List of National Natural Landmarks in California

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| {{dts|1973|5}}

| {{Coord|34|31|11.69|N|115|43|26.92|W}}

| San Bernardino

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management)

| A 6,000-year-old volcanic cinder cone, made up of pahoehoe, just off historic U.S. Highway 66.

| File:Sac State American River from Guy West Bridge.jpg

| {{dts|1976}}

| {{coord|38|39|10.33|N|121|12|59.95|W}}

| Sacramento

| Federal (United States Bureau of Reclamation), state (California State Parks), and municipal (Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District)

| Contains vernal pools, and blue oak woodlands.{{cite web|title=American River Bluffs and Phoenix Park Vernal Pools|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=AMRI-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:Año Nuevo State Reserve.JPG

| {{dts|1980}}

| {{Coord|37|7|7.24|N|122|18|24.02|W}}

| San Mateo

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| One of the largest mainland breeding grounds for the northern elephant seal.{{cite web|title=Año Nuevo State Reserve |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523|website=CA State Parks|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:Fontspoint02262006.JPG

| {{dts|1974}}

| {{Coord|33|14|57.38|N|116|24|24.63|W}}

| Imperial, Riverside, San Diego

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| The largest desert state park in the nation.{{cite web|title=Anza-Borrego Desert State Park |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=ANBO-CA|website=www.nps.gov |access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:Historic Bourne house at Audubon Canyon Ranch nature preserve, in Stinson Beach.jpg

| {{dts|1968}}

| {{Coord|37|55|46.01|N|122|40|55.85|W}}

| Marin

| Private

| The largest known nesting area for great blue herons and great and snowy egrets on the Pacific Coast.{{cite web|title=Audubon Canyon Ranch|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=AUCA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:Blackchasmflow.jpg

| {{dts|1976}}

| {{Coord|38|26|3.4|N|120|37|35.3|W}}

| Amador

| Private

| A small three-level cave containing a variety of speleothems and some of the best helictite formations in the western U.S.{{cite web|title=Black Chasm Cave |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=BLCH-CA|website=www.nps.gov |access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:BurneyFalls.jpg

| {{dts|1984}}

| {{Coord|41|0|43.79|N|121|39|7|W}}

| Shasta

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| Contains some of the best examples in the western United States of a river drainage regulated by stratigraphically controlled springs.{{cite web|title=Burney Falls |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=BUFA-CA|website=www.nps.gov |access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:CimaDome82.jpg

| {{dts|1973}}

| {{Coord|35|17|21.95|N|115|35|6.99|W}}

| San Bernardino

| Federal (Mojave National Preserve)

| A complex of over 20 large cinder cones of recent origin with extensive and continuous lava flows.{{cite web|title=Cinder Cone Natural Area|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=CICO-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:-mypubliclandsroadtrip 2016- Wildlife Watching, Cosumnes River Preserve (28924370286).jpg

| {{dts|1976}}

| {{Coord|38|15|56.57|N|121|26|21.22|W}}

| Sacramento

| Private, Federal, State, and County

| A small remnant of a rapidly-disappearing riparian woodland community type that once formed a major part of the central valley.{{cite web|title=Cosumnes River Preserve Visitor Center {{!}} BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT|url=https://www.blm.gov/visit/cosumnes-river-preserve-visitor-center|website=www.blm.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1975}}

| {{coord|37|20|00|N|118|01|03|W}}

| Inyo

| Private

| An example of increasingly rare desert marsh.{{cite web|title=Deep Springs Marsh|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=DESP-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1987}}

| {{Coord|38|16|31.29|N|121|49|25.49|W}}

| Solano

| Private

| The best example of valley needlegrass grassland in the central valley.{{cite web|title=Dixon Vernal Pools|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=DIVE-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1964}}

| {{Coord|39|43|32.04|N|123|37|34.35|W}}

| Mendocino

| State (University of California Natural Reserve System)

| A largely undisturbed watershed containing large old stands of Douglas fir, broadleaf evergreens, and deciduous trees.{{cite web|title=Elder Creek|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=ELCR-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

| File:Emerald Bay.jpg

| {{dts|1968}}

| {{Coord|38|57|25.49|N|120|5|36.3|W}}

| El Dorado

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| An outstanding example of glacial geology.{{cite web|title=Emerald Bay|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=EMBA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-09-30|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1983}}

