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Andrew Molera State Park
Anza Borrego Desert State Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Coast Dairies State Park
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Death Valley National Park
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Donner Memorial State Park
Garrapata State Park
Hearst San Simeon State Park
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Limekiln State Park
Mount San Jacinto State Park
Palomar Mountain State Park
Pinnacles National Park
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Salt Point State Park
Sonoma Coast State Park
Yosemite National Park
California is home to some to some of the most beautiful and diverse national and state parks in the United States. You can choose to spend your leisure time surrounded by the magnificence of the desert, the awesome majesty of ancient towering redwoods or the rugged and beautiful Pacific coastline.
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