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California State Parks' first state marine park. Candlestick Point State Recreation Area: State recreation area San Francisco: 204 83 1972 Constitutes California's first urban state recreation area, on the west shore of San Francisco Bay. [41] Cardiff State Beach: State beach San Diego: 507 205 1949 Provides a sandy, warm-water beach outside ...
California State Parks administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2), with over 280 miles (450 km) of Californian coastline; 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails.
The county operates a circuit bus that visits the park every half hour on weekends and holidays, [9] and a map of nearby bus routes and bike paths is available. [10] Kenneth Hahn SRA is one of the few California State Parks that does not accept the “annual day use pass.” [1]
Henry W. Coe State Park was one of 70 California state parks proposed for closure by July 2012 as part of a deficit reduction program. [13] Park advocates from the San Jose and Silicon Valley area organized the Coe Park Preservation Fund and raised donations to keep the park staffed from July 2012 through June 2015.
The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state's crop-rich Central Valley is set to open June 12 as California's 281st state park. California announces first new state park in a decade ...
The largest is Anza-Borrego State Park at 600,000 acres (2,400 km 2), making it one of the largest state parks in the country. The smallest, Watts Towers , owned by the State Park system but managed by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department , [ 12 ] is a mere 0.1-acre (400 m 2 ).
Folsom Lake is the ninth largest reservoir in California and a major recreational asset for the Sacramento area. [3] It consists of two reservoirs: Folsom and Natoma. About 2 million people visit the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area every year. Generally, Folsom Lake State Recreation Area experiences hot summers and mild winters.
As California faces a staggering budget deficit, library card holders may soon lose the ability to check out free passes to more than 200 state parks, including popular destinations near Los Angeles.