Parks in California

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

Experience a park so rich it supports 19 distinct ecosystems with over 2,000 plant and animal species. Go for …

Home to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest with the oldest known living trees on Earth, Inyo spans the dramat…

John Muir played many roles in his life, all of which helped him succeed in his role as an advocate for Nature…

One of the largest wilderness areas in California, featuring the Sierra Nevada crest, including the famous Joh…

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

"¡Vayan Subiendo!"("Everyone mount up!") was the rousing call from Juan Bautista de Anza. In 1775-76, he led s…

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

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

Straddling the Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California near the Oregon border, Klamath National …

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit protects approximately 155,000 acres of forested lands surrounding iconic…