List of California State Historic Parks
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This is a list of California State Historic Parks.
- Anderson Marsh State Historic ParkAnderson Marsh State Historic ParkAnderson Marsh State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park and nature reserve preserving a tule marsh, archaeological sites of the Pomo people, and historic ranch structures. It is located in Lake County, California, USA...
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic ParkAntelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic ParkThe Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park is a state historic park of California, USA, interpreting Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions. The park and its grounds are situated on the Antelope Valley's rural east side in northern Los Angeles County,...
- Bale Grist Mill State Historic ParkBale Grist Mill State Historic ParkBale Grist Mill State Historic Park is a California state park located in Napa County between St. Helena and Calistoga. The park is the site of a water-powered grist mill that was built in 1846. It was once the center of social activity as Napa Valley settlers gathered to have their corn and wheat...
- Benicia Capitol State Historic ParkBenicia Capitol State Historic ParkBenicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California. The park is dedicated to California’s third capitol building, where the California State Legislature and bureaucracy convened from February 3, 1853 to February 24, 1854...
- Bidwell Mansion State Historic ParkBidwell Mansion State Historic ParkBidwell Mansion, located at 525 Esplanade in Chico, California, was the home of General John Bidwell and Annie Bidwell from the late 1868 until 1900, when Gen. Bidwell died. Annie continued to live there until her death in 1918...
- Bodie State Historic Park
- California Citrus State Historic ParkCalifornia Citrus State Historic ParkCalifornia Citrus State Historic Park is an open air museum in the state park system of California, USA, interpreting the historic cultural landscape of the citrus industry. The story of the citrus industry's role in the history and development of California is told in the visitor center...
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic ParkChumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, CaliforniaChumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a unit in the state park system of California, USA, preserving a small sandstone cave adorned with rock art attributed to the Chumash people. Adjoining the small community of Painted Cave, the site is located about north of California State Route 154...
- Colonel Allensworth State Historic ParkColonel Allensworth State Historic ParkColonel Allensworth State Historic Park is a state park unit of California, USA, preserving Allensworth, the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. The small farming community was founded in 1908 by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth, Professor William Payne,...
- Columbia State Historic ParkColumbia State Historic ParkColumbia State Historic Park, also known as Columbia Historic District, is a California state park and National Historic Landmark District located in Columbia, California. It includes almost 30 buildings built during the California Gold Rush, most of which remain today...
- El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
- Empire Mine State Historic ParkEmpire Mine State Historic ParkEmpire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Grass Valley, California. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places and a federal Historic District. Since 1975, California State Parks has administered and maintained the mine...
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic ParkFolsom Powerhouse State Historic ParkFolsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a historical site located in Folsom near Sacramento, California, in the United States. Built in the late 19th century by the Natoma Water and Mining Company and prison labor from Folsom Prison, the hydroelelectric powerhouse first delivered power to...
- Fort Humboldt State Historic ParkFort Humboldt State Historic ParkFort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park located in the southern portion of Eureka, just off U.S. Route 101. The North Coast regional headquarters of the California State Parks is located onsite.-Early years, 1853–1860:...
- Fort Ross State Historic ParkFort Ross State Historic ParkFort 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...
- Fort Tejon State Historic Park
- Governor's Mansion State Historic ParkGovernor's Mansion State Historic ParkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park is the location of Historic Governor's Mansion of California, the former official home of the Governor of California. The mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....
- Indian Grinding Rock State Historic ParkIndian Grinding Rock State Historic ParkChaw'se Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a historical state park located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, eight miles east of Jackson...
- Jack London State Historic ParkJack London State Historic ParkJack London State Historic Park, also known as Jack London Home and Ranch, is a California State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, California, United States, situated on the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain...
- La Purísima Mission State Historic ParkLa Purísima Mission State Historic ParkLa Purísima Mission State Historic Park is a California State Park located near Lompoc, California, United States, and it is considered to be the most completely restored mission in California, with ten of the original buildings fully restored and furnished, including the church, shops, quarters,...
- Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park is a state and federally protected area in Sacramento, California. It features the Leland Stanford House, a mansion once owned by Leland Stanford, Governor of California from 1862 to 1863, U.S. Senator from 1885 to 1893, railroad tycoon, member of the Big...
- Los Encinos State Historic ParkLos Encinos State Historic ParkLos Encinos State Historic Park is located near the corner of Balboa and Ventura Blvd. in Encino, California. It was the hub of Rancho Los Encinos...
