Ranking California state parks: What’s best for your preferences? A new report ranks the 10 best parks in 2025 for camping, hiking, wildflowers, kid friendliness and more.

California State Parks, which manages more than 340 miles of California’s coastline, is asking the public not to collect any sea glass, agates or other rocks found at state beaches.

The California State Parks Foundation released its inaugural Best of California’s State Parks poll on May 8. The foundation asked the public for their thoughts, and 1,300 people voted for parks ...

The California State Parks Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the state’s park system through lobbying, fundraising, volunteering, and programming, says that the program has loaned 38,000 ...

How a California library card can grant you free access to over 200 state parks. This includes Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, Empire Mine State Historic Park, Folsom Lake State Recreation ...

Celebrate California State Parks Week with these free Sacramento-area activities by: Jacque Porter. Posted: Jun 11, 2025 / 08:36 AM PDT. Updated: Jun 11, 2025 / 10:15 AM PDT.

The California State Parks Foundation, which is dedicated to preserving California’s state park system, decided to make its first-ever top 10 list after receiving hundreds of queries over the ...