San Diego County

• Border Field State Park
  Border Field State Park
  Border Field State Park is a state park of California, USA, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico – United States border. The park is located within the city limits of Imperial Beach in San Diego County, adjacent to the suburb of Playas de Tijuana in Mexico...
  
  
• Imperial Beach
  Imperial Beach, California
  Imperial Beach is a residential beach city in San Diego County, California, with a population of 26,324 at the 2010 census. The city is the most southern beach city in Southern California and the West Coast of the United States...
  
  
• Silver Strand State Beach
• Coronado Municipal Beach
• Ocean Beach City Beach
• Ocean Beach Park
• Mission Beach
  Mission Beach, San Diego, California
  Mission Beach is a community built on a sandbar between the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay. It is part of the city of San Diego, California.Mission Beach spans nearly two miles of ocean front. It is bounded by the San Diego River estuary on the south, Mission Bay Park on the east, and the community...
  
  
• Pacific Beach
  Pacific Beach, San Diego, California
  Pacific Beach is a neighborhood of San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. While largely populated by young people, surfers, and college students, the population is becoming older, more...
  
  
• Tourmaline Surfing Park
• La Jolla Strand Park
• Windansea Beach
  Windansea Beach
  Windansea Beach is stretch of coastline located in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. The neighborhood adjacent to the beach is named Windansea after the beach. It is named after an oceanfront hotel that burned down in the late 1940s...
  
  
• Marine Street Beach
  Marine Street Beach
  Marine Street Beach is located in La Jolla, San Diego, California, north of Windansea Beach, at the base of Marine Street. This wide white sand beach rests between two rock reef points, Little Point and Horseshoe . The beach has no public bathrooms or parking lots.-References:...
  
  
• Children's Pool Beach
  Children's Pool Beach
  Children's Pool Beach, also known as Casa Beach, is a small sandy beach located at 850 Coast Boulevard, at the end of Jenner Street, in La Jolla, California....
  
  
• La Jolla Cove
  La Jolla Cove
  La Jolla Cove is a cove and a beach in La Jolla, San Diego, California. It is a very small beach within walking distance from the Children's Pool Beach and is considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Southern California...
  
  
• La Jolla Shores
  La Jolla Shores
  La Jolla Shores is a beach and popular vacation/residential community of the same name in La Jolla, San Diego, California. The quaint La Jolla Shores business district is a relaxed, mixed-use village encircling Laureate Park,on Avenida de la Playa in the village of La Jolla Shores.The beach is...
  
  
• Black's Beach
  Black's Beach
  Black's Beach is a secluded section of beach beneath the bluffs of Torrey Pines on the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States. It is officially part of Torrey Pines State Beach...
  
  
• Torrey Pines State Beach
  Torrey Pines State Beach
  Torrey Pines State Beach is a coastal beach located in the San Diego, California community of Torrey Pines, and is located south of Del Mar and north of La Jolla. Coastal erosion from the adjacent Torrey Pines State Reserve makes for a picturesque landscape. It is a local favorite among surfers and...
  
  
• Del Mar City Beach
• Seascape Surf
• Fletcher Cove Park
• Tide Beach Park
• Cardiff State Beach
  Cardiff State Beach
  Cardiff State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA, located near San Diego. Popular activities include swimming, surfing, and beachcombing....
  
  
• San Elijo State Beach
  San Elijo State Beach
  San Elijo State Beach is a California State Beach in San Diego County, California, USA,-Location:San Elijo State Beach is near San Diego, by San Elijo Lagoon, adjacent to the Cardiff State Beach....
  
  
• Swamis
• Boneyard Beach
• D Street Viewpoint
• Moonlight Beach
  Moonlight beach
  Moonlight State Beach is a state beach in Encinitas, California. Located at the terminus of Encinitas Boulevard, it has been called the epicenter of recreation and social life in the town. It is appropriate for both children's and adults' recreation. It is popular with both tourists and residents,...
  
  
• Stone Steps Beach
• Encinitas Beach
• Beacon's Beach
• Ponto Beach
• South Carlsbad State Beach
  South Carlsbad State Beach
  South Carlsbad State Beach is a beach located in Carlsbad, California.Known for being a place for swimming, surfing, skin diving, fishing, and picnicking, the campground, which is led by the stairway from the beach, is very popular during the summer....
  