- Malakoff Diggins State Historic ParkMalakoff Diggins State Historic ParkMalakoff Diggins State Historic Park belongs to the California State Historic Park system, a part of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. Malakoff Diggins is the site of California's largest hydraulic mines...
- Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ParkMarshall Gold Discovery State Historic ParkMarshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a California state park near Placerville, California, USA. It marks the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848...
- Monterey State Historic ParkMonterey State Historic ParkMonterey State Historic Park is a historic state park located in Monterey, California. It includes part or all of the Monterey Old Town Historic District, a historic district which is a U.S. National Historic Landmark...
- Old Sacramento State Historic ParkOld Sacramento State Historic ParkOld Sacramento State Historic Park is the historic region of Sacramento, California, which has been designated as a state park. It is generally referred to as Old Sacramento, or Old Sac, and since the 1960s has been restored and developed as a significant tourist attraction. All of it is...
- Old Town San Diego State Historic ParkOld Town San Diego State Historic ParkOld Town San Diego State Historic Park, located in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California, is a state protected historical park in San Diego. It commemorates the early days of the town of San Diego and includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870. The park was...
- Olompali State Historic ParkOlompali State Historic ParkOlompali State Historic Park is a park on the Marin Peninsula, north of Novato, California, USA, which overlooks the Petaluma River and San Pablo Bay. In 1977, the State of California purchased Rancho Olompali and made it into a state historical park. The foundations of two prehistoric adobe...
- Petaluma Adobe State Historic ParkRancho Petaluma AdobeRancho Petaluma Adobe is the name of a historic ranch house built from adobe bricks that was owned and constructed by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, commandant of the Sonoma Pueblo from 1834 to 1857. It is the largest example of the Monterey Colonial style of architecture in the United States...
- Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
- Pío Pico State Historic ParkPio Pico State Historic ParkPío Pico State Historic Park is the site of "El Ranchito," also known as the Pío Pico Adobe or Pío Pico Mansion, the final home of Pío Pico, the last Governor of Alta California under Mexican rule and a pivotal figure in early California history. Located in Whittier, California, at 6003 Pioneer...
- Point Sur State Historic Park
- Railtown 1897 State Historic ParkRailtown 1897 State Historic ParkRailtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System. Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California...
- Robert Louis Stevenson State ParkRobert Louis Stevenson State ParkRobert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma and Napa counties USA. The park offers a hike to the summit of Mount Saint Helena from which much of the Bay Area can be seen. On clear days it is possible to see the peak of Mount Shasta, distant.The park is named...
- San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
- San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic ParkSan Pasqual Battlefield State Historic ParkSan Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park honors the soldiers who fought in the 1846 Battle of San Pasqual, the bloodiest battle in California during the Mexican-American War...
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
- Santa Susana Pass State Historic ParkSanta Susana Pass State Historic ParkSanta Susana Pass State Historic Park is a California State Park of approximately located on the boundary between Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, between the communities of Chatsworth and Simi Valley. Geologically, the park is located where Simi Hills meet the Santa Susana Mountains...
- Shasta State Historic Park
- Sonoma State Historic ParkSonoma State Historic ParkSonoma State Historic Park is a state park located in the center of Sonoma, California. The park consists of six sites in Sonoma: the Mission San Francisco Solano, the Presidio of Sonoma or Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel, the Blue Wing Inn, and La Casa Grande and Lachryma Montis, the homes of...
- State Indian Museum State Historic Park
- Sutter's Fort State Historic Park
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park
- Wassama Round House State Historic ParkWassama Round House State Historic ParkThe Wassama Round House State Historic Park is in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Madera County of central California.-Californian Native Americans:The park and Round House is used by local Native Americans as a ceremonial meeting place...
- Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park
- Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
- Will Rogers State Historic ParkWill Rogers State Historic ParkWill Rogers State Historic Park is the former estate of American humorist Will Rogers. It lies in the Santa Monica mountains in Los Angeles, in the Pacific Palisades area.-Geography:...
- William B. Ide Adobe State Historic ParkWilliam B. Ide Adobe State Historic ParkWilliam B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park is a California State Historic Park located on the west bank of the Sacramento River, a mile north of Red Bluff in Tehama County, California. It is in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California.-William B...
- Woodland Opera House State Historic Park
See also
- List of California state parks, which includes this list
- List of National Historic Landmarks in California, which overlaps with this list
- List of Registered Historic Places in California, which also overlaps