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541 curated destinations. Every spot below has its own page with campgrounds, trails, fees, and typical weather.
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All destinations
- Death Valley — National Park
- Big Sur — Region
- Emerald Bay — State Park
- Lassen Volcanic — National Park
- Joshua Tree — National Park
- Channel Islands — National Park
- Point Reyes — National Seashore
- Yosemite — National Park
- Redwood Forest — National Park
- Anza-Borrego Desert — State Park
- Humboldt Redwoods — State Park
- Sequoia — National Park
- Mojave Desert — National Preserve
- Pfeiffer Big Sur — State Park
- Muir Woods — National Monument
- Sinkyone Wilderness — State Park
- Pinnacles — National Park
- Shasta-Trinity National Forest — National Forest
- Giant Sequoia — National Monument
- Sonoma Coast — State Park
- Prairie Creek Redwoods — State Park
- Calaveras Big Trees — State Park
- Mendocino Headlands — State Park
- California Coastal — National Monument
- La Jolla Cove — Beach
- Kings Canyon — National Park
- Natural Bridges — State Beach
- Año Nuevo — State Park
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns — State Park
- Devils Postpile — National Monument
- Jedediah Smith Redwoods — State Park
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains — National Monument
- Montaña de Oro — State Park
- Big Basin — State Park
- Mono Lake Tufa Towers — State Natural Reserve
- Carrizo Plain — National Monument
- Salton Sea — State Recreation Area
- Lava Beds — National Monument
- Inyo National Forest — National Forest
- Mount Diablo — State Park
- Angel Island — State Park
- Crystal Cove — State Park
- Mount Tamalpais — State Park
- Del Norte Coast Redwoods — State Park
- Mavericks — Beach
- Big Bear Lake — Lake
- Shasta Lake — National Recreation Area
- Zuma Beach — Beach
- Castle Crags — State Park
- Santa Monica State Beach — State Beach
- McArthur-Burney Falls — State Park
- Torrey Pines — State Natural Reserve
- Catalina Island — Island
- Main Beach — Beach
- Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve — State Park
- Trinidad State Beach — State Beach
- Andrew Molera — State Park
- Point Dume State Beach — State Beach
- Pismo State Beach — State Beach
- Folsom Lake State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Windansea Beach — Beach
- Garrapata State Park — State Park
- Corona del Mar State Beach — State Beach
- Richardson Grove State Park — State Park
- South Lake — Lake
- Ediza Lake — Lake
- Coronado Beach — Beach
- Twin Lakes (Mammoth) — Lake
- Lake Aloha — Lake
- Carmel City Beach — Beach
- Lake Mary — Lake
- Hearst Castle — State Historic Park
- Leo Carrillo State Park — State Park
- Doheny State Beach — State Beach
- Point Mugu State Park — State Park
- Malibu Lagoon State Beach — State Beach
- San Onofre State Beach — State Beach
- Point Lobos — State Natural Reserve
- Thousand Island Lake — Lake
- Morro Rock Beach — Beach
- Whiskeytown Lake — National Recreation Area
- Van Damme — State Park
- Gaviota — State Park
- Tomales Bay — State Park
- Hendy Woods — State Park
- Grover Hot Springs — State Park
- Fallen Leaf Lake — Lake
- San Gabriel Mountains — National Monument
- Lake Sabrina — Lake
- Henry W. Coe — State Park
- Henry Cowell Redwoods — State Park
- Armstrong Redwoods — State Natural Reserve
- Asilomar — State Beach
- Mojave Trails — National Monument
- MacKerricher — State Park
- Castle Mountains — National Monument
- Chuckwalla — National Monument
- Austin Creek — State Recreation Area
- Panther Beach — Beach
- Butano — State Park
- Malibu Creek — State Park
- Castle Rock — State Park
- Mobius Arch — Natural Monument
- Wrights Lake — Lake
- Mount San Jacinto — State Park
- Salt Point — State Park
- Black Star Canyon — Trail
- Painted Canyon — Trail
- Samuel P. Taylor — State Park
- Cuyamaca Rancho — State Park
- Sue-meg — State Park
- Sugarloaf Ridge — State Park
- Nisene Marks — State Park
- Sugar Pine Point — State Park
- Topanga — State Park
- Berryessa Snow Mountain — National Monument
- Donner Memorial — State Park
- El Capitan State Beach — State Beach
- Humboldt Lagoons — State Park
- Rancho San Antonio — County Park / Open Space Preserve
- Russian Gulch State Park — State Park
- New Brighton State Beach — State Beach
- South Yuba River State Park — State Park