  
• Carlsbad State Beach
  Carlsbad State Beach
  Carlsbad State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA, located in Carlsbad. It is a San Diego County beach with coastal bluffs. Popular activities include swimming, surfing, scuba diving, fishing, and beachcombing. Many visitors camp on the campsites on top of the...
  
  
• Carlsbad City Beach
• South Oceanside Beach
• Oceanside City Beach
• Harbor Beach, California
• San Onofre State Beach

Orange County

• San Clemente State Beach
  San Clemente State Beach
  San Clemente State Beach is a beach located in the south end of the city of San Clemente, California. Located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, it has been the most popular beach in the state of California since 1937....
  
  
• San Clemente City Beach
• Poche Beach
• Capistrano Beach
• Doheny State Beach
  Doheny State Beach
  Doheny State Beach, protected as part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, is a beach on the Pacific coast of Orange County, in Dana Point, Southern California....
  
  
• Salt Creek County Beach
• 1,000 Steps Beach
• West Street Beach
• Aliso Creek County Beach
• Victoria Beach
  Victoria Beach
  Victoria Beach may refer to* Victoria Beach, Manitoba* Victoria Beach, Nova Scotia...
  
  
• Brooks Beach
• Main Beach
• Picnic Beach
• Rockpile Beach
• Diver's Cove
• Shaw's Cove
• Crescent Bay Point Park
• Crystal Cove State Park
  Crystal Cove State Park
  Crystal Cove State Park is a state park of California, USA, encompassing of Pacific coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the Crystal Cove Historic District of beach houses. The park located in Newport Beach. Crystal Cove is a stretch of coastal cliffs and a beachfront cove situated between...
  
  
• Little Corona del Mar Beach
• Corona del Mar State Beach
  Corona del Mar State Beach
  Corona del Mar State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, and managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation...
  
  
• Rocky Point
• China Cove Beach
• Bayside Drive County Beach
• West Jetty View Park
• Balboa Beach
• Newport Beach Municipal Beach
• Santa Ana River County Beach
• Huntington State Beach
  Huntington State Beach
  Huntington State Beach is a protected beach in Southern California, located in the City of Huntington Beach in Orange County.The California State Park extends two miles from Newport Beach north to Beach Blvd. where the Huntington City Beach begins.This beach is a popular destination for many...
  
  
• Huntington City Beach
• Bolsa Chica State Beach
  Bolsa Chica State Beach
  Bolsa Chica State Beach is a beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in the Huntington Beach community of Sunset Beach in Orange County....
  
  
• Sunset Beach
  Sunset Beach, California
  Sunset Beach is a beachfront community in Huntington Beach in Orange County, California. In 2011, it was annexed by Huntington Beach and is now part of that city. Prior to, it was a census-designated place, with a population of 971 at the 2010 census....
  
  
• Surfside Beach
• Seal Beach

Los Angeles County

• Long Beach City Beach
• Cabrillo Beach Park
• Royal Palms State Beach
• Torrance County Beach
• RAT Beach
  Rat beach
  "Rat Beach", or "Right After Torrance" Beach and "Redondo and Torrance" Beach, is located on southern Santa Monica Bay in Torrance, between Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates, in Los Angeles County, California-Access:...
  
  
• Redondo Beach State Park
• Manhattan Beach County Park
• El Porto Beach
• Dockweiler State Beach
  Dockweiler State Beach
  Dockweiler State Beach is a Los Angeles beach protected under the state park system. Part of the park is located directly under the flight path of the immediately adjacent Los Angeles International Airport. Additionally, it is one of the few beaches in Los Angeles County where bonfires are permitted...
  
  
• Playa Del Ray
• Venice City Beach
• Santa Monica State Beach
  Santa Monica State Beach
  Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica.-Santa Monica Beach:The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica...
  
  
• Will Rogers State Beach
  Will Rogers State Beach
  Will Rogers State Beach is a beach park on the Santa Monica Bay, at the Pacific coast of Southern California. It is located in Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, and is protected as part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation...
  