| {{Coord|37|5|45.6|N|117|40|30|W}}

| Inyo

| Federal (Death Valley National Park)

| The tallest dune complex in the Great Basin.{{cite web|title=Eureka Dunes - Death Valley National Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/eureka-dunes.htm|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1975}}

| {{Coord|37|28|8.69|N|118|24|3.1|W}}

| Inyo, Mono

| Mixed- federal (Bureau of Land Management), state, municipal

| A large, essentially undisturbed, desert wetland that provides habitat for the alkali mariposa lily and the endangered Owens pupfish.{{cite web|title=Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern|url=https://www.blm.gov/visit/fish-slough|website=www.blm.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:US-CA-Mussel-Rock-Guadalupe-Beach.jpg

| {{dts|1974}}

| {{Coord|34|57|56.13|N|120|39|1.24|W}}

| San Luis Obispo

| Mixed- federal (Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge), state, private

| A coastal dune tract with off-road vehicle recreation, a national wildlife refuge, beaches, and nesting for the western snowy plover.{{cite web|title=Nipomo Dunes-Point Sal Coastal Area|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=NIDU-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1966}}

| {{Coord|32|55|0|N|115|3|0|W}}

| Imperial

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management)

| One of the largest dune patches in the United States.{{cite web|title=Imperial Sand Hills|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=IMSA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|2006}}

| {{Coord|33|43|53.4|N|117|41|34.8|W}}

| Orange

| Mixed- state, county, municipal

| A remarkably complete stratigraphic succession ranging in age from late Cretaceous to the present.{{cite web|title=Irvine Ranch|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=IRRA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:Shasta_Caverns4.JPG

| {{dts|2012|5}}

| {{Coord|40|48|16.2|N|122|18|15.98|W}}

| Shasta

| Private

| A well-decorated Solutional cave that contains a diverse assemblage of calcite cave formations.{{cite web|title=Lake Shasta Caverns|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=LASH-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}

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|Humboldt

|Federal (Bureau of Land Management, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge)

|Considered to be the largest and best quality sand dune ecosystems representing coastal dunes in the area.{{Cite web|title=High Plateaus, Smelly Caverns, and Coastal Dunes, Meet the Nation’s Newest Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/newnnls2020.htm|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1972}}

| {{Coord|32|50|43|N|117|8|19|W}}

| San Diego

| Federal (Marine Corps Air Station Miramar)

| Contains unique soil features called mima mounds, which are found in only three or four locations in the country, and vernal pools.{{cite web|title=Miramar Mounds|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MIMO-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:Mitchell Caverns Walkway.jpg

| {{dts|1975}}

| {{Coord|34|56|26.97|N|115|30|51.97|W}}

| San Bernardino

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| Regarded as the most important solution caverns in the Mojave Desert.{{cite web|title=Mitchell Caverns and Winding Stair Cave|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MICA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:View of Mount Diablo and CA Highway 24 from Lafayette Heights.jpg

| {{dts|1982}}

| {{Coord|37|52|37.75|N|121|55|25.79|W}}

| Contra Costa

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| One of the few areas in the region where geologic strata of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Tertiary age can be seen in an aggregate thickness of {{convert|42000|ft|m}}.{{cite web|title=Mount Diablo|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MTDI-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:MtShasta aerial.JPG

| {{dts|1976}}

| {{Coord|41|24|35.6|N|122|11|41.52|W}}

| Siskiyou

| Federal (Shasta-Trinity National Forest)

| One of the world's largest and most impressive stratovolcanoes, within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.{{cite web|title=Mount Shasta|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MOSH-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1987}}

| {{Coord|35|59|3.85|N|119|12|45.04|W}}

| Tulare

| Private

| One of the few remaining natural vernal pools containing rare endemic crustacean species such as vernal pool fairy shrimp.{{cite web|title=Pixley Vernal Pools|url=https://cnlm.org/portfolio_page/pixley-vernal-pools/|website=CNLM|access-date=2017-10-01|date=22 May 2015}}

| File:Point Lobos 17.jpg

| {{dts|1967}}

| {{coord|36|31|1.56|N|121|56|33.36|W}}

| Monterey

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| An outstanding example of terrestrial and marine environments in close association, and the only known habitat of Monterey cypress and variegated brodiaea.{{cite web|title=Point Lobos State Reserve|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=POLO-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:Jug Handle Ecological Staircase Pygmy Forest (5063026514).jpg