- Silver Strand State Beach — State Beach
- South Carlsbad State Beach — State Beach
- Wilder Ranch — State Park
- Lake Arrowhead — Lake
- Victoria Beach — Beach
- Cayucos Beach — State Beach
- China Camp — State Park
- Chino Hills — State Park
- Caples Lake — Lake
- Butterfly Beach — Beach
- Lake Oroville — State Recreation Area
- Don Pedro Reservoir — Lake
- D. L. Bliss — State Park
- Lake Isabella — Lake
- Glass Beach — Beach
- Sand Dollar Beach — Beach
- Pyramid Lake — Lake
- Aliso Beach — Beach
- Red Rock Canyon State Park — State Park
- Travertine Hot Springs — Hot Spring
- Silver Lake — Lake
- Moonlight Beach — State Beach
- Huntington Lake — Lake
- Surfers Point — Beach
- Del Mar City Beach — Beach
- Lake Almanor — Lake
- Lake Thomas A. Edison — Lake
- Grant Lake — Lake
- New Melones Lake — State Recreation Area
- Eagle Lake — Lake
- Union Valley Reservoir — Lake
- Trione-Annadel State Park — State Park
- Lake Sonoma — Recreation Area
- Crowley Lake — Lake
- Silver Lake (June Lake Loop) — Lake
- Limekiln — State Park
- Tolowa Dunes — State Park
- Clear Lake — State Park
- Pacifica State Beach — State Beach
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Oceano Dunes — State Vehicular Recreation Area
- Jack London State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Bodie State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Bolsa Chica State Beach — State Beach
- Refugio State Beach — Beach
- Carpinteria State Beach — State Beach
- Cardiff State Beach — State Beach
- Carlsbad State Beach — State Beach
- Morro Strand State Beach — State Beach
- San Elijo State Beach — State Beach
- San Gregorio State Beach — State Beach
- Huntington State Beach — State Beach
- Pescadero State Beach — State Beach
- Navarro River Redwoods State Park — State Park
- Monterey State Beach — State Beach
- San Buenaventura State Beach — State Beach
- Palomar Mountain State Park — State Park
- Half Moon Bay State Beach — State Beach
- Morro Bay State Park — State Park
- Hearst San Simeon State Park — State Park
- Auburn State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Dos Rios State Park — State Park
- Trinity Lake — Lake
- Pinecrest Lake — Lake
- Lake Berryessa — Lake
- Bass Lake — Lake
- Salt Creek Beach — Beach
- King Range National Conservation Area — National Conservation Area
- Del Valle Regional Park — Regional Park
- Loon Lake — Lake
- Lake Nacimiento — County Reservoir & Recreation Area
- McLaughlin Eastshore State Park — State Park
- Imperial Sand Dunes — BLM Recreation Area
- Hayward Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Lake Chabot Regional Park — Regional Park
- Round Valley Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Tijuana River Valley Regional Park — Regional Park
- Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve — Regional Park
- Almaden Quicksilver County Park — County Park
- Anderson Lake County Park — County Park
- Bear Creek Redwoods — Open Space Preserve
- Black Diamond Mines — Regional Preserve
- Bolinas Lagoon Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Brushy Peak Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Calero County Park — County Park
- Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Coyote Hills Regional Park — Regional Park
- Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Marina State Beach — State Beach
- Diablo Foothills — Regional Park
- Discovery Park — Regional Park
- Doran Regional Park — Regional Park
- Ed Levin County Park — County Park
- El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Garland Ranch Regional Park — Regional Park
- Gualala Point Regional Park — Regional Park
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach — Regional Park
- Hood Mountain Regional Park — Regional Park
- Grant County Park — County Park
- La Honda Creek Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Las Trampas Regional Wilderness — Regional Wilderness Preserve
- Lexington Reservoir County Park — County Park
- Long Ridge Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- McNears Beach Park — County Park
- Mill Creek Redwood Preserve — Regional Park Preserve
- Mission Peak — Regional Park
- Monte Bello Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Morgan Territory Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Niles Canyon — Regional Park / Trail Corridor
