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Hiking in California.

Explore 200 parks with hiking documented in our sources across 49 California jurisdictions. These records are a starting point; local restrictions, seasons, and reservations still apply.

Our activity research is ongoing. Other parks may offer hiking even if it has not yet been recorded here.

Showing documented activities. Other parks may offer hiking without it being recorded here yet.

200 parks

Mendocino

Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area

Shasta

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

Boating · Fishing

Lake

Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

Boating · Picnicking

Monterey

Andrew Molera State Park

Boating · Picnicking

Marin · San Francisco

Angel Island State Park

Camping · Boating

Los Angeles

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

Los Angeles

Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

Imperial · Riverside · San Diego

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Camping · Picnicking

Sonoma

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

Los Angeles

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

Monterey

Asilomar State Beach

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

El Dorado · Placer

Auburn State Recreation Area

Camping · Boating

Sonoma

Austin Creek State Recreation Area

Camping · Interpretive programs

Humboldt

Azalea State Natural Reserve

Picnicking · Hiking

San Mateo · Santa Cruz

Año Nuevo State Park

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

Napa

Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

Picnicking · Interpretive programs

San Mateo

Bean Hollow State Beach

Boating · Picnicking

Humboldt

Benbow State Recreation Area

Boating · Picnicking

Solano

Benicia State Recreation Area

Camping · Picnicking

Alameda

Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area

Boating · Picnicking

Butte · Glenn

Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park

Boating · Picnicking

San Mateo · Santa Cruz

Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Interpretive programs · Swimming

San Diego

Black Mountain Open Space Park

Hiking · Biking

Orange

Bolsa Chica State Beach

Camping · Picnicking

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Alphabetical park index (200)

