From L.A. to San Francisco Bay, from the Gold Country to the Wine Country, the California state parks system showcases a fabulous array of nature’s handiwork.

A ndrew Wallace’s elegant pair of maps about wilderness parks in Orange County, California, showcase the fusion of thoughtful cartography and local insights.In this Back to the Map, Wallace, a ...

Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks were named some of the top national parks in the United States by travel guide publisher Lonely Planet. These California sites, alongside ...

California State Parks Foundation released the results of the “Best of California’s State Parks,” a new poll highlighting popular places for hiking, camping, spectacular views, wildflowers ...

California State Parks says that golden mussels “pose a significant threat to the ecological health of all waters of the state, its water conveyance systems, infrastructure, and water quality ...

The map is based on data from the social networking site iNaturalist and charts where the wildflowers were sighted by common superbloom flower types: California poppy, lupines, fiddlenecks, blue ...

Location: California Established: 1968 Size: 139,000 acres (including three state parks) Annual visitors: 410,000 (2023) Visitor centers: Thomas H. Kuchel, Prairie ...

Veterans Day is Monday.. It’s also a free entrance day across America’s national parks, the last such day this year, including Yosemite and all either other national parks in California.Also ...