  
• Topanga State Beach
• Malibu Lagoon State Beach
• Point Dume State Beach
• Zuma Beach County Park
• Robert Meyer Memorial State Beach
• Leo Carrillo State Park

Ventura County

• Port Hueneme Beach Park
• Channel Islands Beach
• Oxnard State Beach
  Oxnard State Beach
  -History:The City of Oxnard has over 20 miles of coastline. The beaches in Oxnard are large and the sand is very soft. The sand dunes in Oxnard are massive. There are very few rocks or driftwood at many of the beaches, but Oxnard is known to have dangerous rip-currents on some beaches during...
  
  
• Mandalay State Beach
  Mandalay State Beach
  Mandalay State Beach is a protected beach in Ventura County, California.Being managed by the County of Ventura, it does not honor the state's Annual Day Use Pass.-External links:**...
  
  
• McGrath State Beach
  McGrath State Beach
  McGrath State Beach is a protected beach park located in the city of Oxnard, California. It is located five miles south of Ventura on Harbor Boulevard....
  
  
• San Buenaventura State Beach
  San Buenaventura State Beach
  San Buenaventura State Beach is a beach located in Ventura, California. It is located on Pedro Street, off of the 101 Freeway.This beach consists of a pier that has a snack bar, restaurant, and bait shop. People often come to this beach to surf, swim, and picnic...
  
  
• Emma Wood State Beach
  Emma Wood State Beach
  Emma Wood State Beach is a protected beach in California, located west of the city of Ventura. The beach was named after Miss Emma Catherine Wood.-Activities:Although popular for fishing, it is probably most famous for its amazing surf...
  
  

Santa Barbara County

• Rincon Beach Park
• Carpinteria State Beach
  Carpinteria State Beach
  Carpinteria State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located south of Santa Barbara in the city of Carpinteria. The park has of beachfront. Recreational activities include swimming, surf fishing, camping, and tidepool exploration. The park was...
  
  
• Lookout County Park
• Santa Barbara East Beach
• Arroyo Burro Beach
  Arroyo Burro Beach
  Arroyo Burro Beach, widely known as Hendry's Beach by local residents, is a public beach in Santa Barbara, California. Located off of Cliff Drive, it is the terminus of Arroyo Burro Creek, and stands at the foot of the Santa Barbara coastal bluffs of the Douglas Family Preserve, which is adjacent...
  
  
• Goleta Beach Park
• Santa Barbara Shores County Park
• El Capitán State Beach
  El Capitán State Beach
  El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in southern California, United States, located about 20 miles west of downtown Santa Barbara. El Capitan has a day use beach as well as a campground with 131 sites, 6 of which are RV only, and 5 group sites...
  
  
• Refugio State Beach
  Refugio State Beach
  Refugio State Beach is a protected state beach park located west of Santa Barbara, California.It is west of El Capitán State Beach.-External links:*...
  
  
• Gaviota State Park
  Gaviota State Park
  Gaviota State Park is a California State Park located in southern Santa Barbara County, California, U.S., about 33 miles west of the city of Santa Barbara. It consists of 2,790 acres extending from the Pacific coast to the crest of the Santa Ynez Mountains, and is adjacent to Los Padres National...
  
  
• Jalama Beach County Park
• Point Sal State Beach
  Point Sal State Beach
  Point Sal State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California, located near the city of Guadalupe, in the northwestern part of Santa Barbara County. There are approximately of property and only of ocean frontage...
  
  

San Luis Obispo County

• Pismo State Beach
  Pismo State Beach
  Pismo State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California. It is approximately 17 miles long and fronts the towns of Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, and Oceano in San Luis Obispo County, California...
  
  
• Ávila Beach
  Avila Beach, California
  Avila Beach , pronounced AH-vuh-luh, is a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA and located about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and about 200 miles south of San Francisco. The ZIP Code is 93424. The community is inside area code 805...
  
  
• Montaña de Oro State Park
  Montaña de Oro State Park
  Montaña de Oro is a state park in California, United States. The park is located six miles southwest of Morro Bay and 2 miles south of Los Osos...
  
  
• Morro Bay State Park
  Morro Bay State Park
  Morro Bay State Park is a state park in Morro Bay, in western San Luis Obispo County, California. On the bay’s northeastern edge, there is a saltwater marsh that supports a thriving bird population. -Recreation:...
  
