• ANACAPA ISLAND
  Anacapa Island is located 14 miles off the coast from Ventura, California. It is the only Channel Island to retain its American Indian name, derived from the Chumash word, "Eneepah", meaning island of deception or mirage. Ocean waves have eroded the perimeter of the island, creating steep sea cliffs towering hundreds of feet in height and exposing the volcanic origins of air pockets, lava tubes, and sea caves.
  
  
• Cabrillo National Monument
  Cabrillo National Monument offers programs and a small museum about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a superb view of San Diego harbor, the Pacific Ocean, and the winter Gray Whale migration. The Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Fort Rosecrans coastal defense remains, a coastal sage scrub ecosystem, and the Cabrillo Tidepools are preserved here by the National Park Service. The Monument is located on the southern tip of Point Loma, approximately 10 miles from the city of San Diego, California.
  
  
• California - Manzanar National Historic Site
  Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Located at the foot of the imposing Sierra Nevada in eastern California's Owens Valley, Manzanar has been identified as the best preserved of these camps.
  
  
• Camping at Yosemite National Park
  In Yosemite Valley, California, Upper Pines campground is open year-round, Lower Pines Campground is open March to October, and North Pines is open April to October. Reservations are required at these Valley campgrounds. Sunnyside Walk-In campground is open year-round; sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
  
  
• Capt. Jack's Stronghold
  A walk through Captain Jacks Stronghold is a unique experience just waiting to happen. The spirit of the Modoc People can still be found there. Think of the courage it took for them to endure the winter of 1872-73 after their village and winter food supplies had been burned by the army. Near Tulelake, California.
  
  
• Channel Islands National Park
  Visitors to the park may enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities, such as SCUBA diving, snorkeling, swimming, bird watching, kayaking, whale watching, and sailing. On the islands, one may camp, hike, picnic, and explore tide pools, isolated beaches, and rugged canyons. Park naturalists conduct interpretive hikes on the islands throughout the year. Located off of Ventura, California.
  
  
• Death Valley National Park
  Death Valley National Park has more than 3.3 million acres of spectacular desert scenery, interesting and rare desert wildlife, complex geology, undisturbed wilderness, and sites of historical and cultural interest. Located in California.
  
  
• Devils Postpile National Monument
  Hot lava cooled and cracked some 900,000 years ago to form basalt columns 40 to 60 feet high resembling a giant pipe organ. Thc John Muir Trail between Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks crosses the monument. Located in California.
  
  
• East Bay Regional Park District
  The East Bay Regional Park District will preserve a priceless heritage of natural and cultural resources open space, parks and trails for the future and will set aside park areas for enjoyment and healthful recreation for generations to come. An environmental ethic guides us in all that we do.
  
  
• Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
  Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, the only Nobel Prize winning playwright from the United States and the architect of modern American theater, lived at Tao House in the hills above Danville, California from 1937 to 1944. It was at this site that he wrote his final and most successful plays; The Iceman Cometh, Long Days Journey Into Night, and A Moon For the Misbegotten.
  
  
• Fort Point National Historic Site
  Fort Point is the only third system brick fort on the west coast of the United States. It became a National Historic Site on October 16th, 1970. Fort Point is located beneath the south anchorage of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
  
  
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)is the largest urban national park in the world. The total park area is 76,500 acres of land and water. Approximately 28 miles of coastline lie within its boundaries. It is nearly two and one-half times the size of San Francisco. Located in three California counties (San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo).
  
  
• John Muir National Historic Site
  The Site preserves the 17 room mansion where the naturalist John Muir lived from 1890 to his death in 1914. The house can be seen on our daily guided tour or self-guided tour. Bird and wild flower walks are offered throughout the winter and spring. Located in Martinez, California.
  
  
• Johsua Tree National Park
  Joshua Tree National Park’s 794,000 acres span the transition between the Mojave and Colorado deserts of Southern California. Proclaimed a National Monument in 1936 and a Biosphere Reserve in 1984, Joshua Tree was designated a National Park in 1994. The area posseses a rich human history and a pristine natural environment
  
  
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
  Lassen Volcanic became a national park in 1916 because of its significance as an active volcanic landscape. Lassen Peak began erupting in 1914, had the most significant activity in 1915, and had minor activity until 1921. Located at Mineral, California.
  
  
• Lava Beds National Monument
  Volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano have created an incredibly rugged landscape punctuated by cinder cones, lava flows, spatter cones, lava tube caves and pit craters. Located in Tulelake, California.
  
  
• Los Angeles Parks
  L.A. Kids offers center run classes at 93 Recreation Centers, year round sports academies and clinics, tennis, golf, boxing and conditioning programs, fine arts and mobile recreation. Since 1996, LA Kids has provided quality recreation programs to over 75,000 young people.
  
  
• Map of Southern California
  Large scale view of Southern California's National Parks.
  
  
• Mojave National Preserve
  The area ranges from creosote bush dominated flats in low areas to pinyon pine and juniper woodlands in higher elevations. Everywhere there are surprises. Sand dunes, volcanic cinder cones, Joshua tree forests, vast vistas and mile-high mountains help define this amazing area within the Mojave Desert. The Mojave National Preserve is located in Southeastern California.
  
