California State Historic Sites and History Parks

162 units of California's state park system list historic sites or parks with historic features and tours. Of these, 2 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
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
Bale Grist Mill State Historic ParkSt. Helena$10 per day
Exterior of the former California State Capitol Building in Benicia, CA
Benicia Capitol State Historic ParkBenicia$3 per adult
Bidwell Mansion, Esplanade Street, Chico, Butte County, CA HABS CAL,4-CHIC,1- (sheet 9 of 10)
Bidwell Mansion State Historic ParkChico$6 per adult
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Boulder Creek, United States
Big Basin Redwoods State ParkBoulder Creek$10 per day
Bodie State Historic ParkBridgeport$8 per adult
Border Field State ParkSan Diego$5 per dayTemporarily closed
Bothe-Napa Valley State ParkCalistoga$10 per day
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park PropertyHalf Moon Bay
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
California Indian Heritage Center Park PropertyWest Sacramento
California State CapitolSacramento
California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park PropertyMariposa$4 per adult
Carpinteria State Beach Hossen27
Carpinteria State BeachCarpinteria$10 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
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
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
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
El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic ParkSanta Barbara$5 per adult
View of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
Emerald Bay State ParkSouth Lake Tahoe$3 parking
Empire Mine State Historic ParkGrass Valley$5 per adult
Folsom Lake State Recreation AreaFolsom$12 per day
Photo of the old Folsom Powerhouse on the American River, at Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park, California, USA
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic ParkFolsom$6 parking
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
Fort Tejon Barracks from CO Qtrs
Fort Tejon State Historic ParkLebec$6 per day
Fremont Peak State ParkSan Juan Bautista$6 per day
Garrapata State ParkCarmel
Bathroom - Governor's Mansion State Historic Park, 1526 H Street, Sacramento, California, USA
Governor's Mansion State Historic ParkSacramento
Greenwood State BeachElk
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State ParkCarlotta$8 per day
Hearst San Simeon State Historical MonumentSan Simeon
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
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, southern Humboldt County, California, USA
Humboldt Redwoods State ParkMyers Flat$8 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
John Little State Natural ReserveBig Sur
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
Photograph of the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento taken in fall 2005
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkSacramento
SANTA CRUZ, California (November 20, 2017) – Bill Henry, director of Groundswell Coastal Ecology, and Emma Pelton, conservation…
Lighthouse Field State BeachSanta Cruz
Los Angeles State Historic ParkLos Angeles$2 parking
Los Encinos State Historic ParkEncino
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
Marconi Conference Center State Historic ParkMarshall
Marsh Creek State Park State Historic ParkBrentwood
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
The Santa Clara River estuary at McGrath State Beach in Ventura, California
McGrath State BeachOxnard$10 per dayTemporarily closed
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
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
Monterey State Historic ParkMonterey
On the South T Pier, looking southwest across Morro Bay
Morro Bay State ParkMorro Bay$3 per adult
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
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
Palomar Mountain State ParkPalomar$10 per day
Petaluma Adobe State Historic ParkPetaluma$3 per adult
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
Pío Pico State Historic ParkWhittier
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
Point Sur as seen from Highway 1 between the towns of Carmel and Big Sur, CA, USA
Point Sur State Historic ParkBig Sur
Pomponio State BeachSan Gregorio$8 per day
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
Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe Park PropertyWatsonville
California - Red Rock Canyon - NARA -
Red Rock Canyon State ParkCantil$6 per day
Richardson Grove State ParkGarberville$8 per day
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
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner heads south towards San Diego
San Clemente State BeachSan Clemente$15 per day
EXTERIOR VIEW OF HOUSE THROUGH AN ARCHWAY - General Jose Castro House, Mission Plaza, San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA HABS…
San Juan Bautista State Historic ParkSan Juan Bautista$3 per adult
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation AreaGustine$10 per day
San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic ParkEscondido
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic ParkSanta Cruz
Santa Susana Pass State Historic ParkChatsworth
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
Sinkyone Wilderness State ParkPiercy$8 per day
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
Sonoma State Historic ParkSonoma$3 per adult
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
State Indian Museum State Historic ParkSacramento$5 per adult
Sugarloaf Ridge State ParkKenwood$8 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
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 Beach
Torrey Pines State Natural ReserveSan Diego$10 per vehicleTemporarily closed
Trione-Annadel State ParkSanta Rosa$7 per day
Tule Elk State Natural ReserveButtonwillow$8 per day
Wassama Round House State Historic ParkAhwahnee
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic ParkLos Angeles
General view from northeast - Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA HABS CAL,53-WEAVI,6- (CT)
Weaverville Joss House State Historic ParkWeaverville
Wilder Ranch State ParkSanta Cruz$10 per day
Wildwood Canyon Park PropertyYucaipa
WRSHP 17 - Loop Trail Signage — Will Rogers State Historic Park
Will Rogers State Historic ParkPacific Palisades$12 per day
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic ParkRed Bluff$6 parking
Woodland Opera House State Historic ParkWoodland

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.