  
• Morro Rock Beach
  Morro Rock
  Morro Rock is a volcanic plug located just offshore from Morro Bay, California, at the entrance to Morro Bay Harbor. A causeway connects it with the shore, effectively making it a tied island. The area surrounding the base of Morro Rock can be visited. The rock is protected as the Morro Rock State...
  
  
• Morro Strand State Beach
  Morro Strand State Beach
  Morro Strand State Beach is located two miles south of Cayucos on Highway 1 and is a coastal frontage park featuring picnic sites. A three-mile stretch of beach connects the southern and northern entrances to the beach.-Proposed for closure:...
  
  
• Cayucos State Beach
  Cayucos State Beach
  Cayucos State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in Cayucos, San Luis Obispo County. The sandy beach environment supports uses of swimming and surfing...
  
  
• Estero Bluffs State Park
  Estero Bluffs State Park
  Estero Bluffs State Park is a California State Park located at Estero Bay.-Proposed for closure:Estero Bluffs State Park is one of the 48 California state parks proposed for closure in January 2008 by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as part of a deficit reduction program.-External...
  
  
• William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach
  William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach
  The William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach is located near the historic town of San Simeon along Highway One, in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.-Activities:...
  
  

Monterey County

• John Little State Reserve
  John Little State Reserve
  John Little State Reserve is a protected area on the Big Sur coast of Monterey County in California.It protects the rigged steep cliffs where Lime Creek meets the Pacific Ocean. It also has a cabin from 1917 where early conservationist Elizabeth K. Livermore lived.- External links :*...
  
  
• Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park
  Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park
  The Point Sur Lightstation State Historic Park is located on the Big Sur coastline of Monterey County, south of Rio Road in Carmel. It is both a California state park and on the National Register of Historic Places.-History:...
  
  
• Point Lobos State Reserve
• Carmel River State Beach
  Carmel River State Beach
  Carmel River State Beach is a state park unit of California, USA, featuring a protected beach with a lagoon formed by the Carmel River. The lagoon attracts a large number of migratory birds. The state beach includes Monastery Beach, which is popular with scuba divers...
  
  
• Carmel Beach City Park
• Asilomar State Beach
  Asilomar State Beach
  Asilomar State Beach is a state park unit of California, USA, providing public access to rocky coast and dune habitat on the Monterey Peninsula. The property includes the Asilomar Conference Grounds, a conference center built in 1913 that is now a National Historic Landmark...
  
  
• Monterey State Beach
  Monterey State Beach
  Monterey State Beach is a protected beach in California. It runs from Monterey to Seaside. The Seaside end of Monterey State Beach is a popular launch spot for paragliders. Surf fishing is permitted at Monterey State Beach.- External links :**...
  
  
• Marina State Beach
  Marina State Beach
  Marina State Beach is a protected beach located in Marina, California. It is popular with hang-gliders, paragliders and kite flyers. It is also a popular spot from which to watch the sun set. Surfers frequent Marina State Beach due to its reliable waves....
  
  
• Salinas River State Park
• Zmudowski State Beach
  Zmudowski State Beach
  Zmudowski State Beach is a beach near Moss Landing in Monterey County, California, United States, operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation. It is a popular fishing area, featuring perch, kingfish, sole, flounder, halibut, bocaccio , jacksmelt, lingcod, cabezon, salmon,...
  
  

Santa Cruz County

• Sunset State Beach
  Sunset State Beach
  Sunset State Beach is a beach approximately 1.5 mile long, near Watsonville, California in Santa Cruz County. It is operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation....
  
  
• Manresa State Beach
  Manresa State Beach
  Manresa State Beach is a beach near Watsonville, California in Santa Cruz County. It is operated by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.South of Manresa State Beach is Sunset State Beach....
  
  
• Seacliff State Beach
  Seacliff State Beach
  Seacliff is a California State Beach located off Highway 1 in the town of Aptos about south of Santa Cruz, on State Park Drive. The beach is most known for the concrete ship SS Palo Alto lying in the water...
  
