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The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail is a 29.5-mile (47.5 km) hiking trail that descends from the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains in California to the Pacific Ocean, passing through Castle Rock State Park and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Big Basin is California's oldest state park.
The California state parks department claimed that China Camp State Park was running at a deficit and that it lacked the money to keep it and other parks open. The nonprofits Marin State Parks Association and Friends of China Camp, along with various other residents and community groups, protested the closure and raised funds to save the park.
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 ...
Redwood National Park is directly managed by the NPS from its office in Crescent City, California. [76] The three state parks are overseen by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. [77] The park management coordinates with tribal leaders, as the parks contain land and village sites belonging to groups including the Yurok and Tolowa.
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). Sunset at Bolsa Chica State Beach
A proposal to close a portion of this park placed it on the list of 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program. The decision was rescinded following public outcry. [5] However, in May 2011 the park was one of 70 state parks threatened with closure. [6]
Articles and subcategories in this category should also be included in at least one of this state's other categories. Subcategories This category has the following 42 subcategories, out of 42 total.
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