- Palo Corona Regional Park — Regional Park
- Pleasanton Ridge — Regional Park
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline — Regional Shoreline (East Bay Regional Park District)
- Point Pinole Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Purisima Creek Redwoods — Open Space Preserve
- Rancho Cañada del Oro — Open Space Preserve
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Redwood Regional Park — Regional Park
- River Bend Park — Regional Park
- Sibley Volcanic Preserve — Regional Park
- Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Sanborn County Park — County Park
- Santa Teresa County Park — County Park
- Shiloh Ranch Regional Park — Regional Park
- Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Skyline Ridge Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Spring Lake Regional Park — Regional Park
- Stafford Lake County Park — County Park
- Stevens Creek County Park — County Park
- Stillwater Cove Regional Park — Regional Park
- Sunol Regional Wilderness — Regional Park
- Tolay Lake Regional Park — Regional Park
- Vasco Caves — Regional Preserve
- Vasona Lake County Park — County Park
- Wildcat Canyon Regional Park — Regional Park
- William Heise County Park — County Park
- Garin / Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Parks — Regional Park
- Coyote Valley Conservation Area — Open Space Preserve
- Robert Louis Stevenson State Park — State Park
- Lake Casitas — Regional Recreation Area
- McGrath State Beach — State Beach
- Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Benbow State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Picacho State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Brannan Island — State Recreation Area
- Sunset State Beach — State Beach
- Westport-Union Landing State Beach — State Beach
- Tahoe State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Thousand Steps Beach — Beach
- Saddlebag Lake — Lake
- Arroyo Burro Beach — Beach
- McConnell State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Placerita Canyon State Park — State Park
- Fort Ord Dunes State Park — State Park
- Moonstone Beach — County Park
- Clam Beach County Park — County Park
- Harmony Headlands — State Park
- Prosser Creek Reservoir — Lake
- Spicer Reservoir — Lake
- Ice House Reservoir — Lake
- Hume Lake — Lake
- Wild Willy's Hot Spring — Hot Spring
- Courtright Reservoir — Lake
- Gull Lake — Lake
- Lake Gregory — Regional Park
- Boca Reservoir — Lake
- Estero Bluffs State Park — State Park
- Diamond Valley Lake — Lake
- Sardine Lakes — Lake
- Lake Cachuma — Regional Park
- Lake McClure — Lake
- Shaver Lake — Lake
- Stampede Reservoir — Lake
- Swami's — Beach
- Jade Cove — Beach
- Pine Flat Lake — Lake
- Children's Pool — Beach
- Millerton Lake — State Recreation Area
- Florence Lake — Lake
- Portola Redwoods State Park — State Park
- Plumas-Eureka State Park — State Park
- Montgomery Woods — State Natural Reserve
- Castaic Lake — State Recreation Area
- Lake George — Lake
- Lake Perris — State Recreation Area
- Crown Memorial State Beach — State Beach
- San Luis Reservoir — State Recreation Area
- Silverwood Lake — State Recreation Area
- Turlock Lake State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Fort Ross — State Historic Park
- Jug Handle State Natural Reserve — State Natural Reserve
- Columbia State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Point Sur State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Empire Mine State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Will Rogers State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- La Purísima Mission State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park — State Historic Park
- Point Cabrillo Light Station — State Historic Park
- Bean Hollow State Beach — State Beach
- Dockweiler State Beach — State Beach
- Little River State Beach — State Beach
- Leucadia State Beach — State Beach
- Manresa State Beach — State Beach
- Caspar Headlands State Beach — State Beach
- Bothe-Napa Valley State Park — State Park
- Emma Wood State Beach — State Beach
- San Clemente State Beach — State Beach
- Gray Whale Cove State Beach — State Beach
- Moss Landing State Beach — State Beach
- Will Rogers State Beach — State Beach
- Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Caswell Memorial State Park — State Park