  
• Muir Woods National Monument
  "This is the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world," declared conservationist John Muir when describing this grove of majestic coastal redwoods. The tranquility of the forest of towering trees and canyon ferns is accessible to nearly everyone. View the redwood forest, Redwood Creek, wildflowers, and forest wildlife. Located in Marin County, California.
  
  
• Pinnacles National Monument
  Rising out of the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California's Salinas Valley, are the spectacular remains of an ancient volcano. Massive monoliths, spires, sheer-walled canyons and talus passages define millions of years of erosion, faulting and tectonic plate movement.
  
  
• Point Reyes National Seashore
  The area contains unique elements of biological and historical interest in a spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested ridges. Native land mammals number about 37 species and marine mammals augment this total by another dozen species. The biological diversity stems from a favorable location in the middle of California and the natural occurrence of many distinct habitats. Located at Point Reyes Station, California.
  
  
• Redwood National and State Parks
  Redwood National and State Parks are situated along a long, narrow stretch of northern California coast, nearly abutting Oregon. Redwood National and State Parks protect old growth coast redwoods, some of the world's tallest trees. Less well-known are the prairies and oak woodlands and the coastal and marine ecosystems.
  
  
• San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
  This unique Park, located at the west end of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, includes the fleet of historic vessels at Hyde Street Pier, the Maritime Museum, and the Maritime Museum Library. Each year: over a half million visitors board turn-of-the-century ships and tour the Museum; hundreds learn traditional arts -- like boatbuilding and woodworking -- in Park classes and workshops; and thousands of schoolchildren spend the night aboard the 1895 schooner C.A. Thayer as part of an innovative educational program. Located in San Francisco, California.
  
  
• SAN MIGUEL ISLAND
  Fifty-five miles off the coast from Ventura, California, San Miguel Island is the farthest west of the Channel Islands. Because of its location in the open ocean, it is subject to high winds and lots of fog. The island is a tableland of lush grasses and wildflowers, with 27 miles of jagged, rocky coastline dotted with sandy white beaches. The westernmost of these beaches, Point Bennett, is the only place in the world where up to six different species of pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) can be found.
  
  
• SANTA BARBARA ISLAND
  SANTA BARBARA ISLAND(639 acres), 38 miles west of San Pedro, is the smallest of the California Channel Islands. Formed by underwater volcanic activity, Santa Barbara is roughly triangular in outline and emerges from the ocean as a giant twin-peaked mesa with steep cliffs. Even though small in size, Santa Barbara Island boasts diversity in its habitats, with a few narrow rocky beaches, six canyons, and badlands area.
  
  
• Santa Clara County Parks
  Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department is to provide, protect and preserve regional parklands for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this and future generations.
  
  
• SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
  Santa Cruz is the largest island off the coast of California. Located between Anacapa and Santa Rosa Islands, it lies from 19-25 miles off the adjacent mainland coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara.
  
  
• Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation
  City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation. The park includes hiking trails, swimming pools, ball fields, play equipment, clubhouses, barbecue pits, picnic areas and more.
  
  
• Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
  Located in a Mediterranean ecosystem, the Santa Monica Mountains contain a wide variety of plants and wildlife. The mountains also have an interesting and diverse cultural history which begins with the Chumash and Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and continues today in "L.A.'s backyard."The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is located west of Griffith Park in Los Angeles County and to the east of the Oxnard Plain in Ventura County, California. U.S. Highway 101 (Ventura Freeway) borders the mountains on the north, and State Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) and the Pacific Ocean form the southern boundary.
  
  
• SANTA ROSA ISLAND
  Santa Rosa Island (52,794 acres), the second largest of the Channel Islands, is 40 miles west of Ventura, California. It is a diverse island of grass-covered rolling hills, steep canyons, creeks, rocky inter-tidal areas and sandy beaches. It is a treasure of archeological sites, some dating back nearly 11,000 years. The former owners of the island continue to lease Santa Rosa until the year 2011 for game hunts.
  
  
• Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
  Sequoia is the second-oldest national park in the United States. It was established in 1890 to protect the Big Trees in Giant Forest, including the General Sherman Tree, the world's largest tree. Sequoia also contains the Mineral King Valley and a rare expanse of undisturbed Sierran foothills. Located in Fresno and Tulare counties, California.
  
  
• Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
  The Whiskeytown Unit, with its mountainous back country and man-made large reservoir offers many summer activities such as hiking and boating as well as the historical remains of buildings built during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Whiskeytown Lake, with 36 miles of shoreline and covering 3200 acres, is excellent for most water-related activities, including swimming, scuba diving, water skiing, boating and fishing. Located 8 miles west of Redding, California on State Route 299 West.
  
  
• Yosemite National Park
  Yosemite National Park embraces almost 1,200 square miles of scenic wild lands set aside in 1890 to preserve a portion of the central Sierra Nevada that stretches along California's eastern flank. The park ranges from 2,000 feet above sea level to more than 13,000 feet and has these major attractions; alpine wilderness, three groves of Giant Sequoias and the glacially carved Yosemite Valley with impressive waterfalls, cliffs and unusual rock formations. Located in Yosemite, California.
  
  

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