  
• Capitola State Beach
• Twin Lakes State Beach
  Twin Lakes State Beach
  Twin Lakes State Beach is a beach located in Santa Cruz County, California. This mile-long shoreline is a popular place for swimming and picnicking, along with birdwatching in the adjacent Schwan's Lake. This beach is located in downtown Santa Cruz, with the small craft harbor parallel to East...
  
  
• Santa Cruz Beach
• Light House State Beach
• Natural Bridges State Beach
  Natural Bridges State Beach
  Natural Bridges State Beach is a California state park in Santa Cruz, California in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach. It is also well known as a hotspot to see monarch butterfly migrations...
  
  

San Mateo County

• Scaroni Road beach
• Gazos Creek State Beach
• Pigeon Point Beach
• Bean Hollow State Beach
  Bean Hollow State Beach
  Bean Hollow State Beach is a beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in San Mateo County near Pescadero. The beach offers fishing, picnicking and beachcombing. Visitors can explore tide pools with anemones, crab, sea urchins and other marine inhabitants. The beach also...
  
  
• Pebble Beach
• Pescadero State Beach
  Pescadero State Beach
  Pescadero State Beach is alongside State Route 1, located 14.5 miles south of Half Moon Bay and 1.5 miles west of the city of Pescadero in San Mateo County, California....
  
  
• Pomponio State Beach
  Pomponio State Beach
  Pomponio State Beach is a beach located south of Half Moon Bay and east of Pescadero off State Route 1, California, USA.This area provides access to miles of gently sloping, sandy beaches at the base of high sandstone bluffs...
  
  
• San Gregorio State Beach
  San Gregorio State Beach
  San Gregorio State Beach is a beach near San Gregorio, California, USA, south of Half Moon Bay. Part of the California State Park System, the beach lies just west of the intersection of State Route 1 and State Route 84...
  
  
• San Gregorio Private Beach
• Tunitas Beach
• Martin's State Beach
• Cowell Ranch Beach
• Pelican Point Beach
• Redondo State Beach
• Poplar State Beach
  Poplar State Beach
  Poplar State Beach is a beach located within Half Moon Bay on Poplar Avenue off of State Route 1, USA. Operated by California State Department of Parks and Recreation under the San Mateo Coast Sector Office.- Characteristics :...
  
  
• Half Moon Bay State Beach
  Half Moon Bay State Beach
  Half Moon Bay State Beach is a stretch of protected beaches in Half Moon Bay, California. It includes:* Francis Beach,* Venice Beach,* Dunes Beach, and* Roosevelt Beach ....
  
  , which includes:
  • Frances Beach
  • Venice Beach
  • Dunes Beach
  • Roosevelt Beach (also known as Naples Beach)
• Miramar Beach
  Miramar Beach, California
  Miramar Beach is a sandy beach in western San Mateo County, California. Miramar Beach is one of the numerous beaches on Half Moon Bay, a Pacific Ocean embayment noted for its surfing and extensive visitation...
  
  
• Vallejo Beach
• El Granada Beach
• Montara State Beach
  Montara State Beach
  Montara State Beach is a beach located eight miles north of Half Moon Bay on State Route 1, USA.Operated by California State Department of Parks and Recreation under the San Mateo Coast Sector Office...
  
  
• Gray Whale Cove State Beach
  Gray Whale Cove State Beach
  Gray Whale Cove State Beach is a privately operated beach with special regulations, schedules, and fees, north of Montara, California, USA, by Highway 1. It features a sheltered cove surrounded by abrupt cliffs, with a steep trail....
  
  
• Pacific State Beach
• Rockaway Beach
  Rockaway Beach, California
  Rockaway Beach is a shoreline area of the Pacific Ocean in the southern portion of Pacifica, California, United States, approximately miles south of the city of San Francisco...
  
  
• Beach State Park
• Long View Park
• Mussel Rock Park
• Northridge Park
• Palisades Park
• Thornton Beach State Park

San Francisco County

• Philip Burton Memorial Beach
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service that surrounds the San Francisco Bay area. It is one of the most visited units of the National Park system in the United States, with over 13 million visitors a year...
  
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  • Fort Funston Beach
    Fort Funston
    Fort Funston is a protected area within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area at the southwestern corner of San Francisco. It occupies windswept headlands along the Pacific coast, steep cliffs and the beach below...
    
