Visit Redwood National and State Parks in northern California and you can wander shaded forest trails lit by pale sunlight ...

California is home to five less famous national parks that saw fewer than 650,000 recreational visitors in 2023. Lassen Volcanic National Park, Redwood National Park, and Pinnacles National Park ...

Visitors come ashore on Santa Cruz Island, one of the five Channel Islands.

As national parks adapt to the lasting effects of seasonal job offer rescindment and mass firings on Valentine’s Day, the ...

However, California State Parks officials are cautioning the public not to get too excited about this year’s wildflower bloom — it’s likely going to be much more muted this time around.

Visitors flocked to California’s nine national parks last year in numbers not seen since the pandemic, new federal data show. About 12,160,000 people visited national parks in California in 2024 ...