| {{dts|1969}}

{{dts|1973}}

| {{Coord|39|22|29.3|N|123|47|22.15|W}}

| Mendocino

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| Includes a five step ecological staircase on which a unique forest of low, stunted trees and shrubs is located.{{cite web|title=Jug Handle Ecological Staircase Trail - Mendocino Land Trust - 2017|url=https://www.mendocinolandtrust.org/trails/central-coastal-trails/jug-handle-trail/|website=Mendocino Land Trust 2017|access-date=2017-10-01}}

| File:Rainbow Basin.JPG

| {{dts|1966}}

| {{Coord|35|1|46|N|117|2|12|W}}

| San Bernardino

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management)

| Deep erosion canyons with rugged rims with fossil evidence of insects and Miocene mammals.{{cite web|title=Rainbow Basin|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=RABA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1964}}

| {{Coord|34|3|46.62|N|118|21|21.49|W}}

| Los Angeles

| Municipal (City of Los Angeles)

| Site of the world-famous natural asphalt tar pits.{{cite web|title=Rancho La Brea|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=RALA-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:Kluft-photo-Carrizo-Plain-Nov-2007-Img 0327.jpg

| {{dts|1965}}

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| San Benito

| Private

| One of the best illustrations of earth displacement caused by small crustal movements.{{cite web|title=San Andreas Fault|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=SAAN-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

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| {{dts|1974}}

| {{Coord|33|10|11|N|115|49|19|W}}

| Imperial, San Diego

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management), state (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

| A marsh containing probably the last remaining perennial natural desert stream in the Colorado Desert region.{{cite web|title=San Felipe Creek Area|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=SAFE-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-01|language=en}}

| File:Sand Ridge Wildflower Preserve (16888144702).jpg

| {{dts|1984}}

| {{Coord|35|18|31.26|N|118|47|24.29|W}}

| Kern

| Private

| A remnant natural area displaying a great diversity of floral species including the Bakersfield cactus.{{cite web|title=Sand Ridge|url=https://cnlm.org/portfolio_page/sand-ridge/|website=CNLM|access-date=2017-10-01|date=7 December 2015}}

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| {{dts|1976}}

| {{Coord|35|26|30.57|N|118|56|26.18|W}}

| Kern

| Private

| One of the most abundant, diverse and well- preserved fossil marine vertebrate sites in the world.{{cite web|last1=Choi|first1=Charles Q.|title=Vast Bed of Ancient Bones and Shark Teeth Explained|url=https://www.livescience.com/3656-vast-bed-ancient-bones-shark-teeth-explained.html|website=Live Science|access-date=2017-10-02|date=June 9, 2009}}

| File:Tijuana River Estuary.jpg

| {{dts|1973}}

| {{Coord|32|33|7.2|N|117|7|9.59|W}}

| San Diego

| Federal (Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve), state, municipal

| One of the finest remaining saltwater marshes on the California coastline.{{cite web|title=Tijuana River Estuary|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=TIRI-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}

| File:Torrey Pines State Park Valley.jpg

| {{dts|1977}}

| {{Coord|32|54|59.58|N|117|14|58.7|W}}

| San Diego

| State (California Department of Parks and Recreation)

| Contains a natural Torrey pine forest, high bluffs and sea cliffs, and endangered bird species.{{cite web|title=Torrey Pines State Reserve|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=TOPI-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}

| File:BLM Winter Bucket List -7- Trona Pinnacles, California, for Out of This World Rock Formations (15515503494).jpg

| {{dts|1967}}

| {{Coord|35|37|3.81|N|117|22|5.08|W}}

| San Bernardino

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management)

| A relict landform from the Pleistocene containing unique formations of calcium carbonate.{{cite web|title=Trona Pinnacles|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=TRPI-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}

| File:-WOMENINSTEM WEDNESDAY - -CONSERVATIONLANDS15 STYLE- BLM EMPLOYEE LARA KOBELT IN HER OWN WORDS (17134895706).jpg

| {{dts|1973}}

| {{Coord|34|19|5.53|N|114|51|7.28|W}}

| San Bernardino

| Federal (Bureau of Land Management), state

| Contains two mountain sections of entirely different composition.{{cite web|title=Turtle Mountaoins Wilderness|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=TUMO-CA|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2017-10-02|language=en}}