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The California State Parks system alone has 270 units and covers 1.3 million acres (5,300 km 2), with over 280 miles (450 km) of coastline, 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage, nearly 18,000 campsites, and 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of hiking, biking, and equestrian trails.
The coast redwood is the tallest tree species on Earth Map of the Channel Islands of California Torrey pine grove on Santa Rosa island Santa Barbara Island Death Valley National Park Death Valley, California A Joshua tree The upper part of Kings Canyon, seen from Zumwalt Meadow General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park Lake Helen in Lassen Volcanic National Park Rock formations at ...
The state with the most national parks is California with nine, followed by Alaska with eight, Utah with five, and Colorado with four. The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2 ), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states .
For an area to become a unit of the National Park System, it must possess nationally significant natural, cultural, or recreational resources; be a suitable [a] and feasible [b] addition to the system; and require direct management by the National Park Service (NPS) (rather than protection by the private sector or other governmental agencies).
U.S. National Parks located in California. See also: List of areas in the United States National Park System , Category:United States National Park Service areas in California Subcategories
Workers drape a fumigation tent over Mission San Juan Capistrano in 2005. New research has found that California is the nation's largest emitter of a termite fumigant that is a potent greenhouse gas.
The California State Parks system is the largest state park system in the United States. [ 5 ] California State Parks administers 279 separate park units on 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2 ), with over 280 miles (450 km) of California coastline ; 625 miles (1,006 km) of lake and river frontage; nearly 15,000 campsites; and 3,000 miles (4,800 km ...
The National Parks Conservation Association has listed the most polluted U.S. national parks. Five California national parks made the top 10 including Sequoia, Yosemite and Joshua Tree, according ...