The National Park Service and California State Parks jointly manage the parks. The complex is located in the coastal region of northern California, covering a huge area of 139,000 acres.

Consider this your complete handbook to taking in the world's tallest trees across this four-park destination.

These are the seven best state parks in California. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park JannHuizenga/Getty Images Wildflowers in Anza-Borrego State Park.

The rarest redwoods in the world can be found inside a Northern California state park Albino redwoods, ghostly and white, are a strange anomaly of the forest ...

Humboldt Redwoods State Park north of San Francisco has one of the last remaining drive-thru trees — plus a huge chunk of old-growth redwood forest.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest, and it was 97 percent burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex Fire erupted in the Santa Cruz Mountains, incinerating tens of thousands ...

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.

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The Park Fire is the largest wildfire of the year in California and the fourth-largest in state since reliable record-keeping started 1932.

Tucked deep within Redwood National Park, reaching it requires a 7-mile drive along a dirt road, followed by a challenging 1.5-mile hike down to the grove and an equally steep hike back up.

7 Best State Parks in California—Including a ‘Mini Yosemite’ and an Ancient Redwood Forest The Golden State may be famous for its national parks, but its state park system is worthy of ...