's restored 1856 mansion, now a National Historic Landmark.{{cite web | title = Leland Stanford Mansion SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=489 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}}

| State park

| Los Angeles and Ventura

| {{convert|2513|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1953

| Honors actor and conservationist Leo Carrillo with a {{convert|1.5|mi|km|adj=on}} beach. Part of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.{{cite web | title = Leo Carrillo SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=616 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-10}}

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|10.6|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

| Comprises a small, rocky beach in Encinitas.{{cite web |title= Leucadia SB |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=661 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2012-07-28}}

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|38|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

| Features the Steamer Lane surf break and a lighthouse containing the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.{{cite web |title= Lighthouse Field SB |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=550 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2012-07-28}}

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|711|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1994

| Contains four lime kilns from an 1887 lime-smelting operation on the Big Sur coast.{{cite web|title=Limekiln State Park |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/577/files/LimekilnPDF.pdf |publisher=California State Parks |year=2008 |access-date=2012-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930161146/http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/577/files/LimekilnPDF.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}

| State beach

| Humboldt

| {{convert|152|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

| Comprises a broad open beach with dunes.{{cite web |title= Little River SB |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=419 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2012-07-29}}

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|32|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2001

| Provides urban open space on the site of an 1875 train station where many travelers first arrived in Los Angeles.{{cite web |title= Los Angeles SHP |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=419 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2012-07-29}}

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|4.7|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State natural reserve

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|85|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|2519|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State natural reserve

| {{convert|242|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1945

|

| State historic park

| Nevada

| {{convert|3143|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1965

| Preserves the largest hydraulic mining site in California.

| State park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|8215|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

|

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|110|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|5272|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

|

| State beach

| Ventura

| {{convert|92|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

|

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|138|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1948

|

| State historic park

| Marin

| {{convert|62|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

|

| State Beach

| Monterey

| {{convert|171|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1977

|

| State historic park

| Contra Costa County

| {{convert|3659|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right|2012

|Features Stone House of John Marsh;Park is under construction and closed to public as of 2023.

| State historic park

| El Dorado

| {{convert|575|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1942{{cite web |title=Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/484/files/MarshallGoldWebBrochure2013.pdf |publisher=California State Parks |year=2013 |access-date=2014-01-23}}

| Marks the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California gold rush.

| State recreation area

| Santa Clara

| {{convert|137|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2003

|

| State park

| Shasta

| {{convert|910|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1920

|

| State recreation area

| Merced

| {{convert|74|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State beach

| Ventura

| {{convert|314|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1948

|

| State seashore

| Alameda and Contra Costa

| {{convert|442|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

| Encompasses several remnant and restored parcels along the East Bay waterfront.

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|7709|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|720|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1977

|

| State recreation area

| Fresno and Madera

| {{convert|6857|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1957

| Includes {{convert|40|mi|km}} of shoreline on Millerton Lake and the 1867 Millerton County Courthouse.{{cite web | title = Millerton Lake SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=587 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-02}}

| State natural reserve

| Mono

| {{convert|55300|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1982

|

| State park

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|10366|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

|

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|780|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

|

| State historic park

| Monterey

| {{convert|9.6|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1916

|

| State beach

| Monterey

| {{convert|114|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

|

| State natural reserve

| Mendocino

| {{convert|2743|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1947

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|15|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State park

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|2783|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

|

| State beach

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|183|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

|

| State beach

| Monterey

| {{convert|60|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1972

|

| State park

| Contra Costa

| {{convert|20124|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

|

| State park

| Riverside

| {{convert|13718|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State park

| Marin

| {{convert|6243|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1928

|

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|62|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|727|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1928

|

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|157|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State vehicular recreation area

