About 25 miles north of the town of Jenner lies Salt Point State Park, providing easy access to the water and a beautiful ...

From Moro Rock to the memorable Bixby Creek Bridge, beauty abounds along the Pacific Coastal Highway in the form of uninterrupted expansive views extending to the beryl-blue horizon. The road from ...

Salt Point State Park lacks the usual coastal hotels and restaurants and golf but out of California’s entire coast, it’s in a class of its own. Salt Point Trail to Stump Beach: This trail is a ...

It was a different story on the trail at Salt Point, which has the distinction of being the only state park in California to allow mushroom foraging. That’s where I met Roy Branda of Concord.

On a trail within Salt Point State Park about 90 miles north of San Francisco, Brooke Bingham reaches into a plastic bag and pulls out a giant matsutake mushroom.

The California state park ranger at the entrance to the half-open Salt Point State Park was skeptical when I told her I had come halfway across the country to hunt for mushrooms. "Season's over ...

California’s state park system includes 280 parks: If the options feel overwhelming, it’s in the best way. These five parks in particular delight at every turn.