Admiral William Standley State Recreation AreaMendocino · Recreation areas Ahjumawi Lava Springs State ParkShasta · State parks Anderson Marsh State Historic ParkLake · Historic sites Andrew Molera State ParkMonterey · State parks Angel Island State ParkMarin · San Francisco · State parks Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural ReserveLos Angeles · Natural areas Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic ParkLos Angeles · Historic sites Anza-Borrego Desert State ParkImperial · Riverside · San Diego · State parks Armstrong Redwoods State Natural ReserveSonoma · Natural areas Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State ParkLos Angeles · State parks Asilomar State BeachMonterey · State beaches Auburn State Recreation AreaEl Dorado · Placer · Recreation areas Austin Creek State Recreation AreaSonoma · Recreation areas Azalea State Natural ReserveHumboldt · Natural areas Año Nuevo State ParkSan Mateo · Santa Cruz · State parks Bale Grist Mill State Historic ParkNapa · Historic sites Bean Hollow State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Benbow State Recreation AreaHumboldt · Recreation areas Benicia State Recreation AreaSolano · Recreation areas Bethany Reservoir State Recreation AreaAlameda · Recreation areas Bidwell-Sacramento River State ParkButte · Glenn · State parks Big Basin Redwoods State ParkSan Mateo · Santa Cruz · State parks Black Mountain Open Space ParkSan Diego · County & local parks Bolsa Chica State BeachOrange · State beaches Border Field State ParkSan Diego · State parks Bothe-Napa Valley State ParkNapa · Sonoma · State parks Brannan Island State Recreation AreaSacramento · Recreation areas Burton Creek State ParkPlacer · State parks Butano State ParkSan Mateo · State parks Calaveras Big Trees State ParkCalaveras · Tuolumne · State parks California Citrus State Historic ParkRiverside · Historic sites Candlestick Point State Recreation AreaSan Francisco · San Mateo · Recreation areas Carmel River State BeachMonterey · State beaches Carpinteria State BeachSanta Barbara · Ventura · State beaches Caspar Headlands State Natural ReserveMendocino · Natural areas Castaic Lake State Recreation AreaLos Angeles · Recreation areas Castle Crags State ParkShasta · Siskiyou · State parks Castle Rock State ParkSan Mateo · Santa Clara · Santa Cruz · State parks Caswell Memorial State ParkSan Joaquin · Stanislaus · State parks China Camp State ParkMarin · State parks Chino Hills State ParkOrange · Riverside · San Bernardino · State parks Chumash Painted Cave State Historic ParkSanta Barbara · Historic sites Clear Lake State ParkLake · State parks Colonel Allensworth State Historic ParkTulare · Historic sites Columbia State Historic ParkTuolumne · Historic sites Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation AreaColusa · Recreation areas Corona del Mar State BeachOrange · State beaches Crystal Cove State ParkOrange · State parks Cuyamaca Rancho State ParkSan Diego · State parks D. L. Bliss State ParkEl Dorado · State parks Del Norte Coast Redwoods State ParkDel Norte · State parks Doheny State BeachOrange · State beaches Donner Memorial State ParkNevada · Placer · State parks Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State ParkEl Dorado · Placer · State parks El Capitán State BeachSanta Barbara · State beaches Emerald Bay State ParkEl Dorado · State parks Empire Mine State Historic ParkNevada · Historic sites Estero Bluffs State ParkSan Luis Obispo · State parks Folsom Lake State Recreation AreaEl Dorado · Placer · Sacramento · Recreation areas Fort Humboldt State Historic ParkHumboldt · Historic sites Fort Ord Dunes State ParkMonterey · State parks Fort Ross State Historic ParkSonoma · Historic sites Fremont Peak State ParkMonterey · San Benito · State parks Garrapata State ParkMonterey · State parks Gaviota State ParkSanta Barbara · State parks George J. Hatfield State Recreation AreaMerced · Recreation areas Gray Whale Cove State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Great Valley Grasslands State ParkMerced · State parks Greenwood State BeachMendocino · State beaches Grizzly Creek Redwoods State ParkHumboldt · State parks Grover Hot Springs State ParkAlpine · State parks Half Moon Bay State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Harmony Headlands State ParkSan Luis Obispo · State parks Harry A. Merlo State Recreation AreaHumboldt · Recreation areas Hearst San Simeon State ParkSan Luis Obispo · State parks Hendy Woods State ParkMendocino · State parks Henry Cowell Redwoods State ParkSanta Cruz · State parks Henry W. Coe State ParkSanta Clara · Stanislaus · State parks Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation AreaSan Benito · Recreation areas Humboldt Lagoons State ParkHumboldt · State parks Humboldt Redwoods State ParkHumboldt · State parks Huntington State BeachOrange · State beaches Indian Grinding Rock State Historic ParkAmador · Historic sites Jack London State Historic ParkSonoma · Historic sites Jedediah Smith Redwoods State ParkDel Norte · State parks Jug Handle State Natural ReserveMendocino · Natural areas Julia Pfeiffer Burns State ParkMonterey · State parks Kenneth Hahn State Recreation AreaLos Angeles · Recreation areas Kruse Rhododendron State Natural ReserveSonoma · Natural areas La Purísima Mission State Historic ParkSanta Barbara · Historic sites Lake Del Valle State Recreation AreaAlameda · Recreation areas Lake Oroville State Recreation AreaButte · Recreation areas Lake Perris State Recreation AreaRiverside · Recreation areas Leo Carrillo State ParkLos Angeles · Ventura · State parks Lighthouse Field State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Limekiln State ParkMonterey · State parks Little River State BeachHumboldt · State beaches Los Angeles State Historic ParkLos Angeles · Historic sites Los Osos Oaks State Natural ReserveSan Luis Obispo · Natural areas MacKerricher State ParkMendocino · State parks Malakoff Diggins State Historic ParkNevada · Historic sites Malibu Creek State ParkLos Angeles · State parks Malibu Lagoon State BeachLos Angeles · State beaches Manchester State ParkMendocino · State parks Manresa State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Marconi Conference Center State Historic ParkMarin · Historic sites Marian Bear Memorial ParkSan Diego · County & local parks Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ParkEl Dorado · Historic sites McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State ParkShasta · State parks McConnell State Recreation AreaMerced · Recreation areas McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State SeashoreAlameda · Contra Costa · State parks Mendocino Headlands State ParkMendocino · State parks Mendocino Woodlands State ParkMendocino · State parks Millerton Lake State Recreation AreaFresno · Madera · Recreation areas Mission Trails Regional ParkSan Diego · County & local parks Mono Lake Tufa State Natural ReserveMono · Natural areas Montara State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Montaña de Oro State ParkSan Luis Obispo · State parks Montgomery Woods State Natural ReserveMendocino · Natural areas Moonlight State BeachSan Diego · State beaches Morro Bay State ParkSan Luis Obispo · State parks Moss Landing State BeachMonterey · State beaches Mount Diablo State ParkContra Costa · State parks Mount San Jacinto State ParkRiverside · State parks Mount Tamalpais State ParkMarin · State parks Natural Bridges State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Navarro River Redwoods State ParkMendocino · State parks New Brighton State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaSan Luis Obispo · Recreation areas Old Sacramento State Historic ParkSacramento · Historic sites Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkSan Diego · Historic sites Olompali State Historic ParkMarin · Historic sites Pacheco State ParkMerced · Santa Clara · State parks Pacifica State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Palomar Mountain State ParkSan Diego · State parks Pescadero State BeachSan Mateo · State beaches Pfeiffer Big Sur State ParkMonterey · State parks Picacho State Recreation AreaImperial · Recreation areas Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic ParkSan Mateo · Historic sites Pismo State BeachSan Luis Obispo · State beaches Placerita Canyon State ParkLos Angeles · State parks Plumas-Eureka State ParkPlumas · State parks Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic ParkMendocino · Historic sites Point Dume State BeachLos Angeles · State beaches Point Lobos State Natural ReserveMonterey · Natural areas Point Mugu State ParkVentura · State parks Portola Redwoods State ParkSan Mateo · State parks Prairie Creek Redwoods State ParkDel Norte · Humboldt · State parks Providence Mountains State Recreation AreaSan Bernardino · Recreation areas Railtown 1897 State Historic ParkTuolumne · Historic sites Red Rock Canyon State ParkKern · State parks Refugio State BeachSanta Barbara · State beaches Richardson Grove State ParkHumboldt · State parks Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation AreaLos Angeles · Recreation areas Robert H. Meyer Memorial State BeachLos Angeles · State beaches Robert Louis Stevenson State ParkLake · Napa · Sonoma · State parks Robert W. Crown Memorial State BeachAlameda · State beaches Rose Canyon Open Space ParkSan Diego · County & local parks Russian Gulch State ParkMendocino · State parks Saddleback Butte State ParkLos Angeles · State parks Salt Point State ParkSonoma · State parks Salton Sea State Recreation AreaImperial · Riverside · Recreation areas Samuel P. Taylor State ParkMarin · State parks San Bruno Mountain State ParkSan Mateo · State parks San Clemente State BeachOrange · State beaches San Luis Reservoir State Recreation AreaMerced · Recreation areas San Onofre State BeachOrange · San Diego · State beaches San Pasqual - Clevenger Canyon Open Space ParkSan Diego · County & local parks San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic ParkSan Diego · Historic sites Santa Susana Pass State Historic ParkLos Angeles · Ventura · Historic sites Schooner Gulch State BeachMendocino · State beaches Seacliff State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Shasta State Historic ParkShasta · Historic sites Silver Strand State BeachSan Diego · State beaches Silverwood Lake State Recreation AreaSan Bernardino · Recreation areas Sinkyone Wilderness State ParkHumboldt · Mendocino · State parks Smithe Redwoods State Natural ReserveMendocino · Natural areas Sonoma Coast State ParkSonoma · State parks South Yuba River State ParkNevada · Yuba · State parks Standish-Hickey State Recreation AreaMendocino · Recreation areas State Indian Museum State Historic ParkSacramento · Historic sites Sue-meg State ParkHumboldt · State parks Sugarloaf Ridge State ParkNapa · Sonoma · State parks Sunset State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Sutter's Fort State Historic ParkSacramento · Historic sites The Forest of Nisene Marks State ParkSanta Cruz · State parks Tolowa Dunes State ParkDel Norte · State parks Tomales Bay State ParkMarin · State parks Tomo-Kahni State Historic ParkKern · Historic sites Topanga State ParkLos Angeles · State parks Torrey Pines State Natural ReserveSan Diego · Natural areas Trinidad State BeachHumboldt · State beaches Trione-Annadel State ParkSonoma · State parks Twin Lakes State BeachSanta Cruz · State beaches Van Damme State ParkMendocino · State parks Washoe Meadows State ParkEl Dorado · State parks Westport-Union Landing State BeachMendocino · State beaches Wilder Ranch State ParkSanta Cruz · State parks Will Rogers State Historic ParkLos Angeles · Historic sites Woodson Bridge State Recreation AreaTehama · Recreation areas