Looking for a new destination to bring your pooch? Consider branching out to this Californian wine country escape that polled ...

About 25 miles north of the town of Jenner lies Salt Point State Park, providing easy access to the water and a beautiful stretch of coastline. Highway 1 divides the park, and with camping on both ...

California's state park system has the largest and most diverse group of parks of any agency in the country, with 280 state park units, over 340 miles of coastline, 970 miles of lake and river ...

Tickets The park charges $8 per vehicle (or $7 per vehicle for seniors) for day use. For more information, visit the Sonoma Coast State Park's website.

The Best of California State Parks poll was put together in celebration of the 280-unit strong state park system. For the full list of park recommendations, go to calparks.org.

An 11-year-old girl was rescued from dangerous ocean waters on Thursday afternoon, according to the California Coast Guard.• ...

El Capitan State Beach, right off Highway 101 about 20 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, is set to close to overnight campers in early January for a $5.5 million construction project that will ...

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.

In 2003, the state of California spent about $3 million to buy 1,800 acres on the north side of the buttes, including an idyllic stretch of emerald called “Peace Valley.” ...

Many of Big Basin Redwoods State Park’s coast redwood trees, which have come to symbolize California’s grandeur and ecological diversity, are 1,000 to 1,800 years old, hundreds of feet tall ...

Explore tide pools along the Mendocino Coast, visit citrus groves and more. By Soumya Karlamangla HOLLISTER — The road to Pacheco State Park begins in this old Central Coast cowboy town, famous ...

Days later, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck near Rio Dell, California, on Jan. 1, just 7 miles from Humboldt Redwoods State Park.