- Saddleback Butte State Park — State Park
- Seacliff State Beach — State Beach
- Salinas River State Beach — State Beach
- Montara State Beach — State Beach
- Border Field State Park — State Park
- San Bruno Mountain State Park — State Park
- Twin Lakes State Beach — State Beach
- Carmel River State Beach — State Beach
- Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park — State Park
- Providence Mountains SRA — State Recreation Area
- Schooner Gulch State Beach — State Beach
- Point Sal State Beach — State Beach
- Pomponio State Beach — State Beach
- Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park — State Park
- Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach — State Beach
- Manchester State Park — State Park
- Greenwood State Beach — State Beach
- Kings Beach State Recreation Area — State Recreation Area
- Lighthouse Field State Beach — State Beach
- Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park — State Park
- Fremont Peak State Park — State Park
- Black's Beach — Beach
- Wishon Reservoir — Lake
- Lake Mendocino — Lake
- Rainbow Basin — Natural Area
- McCain Valley — Recreation Area
- Devil's Slide Coast — POI
- Monterey Bay — POI
- Antelope Valley — POI
- Pedro Point Headlands — POI
- Bodega Bay — POI
- Trona Pinnacles — POI
- Mount Shasta — POI
- Big Pine Lakes — POI
- Laguna Beach — POI
- Mono Lake — POI
- Morro Bay — POI
- Lake Tahoe — POI
- Lone Tree Point — Regional Park
- Taylor Mountain Regional Park — Regional Park
- Brooks Island Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Sweetwater Regional Park — Regional Park
- Riverfront Regional Park — Regional Park
- Sonoma Valley Regional Park — Regional Park
- Bay Point Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Uvas Reservoir County Park — County Park
- Agua Caliente County Park — County Park
- Alviso Marina County Park — County Park
- Ancil Hoffman Park / Effie Yeaw Nature Center — Regional Park & Nature Center
- San Joaquin River Gorge — POI
- Ardenwood Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Barnett Ranch Preserve — County Preserve
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch — County Park (Historic Area)
- Big Break Regional Shoreline — Regional Shoreline (East Bay Regional Park District)
- Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Chanslor Ranch — Regional Park
- Boulder Oaks County Preserve — County Preserve
- Cactus County Park — County Park
- Cascade Canyon Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Chitactac-Adams Heritage County Park — County Park
- Chollas Lake Park — City Park
- Cloverdale River Park — Regional Park
- Coal Creek Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Contra Loma Regional Park — Regional Park
- Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch — County Park
- Crane Creek Regional Park — Regional Park
- Crockett Hills Regional Park — Regional Park
- Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area — Regional Recreation Area
- Deer Island Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Del Rio Woods — Regional Park
- Don Castro Regional Recreation Area — Regional Recreation Area
- Dublin Hills Regional Park — Regional Park
- El Capitan County Preserve — County Preserve
- El Monte County Park — County Park
- El Sereno Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Felicita County Park — County Park
- Fernandez Ranch — Open Space Preserve
- Flinn Springs County Park — County Park
- Foothill Regional Park — Regional Park
- Foothills Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Forestville River Access — County Regional Park
- Fremont Older Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Gibson Ranch Regional Park — Regional Park
- Goodan Ranch / Sycamore Canyon Preserve — County Preserve
- Guajome County Park — County / Regional Park
- Helen Putnam Regional Park — Regional Park
- Hellyer County Park — County Park
- Howe Avenue Access — Regional Park Access Area
- Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Hurkey Creek County Park — County Regional Park
- Ignacio Valley Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Indian Valley Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Kennedy Grove — Regional Recreation Area
- Shark Fin Cove — POI
- Convict Lake — POI
- Lagoon Park — County Park
- Laguna Grande Regional Park — Regional Park
