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Two distinct desert ecosystems, the Mojave and the Colorado, come together in Joshua Tree National Park. A fas…

Home to the General Sherman Tree, the world's largest tree by volume, Sequoia National Park also features the …

In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet…

Lassen Volcanic National Park is home to steaming fumaroles, meadows freckled with wildflowers, clear mountain…

Some 23 million years ago multiple volcanoes erupted, flowed, and slid to form what would become Pinnacles Nat…

This dramatic landscape testifies to nature's size, power, and time. The immense granite canyon of the Kings R…

Channel Islands National Park encompasses five remarkable islands and their ocean environment, preserving and …

Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can fin…

Most people know Redwood as home to the tallest trees on Earth. But the parks also protect vast prairies, oak …

For 218 years, the Presidio served as an army post for three nations. World and local events, from military ca…

Big Basin was Californias first state park, established in 1902. Features ancient coast redwoods, including th…

Julia Pfeiffer Burns features McWay Falls, an 80-foot waterfall that drops onto a pristine beach. Located on t…

The Santa Monica Mountains offer easy access to surprisingly wild places. Experience the famous beaches of Mal…

Alcatraz reveals stories of American incarceration, justice, and our common humanity. This small island was on…

Providing a mountainous backdrop to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Angeles National Forest spans 700,000 a…

Anza-Borrego is the largest state park in California, covering 600,000 acres of Colorado Desert wilderness. Fa…

Climbing out of his boat and onto shore in 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo stepped into history as the first Eur…

Castle Mountains represents some of the most unique elements of the Mojave Desert. Nestled between the Nevada …

Yes, we can! Widely recognized as the most important Latino leader in the United States during the twentieth c…

San Diego County's backyard wilderness, Cleveland National Forest covers 460,000 acres across the Laguna, Palo…

Established in 1911 by presidential proclamation, Devils Postpile National Monument protects and preserves the…

Stretching across the central Sierra Nevada from the Sacramento Valley foothills to the crest, Eldorado Nation…

America's only Nobel Prize winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill, chose to live in Northern California at the hei…

From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point defended the San Francisco Bay foll…