    
  • Ocean Beach
    Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California
    Ocean Beach is a beach that runs along the west coast of San Francisco, California, United States, at the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent to Golden Gate Park, the Richmond District and the Sunset District. The Great Highway runs alongside the beach, and Cliff House and the site of the former Sutro...
    
    
  • Lands End Beach
    Lands End, San Francisco
    Lands End is a park in San Francisco within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is a rocky and windswept shoreline at the mouth of the Golden Gate, situated between the Sutro District and Lincoln Park and abutting Fort Miley Military Reservation. A memorial to the USS San Francisco...
    
    
  • China Beach
    China Beach, San Francisco
    China Beach is a small cove in San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood. It lies between Baker Beach and Lands End and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. A marker at the trailhead leading down to the beach indicates that it was named for Chinese fishermen who used to camp at the...
    
    
  • Baker Beach
    Baker Beach
    Baker Beach is a public beach on the peninsula of San Francisco, California, U.S.. The beach lies on the shore of the Pacific Ocean to the northwest of the city...
    
    
  • Marshall's Beach
    Presidio of San Francisco
    The Presidio of San Francisco is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
    
    

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service that surrounds the San Francisco Bay area. It is one of the most visited units of the National Park system in the United States, with over 13 million visitors a year...
  
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  • East Beach
    Crissy Field
    Crissy Field is a former airfield, now a part of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in San Francisco, California, United States. Historically a part of the Presidio of San Francisco, Crissy Field was closed as an airfield and eventually the National Park Service took control over it...
    
    
• Aquatic Park
  Aquatic Park Historic District
  Aquatic Park Historic District is a building complex on the San Francisco Bay waterfront in San Francisco, California, United States. It is located within San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is itself a National Historic Landmark....
  
  

Marin County

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area administered by the National Park Service that surrounds the San Francisco Bay area. It is one of the most visited units of the National Park system in the United States, with over 13 million visitors a year...
  
  
• Stinson Beach Park
  Stinson Beach, California
  Stinson Beach is a census-designated place in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. Stinson Beach is located east-southeast of Bolinas, at an elevation of 26 feet . The population of the Stinson Beach CDP was 632 at the 2010 census.Stinson Beach is about a 35-minute...
  
  
• Mount Tamalpais State Park
  Mount Tamalpais State Park
  Mount Tamalpais State Park is a California state park, located in Marin County, California. The primary feature of the park is the Mount Tamalpais. The park contains mostly redwood and oak forests. The mountain itself covers around . There are about of hiking trails, which are connected to a...
  
  
• Point Reyes National Seashore
  Point Reyes National Seashore
  Point Reyes National Seashore is a park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California, USA. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as a nationally important nature preserve within which existing agricultural uses are allowed to continue...
  
  
• Tomales Bay State Park
  Tomales Bay State Park
  Tomales Bay State Park is a California state park in Marin County, California. It consists of approximately 2,000 acres divided between two areas, one on the west side of Tomales Bay and the other on the east side. The main area, on the west, is part of the Point Reyes peninsula, and adjacent to...
  
  

Sonoma County

• Goat Rock Beach
  Goat Rock Beach
  Goat Rock Beach is a sand beach in northwestern Sonoma County, California, United States.This landform is a sub-unit of Sonoma Coast State Beach, owned and managed by the State of California...
  
  
• Doran Regional Park
  Doran Regional Park
  Doran Regional Park is a regional park south of Bodega Bay, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It covers an area of . It is located at on the sand spit separating Bodega Harbor from Bodega Bay...
  
  
• Sonoma Coast State Beach
  Sonoma Coast State Beach
  Sonoma Coast State Beach is a State of California property in Sonoma County consisting of public access use on lands adjoining the Pacific Ocean. This extent of beach runs from a coastal point about north of Jenner and continues for approximately to the south to terminate at Bodega Head...
  
  
• Fort Ross State Historic Park
  Fort Ross State Historic Park
  Fort Ross State Historic Park is a protected historic site in the U.S. state of California. It includes Fort Ross, the former Russian settlement, with the surrounding area comprising the immediate coastline and the native Coast Redwood forests extending inland.-Fort Ross:Fort Ross was founded by...
  