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|2675|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

|

| State vehicular recreation area

| Imperial and San Diego

| {{convert|50553|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1976

| Offers off-roading opportunities adjacent to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.{{cite web | title = Ocotillo Wells SVRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=407 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-08}}

| State historic park

| Sacramento

| {{convert|293|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1967

| Includes the California State Railroad Museum which celebrates the history of rail transportation in California with museum displays, 21 restored locomotives, and a heritage railway along the Sacramento River.{{cite web | title = California State Railroad Museum | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=668 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-12}}

| State historic park

| San Diego

| {{convert|29|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1967

|

| State historic park

| Marin

| {{convert|700|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1977

|

| State park

| Merced and Santa Clara

| {{convert|6894|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1995

|

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|21|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

|

| State park

| San Diego

| {{convert|1909|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

|

| State beach

| Del Norte

| {{convert|5.2|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1947

|

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|700|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

|

| State historic park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|41|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

|

| State park

| Monterey

| {{convert|1391|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State recreation area

| Imperial

| {{convert|6759|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

|

| State historic park

| San Mateo

| {{convert|76|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1981

|

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|5.5|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1917

|

| State beach

| San Luis Obispo

| {{convert|1412|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1935

|

| State park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|342|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State park

| Plumas

| {{convert|4424|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

|

| State historic park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|383|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2002

|

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|37|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

|

| State natural reserve

| Monterey

| {{convert|1325|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State park

| Ventura

| {{convert|13947|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1966

|

| State beach

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|84|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1948

|

| State historic park

| Monterey

| {{convert|92|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1986

| Contains the still-operational 1889 Point Sur Lighthouse and a former U.S. Navy SOSUS base. The lighthouse is on the NRHP.{{cite web | title = Point Sur SHP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=565 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-08}}

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|421|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

|

| State park

| San Mateo

| {{convert|2608|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1945

|

| State vehicular recreation area

| Sacramento

| {{convert|2786|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1990

| Offers open off-roading at the foot of the Sierra Nevada as well as a go-kart track and 4WD obstacle course. This unit has never been officially named and 'Prairie City' is used until official action.{{cite web | title = Prairie City SVRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=411 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-08}}

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|14187|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1923

|

| State recreation area

| San Bernardino

| {{convert|5890|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

| Closed to the public

| State historic park

| Tuolumne

| {{convert|24|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1982

|

| Park property

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2002

| Comprises the grand 1849 hacienda of the prominent Castro family on their Rancho San Andrés.{{cite web | title = Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe | url = http://www.castroadobe.org/ | publisher = Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks | access-date = 2011-11-26}} In development, not open to public. The hacienda is on the NRHP.

| State park

| Kern

| {{convert|25325|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1970

|

| State beach

| Santa Barbara

| {{convert|905|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1950

|

| Wayside campground

| Mendocino

| {{convert|66|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1966

| Preserves a parcel of old-growth redwoods and Douglas fir beside U.S. Route 101. The campground was removed in 1976.{{cite web | title = Reynolds Wayside Campground | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=428 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2012-07-08}}

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|1772|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1922

|

| State recreation area

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|58|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2001

|

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|37|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State park

| Napa, Sonoma, and Lake

| {{convert|5990|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State beach

| Alameda

| {{convert|132|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1961

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|1305|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|2954|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1957

|

| State beach

| Monterey and Santa Cruz

| {{convert|281.84|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1960

|

| State park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|5684|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1968

|

| State recreation area

| Imperial and Riverside

| {{convert|16901|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

|

| State park

| Marin

| {{convert|2707|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1946

|

| State park

| San Mateo

| {{convert|298|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1980

|

| State beach

| Ventura

| {{convert|110|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1961

|

| State beach

| Orange

| {{convert|117|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|588|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

|

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|414|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1958

|

| State historic park

| San Benito

| {{convert|6.1|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1933

|

| State recreation area

| Merced

| {{convert|26036|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1969

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|2107|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1971

|

| State historic park

| San Diego

| {{convert|69|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1918

|

| Park property

| Riverside

| {{convert|1148|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2002

|

| State historic park

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|1.9|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

|

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|48|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1948

|

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|671|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

|

| State beach

| Mendocino

| {{convert|54|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1983

|

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|89|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

|

| State historic park

| Shasta

| {{convert|25|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1937

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|3749|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

|

| State recreation area

| San Bernardino

| {{convert|2201|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State park

| Mendocino and Humboldt

| {{convert|7937|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1975

|

| State natural reserve

| Mendocino

| {{convert|689|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1963

|

| State historic park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|64|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1909

|

| State park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|10018|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1934

