List of California State Parks by Counties
The following is a list of the 280+ California State Parks by counties. Click on the links to view the parks that I have explored.
Alameda
Albany State Marine ReserveBethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area
Eastshore State Park
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
Alpine
Grover Hot Springs State ParkAmador
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic ParkButte
Bidwell Mansion State Historic ParkBidwell-Sacramento River State Park
Butte City Project
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Calaveras
Calaveras Big Trees State ParkColusa
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation AreaContra Costa
Cowell Ranch/John Marsh State Historic ParkFranks Tract State Recreation Area
Mount Diablo State Park
Del Norte
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State ParkJedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Pelican State Beach
Tolowa Dunes State Park
El Dorado
Auburn State Recreation AreaD. L. Bliss State Park
Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
Emerald Bay State Park
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Lake Valley State Recreation Area
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Washoe Meadows State Park
Fresno
Millerton Lake State Recreation AreaHumbolt
Azalea State Natural ReserveBenbow Lake State Recreation Area
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Little River State Beach
Patrick’s Point State Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Richardson Grove State Park
Trinidad State Beach
Imperial
Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaPicacho State Recreation Area
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Kern
Fort Tejon State Historic ParkRed Rock Canyon State Park
Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park
Tule Elk State Natural Reserve
Lake
Anderson Marsh State Historic ParkClear Lake State Park
Los Angeles
Antelope Valley California Poppy ReserveAntelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
Dockweiler State Beach
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area
Leo Carrillo State Park
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Los Encinos State Historic Park
Malibu Creek State Park
Malibu Lagoon State Beach
Pío Pico State Historic Park
Placerita Canyon State Park
Rio de Los Angeles State Park
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach
Saddleback Butte State Park
Santa Monica State Beach
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Topanga State Park
Verdugo Mountains Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Beach
Will Rogers State Historic Park
Madera
Wassama Round House State Historic ParkMarin
Angel Island State ParkChina Camp State Park
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Olompali State Historic Park
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Mariposa
California State Mining and Mineral MuseumMendocino
Admiral William Standley State Recreation AreaCaspar Headlands State Beach
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve
Greenwood State Beach Hendy Woods State Park
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
MacKerricher State Park
Mailliard Woods State Natural Reserve
Manchester State Park
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Mendocino Woodlands State Park
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve
Navarro River Redwoods State Park
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park
Reynolds Wayside Campground
Russian Gulch State Park
Schooner Gulch State Beach
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Van Damme State Park
Westport-Union Landing State Beach
Merced
George J. Hatfield State Recreation AreaGreat Valley Grasslands State Park
McConnell State Recreation Area
Pacheco State Park
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Mono
Bodie State Historic ParkMono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Monterey
Andrew Molera State ParkAsilomar State Beach
Carmel River State Beach
Fort Ord Dunes State Park
Femont Peak State Park
Garrapata State Park
Hatton Canyon John Little State Natural Reserve
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Limekiln State Park
Marina State Beach
Monterey State Historic Park
Monterey State Beach
Moss Landing State Beach
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Point Lobos Ranch
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
Point Sur State Historic Park
Salinas River State Beach
Zmudowski State Beach
Napa
Bale Grist Mill State Historic ParkBothe-Napa Valley State Park
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
Nevada
Donner Memorial State ParkEmpire Mine State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
South Yuba River State Park
Orange
Bolsa Chica State BeachChino Hills State Park
Corona del Mar State Beach
Crystal Cove State Park
Doheny State Beach
Huntington State Beach
San Clemente State Beach
Placer
Burton Creek State ParkKings Beach State Recreation Area
Tahoe State Recreation Area
Ward Creek Project
Plumas
Plumas-Eureka State ParkRiverside
California Citrus State Historic ParkIndio Hills Palms
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
Mount San Jacinto State Park
San Timoteo Canyon
Wildwood Canyon
Sacramento
Brannan Island State Recreation AreaCalifornia State Capitol Museum
California State Railroad Museum
Delta Meadows
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area
State Indian Museum
Stone Lake
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
San Benito
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation AreaSan Juan Bautista State Historic Park
San Bernardino
Providence Mountains State Recreation AreaSilverwood Lake State Recreation Area
San Diego
Anza-Borrego Desert State ParkBorder Field State Park
Cardiff State Beach
Carlsbad State Beach
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Leucadia State Beach
Moonlight State Beach
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Palomar Mountain State Park
San Elijo State Beach
San Onofre State Beach
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park
Silver Strand State Beach
South Carlsbad State Beach
Tijuana Estuary
Torrey Pines State Beach
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
San Francisco
Candlestick Point State Recreation AreaSan Joaquin
Caswell Memorial State ParkSan Luis Obispo
Cayucos State BeachEstero Bluffs State Park
Harmony Headlands State Park
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
Hearst San Simeon State Park
Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve
Montana de Oro State Park
Morro Bay State Park
Morro Strand State Beach
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
Pismo State Beach
San Mateo
Año Nuevo State ParkBean Hollow State Beach
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch
Butano State Park
Gray Whale Cove State Beach
Half Moon Bay State Beach
Montara State Beach
Pacifica State Beach
Pescadero State Beach
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Point Montara Light Station
Pomponio State Beach
Portola Redwoods State Park
San Bruno Mountain State Park
San Gregorio State Beach
Thornton State Beach
Santa Barbara
Carpinteria State BeachChumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
El Capitán State Beach
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
Gaviota State Park
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
Point Sal State Beach
Refugio State Beach
Santa Clara
Castle Rock State ParkHenry W. Coe State Park
Santa Cruz
Big Basin Redwoods State ParkCastro Adobe
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Lighthouse Field State Beach
Manresa State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach
New Brighton State Beach
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Seacliff State Beach
Sunset State Beach
Twin Lakes State Beach
Wilder Ranch State Park
Shasta
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State ParkCastle Crags State Park
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
Shasta State Historic Park
Solano
Benicia Capitol State Historic ParkBenicia State Recreation Area
Sonoma
Annadel State ParkArmstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Austin Creek State Recreation Area
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Jack London State Historic Park
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Salt Point State Park
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma Coast State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Stanislaus
Turlock Lake State Recreation AreaSutter
Sutter Buttes State ParkTehama
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic ParkWoodson Bridge State Recreation Area
Trinity
Weaverville Joss House State Historic ParkTulare
Colonel Allensworth State Historic ParkTuolumne
Columbia State Historic ParkRailtown 1897 State Historic Park
Ventura
Emma Wood State BeachMandalay State Beach
McGrath State Beach
Point Dume State Beach
Point Mugu State Park
San Buenaventura State Beach
Yolo
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park