  
• Stillwater Cove Regional Park
  Stillwater Cove Regional Park
  Stillwater Cove Regional Park is a regional park north of Jenner, California, U.S.A. that is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department. It covers an area of . It is located at , near the mouth of Stockhoff Creek. Access is by means of State Route 1...
  
  
• Salt Point State Park
  Salt Point State Park
  Salt Point State Park is a state park located at in Sonoma County, California, United States. The park covers on the coast of Northern California with of hiking trails and over six miles of a rough rocky coast line including Salt Point which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. The park also...
  
  
• Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve
• Gualala Point Regional Park
  Gualala Point Regional Park
  Gualala Point Regional Park is a regional park on Gualala Point at the mouth of the Gualala River in Sonoma County, California, south of the Gualala. The park is maintained by the Sonoma County Regional Parks Department...
  
  

Mendocino County

• Schooner Gulch State Beach
  Schooner Gulch State Beach
  Schooner Gulch State Beach is a beach located in Mendocino County, California. It is located approximately 50 miles northwest of Santa Rosa. It offers a scenic spot along the Mendocino coast and a stunning perch for watching sunsets. Visitors to the beach come to surf, fish, and picnic.-References:...
  
  
• Manchester State Park
  Manchester State Park (California)
  Manchester State Park consists of including of protected beachfront on the Pacific Ocean in Northern California near Point Arena. The park is noted for steelhead and salmon fishing as well as driftwood from the catch basin.Camping is available on a first come, first served basis...
  
  
• Russian Gulch State Park
  Russian Gulch State Park
  Russian Gulch State Park is a California State Park in coastal Mendocino County, California, two miles north of Mendocino and seven miles south of Fort Bragg.-Park features:...
  
  
• Caspar Headlands State Beach
  Caspar Headlands State Beach
  Caspar Headlands State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, USA. It is located in Northern California in Mendocino County near the village of Caspar. The park was established in 1972.-History:...
  
  
• Mackerricher State Park
  MacKerricher State Park
  MacKerricher State Park in Northern California offers a variety of habitats: beach, bluff, headland, dune, forest, and wetland. Tide pools are along the shore. Seals live on the rocks off the park’s Mendocino coast. More than 90 species of birds visit or live near Cleone Lake, a former tidal lagoon...
  
  
• Westport-Union Landing State Beach
  Westport-Union Landing State Beach
  Westport-Union Landing State Beach is located in Mendocino County in Northern California. Covering over three miles of rugged and scenic coastline, this beach consists of 46 campsites with ocean and mountain views. This scenic opportunity gives new photographic challenges, regardless of whether the...
  
  

Humboldt County

• Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
  Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
  Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is a state park in Mendocino County, California. The wilderness area borders the Pacific Ocean to the west and the King Range National Conservation Area to the north. The nearest settlement is the unincorporated town of Leggett...
  
  
• Clam Beach County Park
• Little River State Beach
  Little River State Beach
  Little River State Beach is a beach located in Humboldt County, California, north of Eureka. Getting there is convenient as it's right off US Route 101. It's a broad open beach that contains sand dunes. Clam Beach County Park is to the south, and Little River is to the north...
  
  
• Trinidad State Beach
  Trinidad State Beach
  Trinidad State Beach is north of Eureka in Humboldt County, California. This scenic State Beach is accessed from a signposted side road at Trinity Street and Stagecoach Road in the seaside town of Trinidad. The parking lot at Trinidad Bay below Trinidad Head is another popular access point. The...
  
  
• Patricks Point State Park
• Humboldt Lagoons State Park
  Humboldt Lagoons State Park
  Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a state park located in northern California. The state park includes access from U.S. Route 101 to three lagoons on the Pacific coast between Eureka, California and the Oregon border. Big Lagoon is the largest and southernmost lagoon. Stone Lagoon is the middle...
  
  

Del Norte County

• Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
  Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
  Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles north of Eureka...
  
  
• Redwood National Park
• Crescent Beach

See also

• California State Beaches
  California State Beaches
  The beaches listed below are along the coastline of the state of California. Beaches are listed in order from south to north.- San Diego County :* Border Field State Park* Imperial Beach* Silver Strand State Beach* Coronado Municipal Beach...