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|118|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1949

|

| State park

| Nevada

| {{convert|8720|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1979

|

| State recreation area

| Mendocino

| {{convert|1021|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1921

|

| State historic park

| Sacramento

|align=right| 1914

| Interprets the diverse cultures of the indigenous peoples of California.{{cite web | title = State Indian Museum | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=486 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-10-29}}

| Park property

| Sacramento

| {{convert|1090|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State park

| Humboldt

| {{convert|652|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1930

| Formerly Patrick's Point State Park

| State park

| Sonoma and Napa

| {{convert|4416|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1920

|Managed by a group of Sonoma County non-profits as [https://sugarloafpark.org/about/team-sugarloaf/ Team Sugarloaf] with no state funding.

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|302|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

|

| State park

| Sutter

| {{convert|1785|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2003

| In development on the north side of the Sutter Buttes. This park has not officially been named but has been classified as a state park. The use of Sutter Buttes in the name was allowed temporarily by the California State Parks Commission in 2004. Currently no public access.{{cite web |title=Sutter Buttes State Park |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23452 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2014-02-21}}

| State historic park

| Sacramento

| {{convert|5.8|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1914

|

| State Recreation Area

| Placer

| {{convert|62|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|

| Campground on Lake Tahoe{{cite web | title = Tahoe SRA | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=504 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2014-01-23}}

| State beach

| San Mateo

| {{convert|58|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

|

| State park

| Del Norte

| {{convert|4399|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1983

|

| State park

| Marin

| {{convert|2443|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

| Open under National Park Service management

| State historic park

| Kern

| {{convert|560|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1993

|

| State park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|12666|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1967

|

| State beach

| San Diego

| {{convert|61|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

|

| State natural reserve

| San Diego

| {{convert|1461|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

|

| State beach

| Humboldt

| {{convert|159|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1937

|

| State park

| Sonoma

| {{convert|5092|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1971

| Supports a variety of day-use activities at the northern end of Sonoma Valley.{{cite web | title = Annadel SP | url = http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=480 | publisher = California State Parks | access-date = 2011-09-24}}

| State natural reserve

| Kern

| {{convert|984|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

|

| State recreation area

| Stanislaus

| {{convert|3559|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1950

|

| State beach

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|95|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1955

|

| State park

| Mendocino

| {{convert|2336|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1932

| Preserves beach, bog, and a pygmy forest on the site of a former redwood lumbering settlement.{{cite web |title=Van Damme SP |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=433 |publisher=California State Parks |access-date=2014-02-21}} The pygmy forest is a National Natural Landmark.{{cite web|date=2012-06-28|title=Pygmy Forest|url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=PYFO-CA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016090438/http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=PYFO-CA|archive-date=16 October 2011|access-date=2014-02-21|publisher=National Park Service}}

| Park property

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|251|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1984

|

| Park property

| Placer

| {{convert|173|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State park

| El Dorado

| {{convert|628|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1985

|

| State historic park

| Madera

| {{convert|27|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|0.11|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1978

|

| State historic park

| Trinity

| {{convert|2.8|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1956

|

| State beach

| Mendocino

| {{convert|58|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1952

|

| State park

| Santa Cruz

| {{convert|8342|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1974

|

| Park property

| San Bernardino

| {{convert|856|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 2002

| In development

| State beach

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|82|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1931

|

| State historic park

| Los Angeles

| {{convert|189|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1944

|

| State historic park

| Tehama

| {{convert|3.9|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1951

|

| State historic park

| Yolo

| {{convert|0.26|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1980

|

| State recreation area

| Tehama

| {{convert|323|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1959

|

| State beach

| {{nowrap|Monterey and Santa Cruz}}

| {{convert|194|acre|ha|disp=table|sortable=on}}

|align=right| 1950

|