California State Parks for Boating and Paddling

95 units of California's state park system list boat ramps, boating or paddling access. Of these, 1 need day-use reservations at times. Each park page has the official details and when we last checked them.

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State ParkFall River Mills
Albany State Marine ReserveAlbany
Anderson Marsh State Historic ParkLower Lake$4 per day
I am marking them as Public Domain, and strongly assert that they are my own work — Andrew Molera State Park
Andrew Molera State ParkBig Sur$10 per day
Angel Island State ParkBelvedere-Tiburon$3 per adult
Overlooking the North Fork of the American River and U.S — Auburn State Recreation Area
Auburn State Recreation AreaAuburn$10 per day
The rockweed Fucus gardneri has many common names, including popweed and bladderwrack — Bean Hollow State Beach
Bean Hollow State BeachPescadero
Benbow State Recreation AreaGarberville$8 per day
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation AreaByron$10 per day
Bidwell-Sacramento River State ParkChico$6 per day
Brannan Island State Recreation AreaIsleton$10 per day
Fishing pier in Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, United States
Candlestick Point State Recreation AreaSan Francisco
Carmel River State BeachCarmel
Caspar Headlands State BeachCaspar
Caspar Headlands State Natural ReserveCaspar
Castaic Lake, seen from the air at approximately 7 p.m., August 23, 2007
Castaic Lake State Recreation AreaCastaic$12 per day
Vitis californica at Caswell Memorial State Park spring leaves
Caswell Memorial State ParkRipon$10 per day
Image of a Cayucos State Beach at Sunrise in Cayucos, California
Cayucos State BeachCayucos
View from a trail in China Camp State Park
China Camp State ParkSan Rafael$5 per day
Clear Lake State ParkKelseyville$8 per day
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation AreaColusa$6 per day
A waterfall whose water flows across the beach sands into the ocean — Crystal Cove State Park
Crystal Cove State ParkLaguna Beach$15 per day
Delta Meadows Park PropertyWalnut Grove
Hiking through Donner Memorial State Park
Donner Memorial State ParkTruckee$10 per day
Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State ParkTahoma$10 per day
El Capitán State BeachGoleta$3 parking
View of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
Emerald Bay State ParkSouth Lake Tahoe$3 parking
Emeryville Crescent State Marine ReserveEmeryville
Estero Bluffs State ParkCayucos
Folsom Lake State Recreation AreaFolsom$12 per day
MARINA, Calif — Fort Ord Dunes State Park
Fort Ord Dunes State ParkMarina
Fort Ross State Historic ParkJenner$10 per day
Franks Tract State Recreation AreaBethel Island
Gaviota State Park, west unit trail, Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA California Sycamores, Platanus racemosa…
Gaviota State ParkGoleta$10 per day
George J. Hatfield State Recreation AreaHilmar-Irwin$10 per day
Gray Whale Cove State BeachPacifica
Great Valley Grasslands State ParkStevinson
Greenwood State BeachElk
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State ParkCarlotta$8 per day
Looking north along Half Moon Bay State Beach, California
Half Moon Bay State BeachHalf Moon Bay$10 per day
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation AreaTrinidad
Hearst San Simeon State ParkCambria
Hendy Woods State ParkPhilo$10 per day
Henry W. Coe State ParkMorgan Hill$8 per day
Stone Lagoon and coastal bar in Humboldt Lagoons State Park, viewed from United States Highway 101 in Humboldt County, California, USA
Humboldt Lagoons State ParkTrinidad
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State ParkCrescent City$8 per day
Jug Handle State Natural ReserveCaspar
Kings Beach State Recreation AreaKings Beach$3 parking
Lake Del Valle State Recreation AreaLivermore$5 per day
Lake Oroville State Recreation AreaOroville$8 per day
Lake Perris State Recreation AreaPerris$10 per day
Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu, United States
Leo Carrillo State ParkMalibu$3 parking
View to the south along Beacons Beach, Encinitas, California, also known as Leucadia State Beach
Leucadia State BeachEncinitas
The surf at the beach at MacKerricher State Park, California, USA
MacKerricher State ParkFort Bragg$8 per day
Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield Gravel Mining (NYPL b11707287-G89F355 035F)
Malakoff Diggins State Historic ParkNevada City$10 per day
MALIBU, Calif
Malibu Lagoon State BeachMalibu$3 parking
Manchester State ParkManchester
Marconi Conference Center State Historic ParkMarshall
At Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ParkPlacerville$10 per day
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State ParkBurney$10 per day
McConnell State Recreation AreaBallico$10 per day
Eastshore State Park — McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State SeashoreBerkeley
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Mendocino Headlands State ParkMendocino
Millerton Lake State Recreation AreaFriant$12 per day
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural ReserveLee Vinning$3 per day
Montara Beach, Montara, United States
Montara State BeachMontara
On the South T Pier, looking southwest across Morro Bay
Morro Bay State ParkMorro Bay$3 per adult
Navarro River Redwoods State ParkAlbion
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaOceano$5 per day
Pescadero lagoon is an extremely complex ecosystem, with eight special status plant species, ten wildlife species and two stream corridors
Pescadero State BeachPescadero$8 per day
A UH-1Y Venom helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303 flies over the Picacho State Recreation Area, Calif.,…
Picacho State Recreation AreaWinterhaven$10 per day
Plumas-Eureka State ParkBlairsden
Point Lobos Ranch Park PropertyCarmel
California State Route 1—Pacific Coast Highway — view towards Point Mugu State Park near Point Mugu, at the Santa Monica Mountains coast
Point Mugu State ParkCamarillo$3 parking
Pomponio State BeachSan Gregorio$8 per day
View from Refugio State Beach with skimmer in distance
Refugio State BeachGoleta$10 per day
Richardson Grove State ParkGarberville$8 per day
Robert W. Crown Memorial State BeachAlameda
Russian Gulch State ParkMendocino$10 per day
Sandstone and Tafoni formations in Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County California, ~40 minutes north of Jenner and Russian River Resort
Salt Point State ParkCazadero$10 per day
Salton Sea State Recreation AreaNorth Shore$7 per day
San Gregorio State BeachSan Gregorio$8 per day
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation AreaGustine$10 per day
Schooner Gulch State BeachPoint Arena
Silverwood Lake State Recreation AreaHesperia$10 per day
Smithe Redwoods State Natural ReserveLeggett
This view is taken looking north along the Kortum Trail through the coastal terrace of the Sonoma Coast State Park with California coast…
Sonoma Coast State ParkBodega Bay$10 per day
A waterfall on the South Fork Yuba River in South Yuba River State Park in Nevada County, California, United States
South Yuba River State ParkPenn Valley$10 per day
Standish-Hickey State Recreation AreaLeggett
Tolowa Dunes State ParkCrescent City
Tomales Bay State ParkPoint Reyes Station$8 per day
Turlock Lake State Recreation AreaLaGrangeTemporarily closed
Twin Lakes State BeachSanta Cruz
Van Damme State Park
Van Damme State ParkLittle River$10 per day
CA 0082a - NORTH COAST ( 12-31-) howard landing, westport-union state beach, mendocino co, ca
Westport-Union Landing State BeachWestport

Lists are built automatically from official park data and update when parks change. Inclusion means the official source lists the feature; it is not a ranking.