- Lake Morena County Park — County Park
- Lake Temescal — Regional Park
- Loma Alta Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Los Gatos Creek County Park — County Park
- Los Trancos Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Bowling Ball Beach — POI
- Marina Dunes Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Mather Regional Park — Regional Park
- Mount Gower Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Mt. Madonna County Park — County Park
- Lucas Valley Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Nimbus Flat — State Recreation Area
- North Sonoma Mountain Regional Park — Regional Park
- Oakoasis County Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Otay Lakes County Park — County Park
- Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline — Regional Shoreline Park
- Pacheco Marsh — Nature Preserve
- Pacheco Valle Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Paradise Beach Park — County Park
- Picchetti Ranch Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Point Molate Regional Park — Regional Park
- Potrero County Park — County Park
- Pulgas Ridge — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Quarry Lakes — Regional Recreation Area
- Ragle Ranch Regional Park — Regional Park
- Ramona Grasslands Preserve — County Preserve
- Salmon Creek Falls — POI
- Ravenswood Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Rossmoor Bar — Regional Park
- Roy's Redwoods — County Open Space Preserve
- Sailor Bar — Regional Park
- San Geronimo Park — County Park
- San Pedro Mountain Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Saratoga Gap Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Shadow Cliffs — Regional Recreation Area
- Sherman Island — County Park
- Figueroa Mountain — POI
- Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve — Regional Park
- Watt Avenue Access — Regional Park Access
- St. Joseph's Hill — Open Space Preserve
- Sunnyvale Baylands Park — Regional Park
- Sunrise Recreation Area — Regional Park
- Sycamore Valley Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Teague Hill Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Terra Linda / Sleepy Hollow Divide Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Thornewood Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Tiburon Ridge Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Tunitas Creek Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Upper Stevens Creek County Park — County Park
- Uvas Canyon County Park — County Park
- Vargas Plateau Regional Park — Regional Park
- Westside Regional Park — Regional Park
- Elkhorn Boat Launch — Public Boat Launch
- William B. Pond Recreation Area — Regional Recreation Area
- Windy Hill Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve
- Joyce Stevens Monterey Pine Preserve — Regional Preserve
- Lake Jennings County Park — County Park
- Martinez Regional Shoreline — Regional Park
- Stelzer County Park — County Park
- Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Penitencia Creek County Park — County Park
- Santa Cruz Mountains — POI
- Palomar Mountain — POI
- San Dieguito County Park — County Park
- Vasquez Rocks — POI
- Point Arena — POI
- Lands End — POI
- 1000 Steps Beach — POI
- Dunes Beach — POI
- Centerville Beach County Park — County Park
- Alabama Hills — POI
- Harbor Cove Beach — Beach
- Big Lagoon County Park Beach — Beach
- Kellogg Beach Park — Beach
- Hot Creek — POI
- Zmudowski State Beach — State Beach
- Mammoth Lakes Basin — POI
- Golden Gate Park — POI
- Newport Back Bay — POI
- Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes — POI
- Davenport — POI
- El Matador Beach — POI
- June Lake Loop — POI
- Black Sands Beach — POI
- Russian River — POI
- Wiley's Well Recreation Area — Recreation Area
- Arbolado Park — City Park
- Bancroft County Park — County Park
- Chesbro Reservoir — County Park
- Frog Pond Wetland Preserve — Regional Park Preserve
- Guerneville River Park — Regional Park
- Locke-Paddon Park — Community Park
- Maurice Thorner Preserve — County Open Space Preserve
- Ogier Ponds — County Park / Water District Recreation Area
- Palassou Ridge — Open Space Preserve
- Sarah Court — Regional Park River Access
- White Hill Open Space Preserve — Open Space Preserve
- Arlington Park — City Park
- Blomquist Open Space Preserve — Regional Open Space Preserve