Where to park in California's national parks

Named trailhead and visitor parking areas with exact coordinates — paste them straight into a map app. Each park links to its full page for fees, restrooms, and trails.

Updated 2026-08-18.

Death Valley

• Bennetts Well Parking — 36.16338, -116.86346
• Death Valley National Park Eastern Entrance — 36.37546, -116.68504
• Golden Canyon Parking — 36.42061, -116.84698
• Badwater Parking — 36.22990, -116.76720
• Zabriskie Point Parking — 36.42090, -116.80963
• Visitor Center Parking — 36.46139, -116.86683
• Artist's Palette Parking — 36.36351, -116.80274
• Dante's View Parking — 36.22065, -116.72648
• Leadfield Parking — 36.84835, -117.05919
• Red Pass Parking — 36.82867, -117.03235

30 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Joshua Tree

• Fortynine Palms parking area — 34.11956, -116.11213
• Oyster Bar Parking Area — 33.99235, -116.15017
• Mojave Plants Parking Area — 33.99477, -116.16373
• Hall of Horrors Parking Area — 33.99858, -116.14481
• Hemingway Parking Area — 34.02574, -116.17498
• Cottonwood Spring Lot — 33.73711, -115.81082
• Desert Queen Ranch — 34.03351, -116.16695
• Cholla Cactus Garden Parking Area — 33.92526, -115.92843
• Juniper Flats — 33.97658, -116.16527
• Day Use — 34.08533, -116.14039

30 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Lassen Volcanic

• Lake Helen — 40.46675, -121.50840
• Devastated Area parking lot — 40.51558, -121.46508
• Bumpass Hell Parking — 40.46580, -121.51444
• Butte Lake Parking — 40.56508, -121.30114
• King's Creek Trailhead — 40.46015, -121.47442
• Brokeoff Mountain Trailhead — 40.43099, -121.53601
• Warner Valley Trailhead — 40.44183, -121.39367
• Summit Lake North Day Use Parking — 40.49412, -121.42406

25 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Yosemite

• Sentinel Bridge Parking & Lookout — 37.74420, -119.58973
• Valley Trailhead Parking — 37.73497, -119.56644

38 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Sequoia

• Hanging Rock Parking — 36.54938, -118.76839
• Atwell Hockett Trailhead Parking — 36.46463, -118.66698
• RV Parking — 36.58592, -118.74846
• General Sherman Tree Disabled Parking — 36.58019, -118.75177
• Moro Rock Parking — 36.54696, -118.76554
• Tar Gap Parking — 36.45382, -118.60624
• Disney Lot — 36.44870, -118.59539

33 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Redwood

• Stout Memorial Grove Parking — 41.78935, -124.08510
• Little Bald Hills Trailhead — 41.78867, -124.07316
• Skunk Cabbage Trailhead Parking Lot — 41.30750, -124.05688
• Fern Canyon Car Park — 41.40061, -124.06585
• Big Tree Wayside — 41.37293, -124.01395
• Redwood Creek Overlook — 41.25786, -123.98892
• Beach Campground Day Use Parking — 41.38423, -124.06848
• Redwood Creek Trailhead Parking — 41.29922, -124.03346

32 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Kings Canyon

• Grant Tree Parking — 36.74674, -118.97299
• Big Stump Picnic Area — 36.72085, -118.97091
• RV Parking — 36.74699, -118.97414

24 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Pinnacles

• Peaks View Area — 36.48250, -121.16194
• Moses Spring Parking Area — 36.47852, -121.18385
• Manzanita Parking Area — 36.48560, -121.16716
• Old Pinnacles Parking Area — 36.49492, -121.17295
• Chaparral Parking Area — 36.49183, -121.20967
• Shower Parking — 36.49351, -121.14603
• Jawbone Parking Area — 36.48823, -121.21360

10 further mapped lots in this park carry no official name; they are on the map in the app.

Campground status on Explore is checked against official booking calendars, not reviews — 129 campgrounds carry a checked date. Sources.

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