- Donner Memorial State Park
- Located in the beautiful Sierra Nevada, Donner Memorial State Park offers the summer vacationer opportunities for camping, picnicking, boating, fishing, water-skiing, and hiking. In winter, visitors can cross-country
- Dos Palmas Preserve
- This oasis with its hundreds of swaying fan palms offers sanctuary in the midst of the dry Colorado Desert. Pools fed by artesian springs and seepage from the nearby
- Dumont Dunes
- The Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area, also referred to as an Open Area, is an exciting
- East Park Reservoir
- The East Park Dam and reservoir, of the Orland Project, is situated in the rolling foothills of the Mendocino National Forest on Little Stony Creek. The reservoir
- Eastman Lake
- Just one hour north of Fresno in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Rolling oak-covered hills provide a scenic and restful setting for fishing, boating, and
- Eastshore State Park (State Seashore)
- The park includes tidelands and upland property along 8.5 miles of shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. The park extends from the City of Richmond in the north to
- Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point State Park
- Ed Z'berg - Sugar Pine Point State Park contains one of the finest remaining natural areas on Lake Tahoe. With nearly two miles of lake frontage, the park has
- El Capitán State Beach
- El Capitán State Beach offers visitors a sandy beach, rocky tidepools, and stands of sycamore and oaks along El Capitán Creek. Its a perfect setting for swimming, fishing, surfing,
- El Mirage Recreation Management Area
- El Mirage is an area administered by the Bureau of Land Management with cooperation from the state of California Parks and Recreation and a number of southern California counties.
- El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
- This is the site of the oldest building in Santa Barbara and the second oldest in California. Visitors can step back and view this historic site surrounded by modern
- Eldorado National Forest
- Located soutwest of Lake Tahoe, the Eldorado National Forest extends from the foothills into the rugged Sierra Nevada high country of California. Elevations range from 1,620 to 10,380
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Elkhorn Slough is one of the relatively few undisturbed coastal wetlands remaining in California. The main channel of the slough, which winds inland nearly seven miles, is flanked by
- Emerald Bay State Park
- In 1969, Emerald Bay was designated a National Natural Landmark for its brilliant panorama of mountain-building processes and glacier carved granite.
The natural beauty, geology and history of this unique
- Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve Park Property
- This property is new and may not be available for public use, pending necessary planning, facility development and
- Emma Wood State Beach
- Moderate temperatures help make Emma Wood State Beach popular for swimming, surfing and fishing. Catches include perch, bass, cabezon and corbina. The Ventura River estuary is at
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Empire Mine State Historic Park is the site of one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California. The park is in Grass Valley at
- Estero Bay Park Property
- The purpose of the Estero Bay property, in San Luis Obispo County, is to preserve and protect a rich, diverse and particularly scenic area of the Pacific Ocean coast,
- Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
- RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO VISIT THIS PARK (925) 838-0249. See Activities page. Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, the only Nobel Prize winning playwright from the United States and the architect
- Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern
- The 36,000-acre Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) is a place where geographic isolation, geology, climate, and hydrology have created a rare and irreplaceable ecosystem. Located in
- Folsom Dam
- Settlement of the basin began about 1844. In 1848, discovery of gold near the present site of Coloma precipitated a great influx of gold seekers from all parts
- Folsom Lake
- Recreation at Folsom Reservoir is managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation under agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office. The reservoir
- Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
- Located at the base of the Sierra foothills, the lake and recreation area offers opportunities for hiking, biking, running, camping, picnicking, horseback riding, water-skiing and boating. Fishing offers trout,
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
- The Folsom Powerhouse is part of a colorful chapter of Sacramento history and is also an example of the tremendous advance in the commercial application of electricity. H.P. Livermore
- Folsom Recreation Management Area
- The Folsom Field Office is directly responsible for more than 230,000 acres of public land scattered throughout fourteen Central California counties. Most of the acreage is in the Mother
- Folsom South Canal Trail
- The 69 mile long Folsom South Canal originates at Nimbus Dam on the American River in Sacramento County and extends southward, paralleling and to the east of State Highway
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
- Fort Humboldt is situated on a bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay. This remote military post was established in 1853 to assist in conflict resolution between Native Americans and gold-seekers and
- Fort Ord
- This 7,200-acre portion of the former Army base at Fort Ord is now public land managed by BLM. The elaborate system of trails left behind by the military is
- Fort Ord Dunes State Park
- The purpose of Fort Ord Dunes State Park is to perpetuate forever, for public use, inspiration, esthetic enjoyment, and education, an area along the central California Coast of unique
- Fort Point National Historic Site
- Fort Point was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1853 and 1861 to prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay. The
- Fort Ross State Historic Park
- Fort Ross was a thriving Russian-American Company settlement from 1812 to 1841. This commercial company chartered by Russia's tsarist government controlled all Russian exploration, trade and settlement in the
