California State Parks for Hiking

217 units of California's state park system list hiking trails listed by the park. Of these, 2 need day-use reservations at times. Each park page has the official details and when we last checked them.

Admiral William Standley State Recreation AreaWestport
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
Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve, Pescadero, Vereinigte Staaten Jul 12, 11-31-58 AM
Año Nuevo State ParkPescadero$10 per day
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural ReserveLancaster$10 per day
Antelope Valley Indian Museum view from southeast
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic ParkLancaster$3 per adult
Crystal from Anza Borrego — Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ®
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ®Borrego Springs$10 per day
California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica) at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural ReserveGuerneville$10 per day
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State ParkLancaster
Flora at Asilomar State Beach
Asilomar State BeachPacific Grove
Overlooking the North Fork of the American River and U.S — Auburn State Recreation Area
Auburn State Recreation AreaAuburn$10 per day
Austin Creek State Recreation AreaGuerneville$10 per day
Azalea State Natural ReserveMcKinleyville
Bale Grist Mill State Historic ParkSt. Helena$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
View from Benicia State Recreation Area
Benicia State Recreation AreaBenicia$6 per day
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation AreaByron$10 per day
Bidwell-Sacramento River State ParkChico$6 per day
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Boulder Creek, United States
Big Basin Redwoods State ParkBoulder Creek$10 per day
Police patrolling Bolsa Chica beach
Bolsa Chica State BeachHuntington Beach$15 per day
Border Field State ParkSan Diego$5 per dayTemporarily closed
Bothe-Napa Valley State ParkCalistoga$10 per day
Brannan Island State Recreation AreaIsleton$10 per day
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park PropertyHalf Moon Bay
Burton Creek State ParkTahoe City
Butano State ParkPescadero$10 per day
Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the western Sierra Nevada , Calaveras County , California
Calaveras Big Trees State ParkArnold$10 per day
Visitor's Center at the California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside , Southern California, USA
California Citrus State Historic ParkRiverside$7 per day
Fishing pier in Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, United States
Candlestick Point State Recreation AreaSan Francisco
View along Cardiff State Beach , Encinitas, California, looking north
Cardiff State BeachCardiff by the Sea$12 per day
Carlsbad State BeachCarlsbad
Carmel River State BeachCarmel
Carpinteria State Beach Hossen27
Carpinteria State BeachCarpinteria$10 per day
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
Castle Crags State ParkCastella$8 per day
Castle Rock State Park is a state park of California, USA, located along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains
Castle Rock State ParkLos Gatos$10 per day
Vitis californica at Caswell Memorial State Park spring leaves
Caswell Memorial State ParkRipon$10 per day
View from a trail in China Camp State Park
China Camp State ParkSan Rafael$5 per day
Bane Canyon in Chino Hills State Park in late January 2024
Chino Hills State ParkChino Hills$3 parking
Chumash Painted Cave State Historic ParkSanta Barbara
Clear Lake State ParkKelseyville$8 per day
Colonel Allensworth State Historic ParkEarlimart
Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia & Stanislaus River Water Co Physical description: 1 print
Columbia State Historic ParkColumbia
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation AreaColusa$6 per day
Lookout Point — Corona del Mar State Beach
Corona del Mar State BeachCorona Del Mar
A waterfall whose water flows across the beach sands into the ocean — Crystal Cove State Park
Crystal Cove State ParkLaguna Beach$15 per day
This hike shares the same parking lot with Cuyamaca Peak hike
Cuyamaca Rancho State ParkJulian$10 per day
D. L. Bliss State ParkSouth Lake Tahoe$10 per day
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Crescent City, United States
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State ParkCrescent City$8 per day
Delta Meadows Park PropertyWalnut Grove
The Pacific Ocean and sand photographed on Dockweiler Beach
Dockweiler State BeachPlaya del Rey
A young girl wearing a dress runs in the surf — Doheny State Beach
Doheny State BeachDana Point$15 per day
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
Emma Wood State BeachVentura$10 per day
Empire Mine State Historic ParkGrass Valley$5 per adult
