I confess to being more than a little obsessed by California state parks and am likely the only one crazy enough to have hiked and written about all 280 of them.I love sharing my passion for them ...

Dozens of California state parks also have redwoods, but Taylor said the largest contiguous stretches of old-growth redwoods are to the far north, in places like Redwood, which is jointly managed ...

There are over 280 state parks in the Golden State—from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, these are the seven best state parks in California.

Redwood National Park is one of the four parks within the Redwood State and National Parks complex, which extends over about 132,000 acres along a roughly 50-mile stretch of Highway 101, and is co ...

Summer in the Bay Area is almost here. And if you’re itching to explore our state, and you have a library card, you can check out a free pass to over 200 state parks around California.

The lore of the albino redwood dates back to 1866, when a group of scientists gathered for their monthly meeting at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco to share discoveries from ...

7 Best State Parks in California—Including a ‘Mini Yosemite’ and an Ancient Redwood Forest. Evie Carrick. April 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM. Copied; ...