Topanga State Park, California's largest urban wildland at over 11,000 acres within Los Angeles city limits in the Santa Monica Mountains, stretches from Pacific Coast Highway to the San Fernando Valley hills, offering 36 miles of trails through chaparral, oak woodlands, coastal sage scrub, and riparian habitats amid steep canyons and ridgelines.
Benicia State Recreation Area covers 447 acres of tidal wetlands, grassy hillsides, and rocky beaches along the narrowest part of the Carquinez Strait in Solano County, California, just west of downtown Benicia.
Crystal Cove State Park, located between Newport Beach and Laguna Beach in Orange County, California, encompasses 3.2 miles of pristine beachfront, over 2,400 acres of backcountry canyons and bluffs, and a 1,140-acre offshore underwater park ideal for snorkeling and scuba diving.
Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, California, is the tallest waterfall in North America, dropping a total of 2,425 feet (739 meters) across three distinct sections: the Upper Yosemite Fall, which plunges 1,430 feet; the Middle Cascades, a series of smaller drops totaling 675 feet; and the Lower Yosemite Fall, which drops 320 feet.
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park, located three miles north of St. Helena in Napa Valley, California, preserves a water-powered grist mill built in 1846 by Dr. Edward Turner Bale on land granted by the Mexican government, where early settlers gathered their corn and wheat to grind into meal or flour using a massive 36-foot water wheel powered by nearby Mill Creek.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States, established as an independent institution in 1961 after originating from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art founded in 1910.
Twin Pine Casino & Hotel is a wine-themed tribal gaming resort in Middletown, California, at the northern gateway to Napa Valley along Highway 29, owned and operated by the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians.
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area is a large, multi‑use park in the Gabilan Mountains near Hollister that was established as California’s first SVRA and now offers varied terrain—oak woodlands, rolling grasslands, steep ridges, and seasonal creeks—across roughly 6,800+ acres with elevations from about 660 to 2,425 feet.
Augustine Casino is a Native American casino owned and operated by the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, located at 84-001 Avenue 54 in Coachella, California, nestled in the Coachella Valley near the San Jacinto Mountains and just three miles east of PGA West.
Butano State Park spans over 4,000 acres in San Mateo County's Pescadero area, California, featuring a serene canyon with second- and third-growth coast redwoods, babbling creeks, oak woodlands, riparian zones, and chaparral ecosystems that host woodpeckers, newts, banana slugs, and springtime calypso orchids.
Mandalay State Beach in Oxnard is an undeveloped coastal reserve protecting wide sandy shores, dunes and wetlands along about a mile of shoreline where visitors come for quiet beach walks, birdwatching and seasonal wildlife viewing.
Sycuan Casino Resort is a premier tribal gaming destination in El Cajon, California, about 20 miles east of downtown San Diego, owned and operated by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area is a 220-acre off-road haven two miles west of Oroville in Butte County, California, formed in a former clay mine pit that supplied material for Oroville Dam construction.
The Lone Cypress is a solitary Monterey cypress tree perched dramatically on a granite headland along the scenic 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, California.
Sue-meg State Park, formerly Patrick's Point State Park, spans 640 acres on a forested promontory near Trinidad in Humboldt County, California, along the Redwood Coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Emma Wood State Beach is a coastal park in Ventura along the Santa Barbara Channel that protects a long sandy shoreline adjacent to the Ventura River estuary and is popular for swimming, surfing, fishing, beach walking, and wildlife viewing.
Kings Canyon National Park in California, established in 1940, is known for its dramatic mountain scenery, deep glacially carved canyons, and ancient giant sequoia groves.
Blue Lake Casino Hotel is a Native American casino and hotel owned by the Blue Lake Rancheria tribe of Wiyot, Yurok, and Hupa Indians, located at 777 Casino Way in Blue Lake, California, just five miles east of Arcata in Humboldt County on the Redwood Coast, easily accessible off Highway 299.