Estero Bluffs State ParkCayucos
Folsom Lake State Recreation AreaFolsom$12 per day
Buildings at Fort Humboldt
Fort Humboldt State Historic ParkEureka
MARINA, Calif — Fort Ord Dunes State Park
Fort Ord Dunes State ParkMarina
Fort Ross State Historic ParkJenner$10 per day
Fremont Peak State ParkSan Juan Bautista$6 per day
Garrapata State ParkCarmel
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
Grover Hot Springs State ParkMarkleeville$8 per day
Looking north along Half Moon Bay State Beach, California
Half Moon Bay State BeachHalf Moon Bay$10 per day
Harmony Headlands State ParkCayucos
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation AreaTrinidad
Hearst San Simeon State ParkCambria
Hendy Woods State ParkPhilo$10 per day
plaque in front of the tree inside of which Lt — Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State ParkFelton$10 per day
Henry W. Coe State ParkMorgan Hill$8 per day
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation AreaHollister$5 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
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, southern Humboldt County, California, USA
Humboldt Redwoods State ParkMyers Flat$8 per day
Puffy chick at Huntington State Beach
Huntington State BeachHuntington Beach$15 per day
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic ParkPine Grove$8 per vehicle
Indio Hills, California Fan Palm Oasis, and San Gorgonio Mountain
Indio Hills Palms Park PropertyDesert Hot Springs
London Cottage — at Jack London State Historic Park , Glen Ellen, California
Jack London State Historic ParkGlen Ellen$15 per day
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State ParkCrescent City$8 per day
Jug Handle State Natural ReserveCaspar
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, United States
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State ParkBig Sur$10 per day
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation AreaLos Angeles$2 parking
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural ReserveCazadero
La Purísima Mission State Historic ParkLompoc$6 per day
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
SANTA CRUZ, California (November 20, 2017) – Bill Henry, director of Groundswell Coastal Ecology, and Emma Pelton, conservation…
Lighthouse Field State BeachSanta Cruz
Limekiln State ParkBig Sur$10 per day
Little River estuary at the north end of Little River State Beach, Humboldt County, California, USA
Little River State BeachTrinidad
Los Angeles State Historic ParkLos Angeles$2 parking
Los Osos Oaks State Natural ReserveLos Osos
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
Camera traps picked up the presence of black bear in Malibu Creek State Park on July 26, 2016
Malibu Creek State ParkCalabasas$3 parking
MALIBU, Calif
Malibu Lagoon State BeachMalibu$3 parking
Manchester State ParkManchester
Manresa State BeachWatsonville$10 per day
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
Mendocino Woodlands State ParkMendocino
Millerton Lake State Recreation AreaFriant$12 per day
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural ReserveLee Vinning$3 per day
Vector, a wildlife scent detection dog, searches for the scent of the Morro bay kangaroo rat at Montana de Oro State Park in San Luis…
Montaña de Oro State ParkLos Osos
Montara Beach, Montara, United States
Montara State BeachMontara
Montgomery Woods State Natural ReserveUkiah
View looking north-west across Moonlight State Beach , Encinitas, California from behind the lifeguard station
Moonlight State BeachEncinitas
On the South T Pier, looking southwest across Morro Bay
Morro Bay State ParkMorro Bay$3 per adult
Sandy beach and cliffs at Moss Landing , California
Moss Landing State BeachWatsonville
Mount Diablo State ParkWalnut Creek$10 per day
A man-made trail down the forests of Mount San Jacinto State Park during the late summer
Mount San Jacinto State ParkIdyllwild$10 per day
Mount Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley, United States
Mount Tamalpais State ParkMill Valley
Southern California - Natural Bridges Beach, Near Santa Cruz - NARA -
Natural Bridges State BeachSanta Cruz$10 per day
Navarro River Redwoods State ParkAlbion
New Brighton State BeachCapitola$10 per day
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation AreaOceano$5 per day
Old Sacramento State Historic ParkSacramento
Old Town San Diego
Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkSan Diego
FOUNTAIN ALTERNATE VIEW. LOOKING NNW. - Olompali State Historic Park, Mary Burdell Garden, U.S. Highway , Novato, Marin County, CA HALS…
Olompali State Historic ParkNovato$8 per day
Pacheco State ParkHolllister$10 per day
Pacifica State Beach
Pacifica State BeachPacifica$9 per day
Palomar Mountain State ParkPalomar$10 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
Pfeiffer Big Sur State ParkBig Sur$10 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
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic ParkPescadero
Pismo State Beach , in San Luis Obispo County, central California
Pismo State BeachOceano$5 per day
Placerita Canyon State ParkNewhall
Plumas-Eureka State ParkBlairsden
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic ParkMendocino
Point Dume State Beach, Malibu, United States
Point Dume State BeachMalibu
Point Lobos Ranch Park PropertyCarmel
General view - Point Lobos State Reserve -
Point Lobos State Natural ReserveCarmel$10 per day
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
Portola Redwoods State ParkLa Honda$10 per day
Close view of the portion of a redwood lignotuber that is actively budding in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California
Prairie Creek Redwoods State ParkOrick$8 per day
Providence Mountains State Recreation AreaEssex$10 per day
Railtown 1897 State Historic ParkJamestown$5 per adult
California - Red Rock Canyon - NARA -
Red Rock Canyon State ParkCantil$6 per day
View from Refugio State Beach with skimmer in distance
Refugio State BeachGoleta$10 per day
Richardson Grove State ParkGarberville$8 per day
Rio de Los Angeles State Park State Recreation AreaLos Angeles
Robert H. Meyer Memorial State BeachMalibu$10 per day
Robert Louis Stevenson State ParkCalistoga
Robert W. Crown Memorial State BeachAlameda
Russian Gulch State ParkMendocino$10 per day
Saddleback Butte State ParkLancaster$6 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
Lagunitas Creek in Samuel P
Samuel P. Taylor State ParkLagunitas$8 per day
San Bruno Mountain California
San Bruno Mountain State ParkDaly City$6 per day
San Buenaventura State Beach viewed from across U.S
San Buenaventura State BeachVentura$10 per day
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner heads south towards San Diego
San Clemente State BeachSan Clemente$15 per day
San Elijo State BeachCardiff by the Sea$8 per day
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation AreaGustine$10 per day
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San Onofre State BeachSan Clemente$15 per day
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic ParkEscondido
San Timoteo Canyon Park PropertyRedlands
Beach at Santa Monica, California, July 2024
Santa Monica State BeachSanta Monica
Santa Susana Pass State Historic ParkChatsworth
Schooner Gulch State BeachPoint Arena
Seacliff State Beach
Seacliff State BeachAptos$10 per day
Historic American Buildings Survey Roger Sturtevant, Photographer Mar. 9, VIEW FROM SOUTH (FRONT) - Masonic Hall and Store, Shasta,…
Shasta State Historic ParkRedding$3 per adult
Silver Strand State BeachCoronado$12 per day
Silverwood Lake State Recreation AreaHesperia$10 per day
Sinkyone Wilderness State ParkPiercy$8 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
South Carlsbad State Beach Campground, Carlsbad, United States
South Carlsbad State BeachCarlsbad$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
State Indian Museum State Historic ParkSacramento$5 per adult
Sue-meg State ParkTrinidad$8 per day
Sugarloaf Ridge State ParkKenwood$8 per day
Sunset State BeachWatsonville$10 per day
Sutter Buttes State ParkLive Oak
HAY PRESS, FRONT VIEW Photographer unknown, Date unknown - Sutter's Fort, L and Twenty-Seventh Streets, Sacramento, Sacramento County,…
Sutter's Fort State Historic ParkSacramento$5 per adult
Tahoe State Recreation AreaTahoe City
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
The Forest of Nisene Marks State ParkAptos$8 per day
Tolowa Dunes State ParkCrescent City
Tomales Bay State ParkPoint Reyes Station$8 per day
Tomo-Kahni State Historic ParkTehachapi
Mountain biking in Topanga State Park
Topanga State ParkTopanga$3 parking
Torrey Pines State BeachSan Diego
Torrey Pines State Beach
Torrey Pines State Natural ReserveSan Diego$10 per vehicleTemporarily closed
TRINIDAD BEACH - NARA -
Trinidad State BeachTrinidad
Trione-Annadel State ParkSanta Rosa$7 per day
Twin Lakes State BeachSanta Cruz
Van Damme State Park
Van Damme State ParkLittle River$10 per day
Verdugo Mountains Park PropertySun Valley
Ward Creek Park PropertyTahoe City
Washoe Meadows State ParkSouth Lake Tahoe
CA 0082a - NORTH COAST ( 12-31-) howard landing, westport-union state beach, mendocino co, ca
Westport-Union Landing State BeachWestport
Wilder Ranch State ParkSanta Cruz$10 per day
Wildwood Canyon Park PropertyYucaipa
WRSHP 17 - Loop Trail Signage — Will Rogers State Beach
Will Rogers State BeachPacific Palisades
WRSHP 17 - Loop Trail Signage — Will Rogers State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Historic ParkPacific Palisades$12 per day
Woodson Bridge State Recreation AreaCorningTemporarily closed

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.