NATIONAL PARKS:

Cabrillo National MonumentSan Diego, CA

California National Historic TrailCA

Channel Islands National ParkVentura, CA

Death Valley National ParkDeath Valley, CA

Devils Postpile National MonumentMammoth Lakes, CA

Golden Gate National Recreation AreaSan Francisco, CA

Joshua Tree National ParkTwentynine Palms, CA

Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic TrailSan Francisco, CA

Lassen Volcanic National ParkMineral, CA

Lava Beds National MonumentTulelake, CA

Mojave National PreserveBarstow, CA

Muir Woods National MonumentMill Valley, CA

Pinnacles National MonumentPaicines, CA

Point Reyes National SeashorePoint Reyes, CA

Presidio National ParkSan Francisco, CA

Redwood National and State ParksCrescent City, CA

San Francisco Maritime National Historical ParkSan Francisco, CA

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaThousand Oaks, CA

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National ParkThree Rivers, CA

Whiskeytown National Recreation AreaWhiskeytown, CA

Yosemite National ParkYosemite National Park, CA

NATIONAL FORESTS:

STATE PARKS:

State Parks in California Admiral William Standley, Ahjumawi Lava Springs, Anderson Marsh, Andrew Molera, Angel Island, Annadel, Año Nuevo, Antelope Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, Armstrong Redwoods, Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland, Asilomar State Beach, Auburn, Austin Creek, Azalea, Bale Grist Mill, Bean Hollow State Beach, Benbow Lake, Benicia Capitol, Benicia, Bethany Reservoir, Bidwell Mansion, Bidwell-Sacramento River, Big Basin Redwoods, Bodie, Bolsa Chica State Beachc, Border Field, Bothe-Napa Valley, Brannan Island, Burleigh H. Murray Ranch, Burton Creek, Butano, Calaveras Big Trees, California Citrus, Candlestick Point, Cardiff State Beach, Carlsbad State Beach, Carmel River State Beach, Carnegie, Carpinteria State Beach, Caspar Headlands State Beach, Caspar Headlands, Castaic Lake, Castle Crags, Castle Rock, Caswell Memorial, Cayucos State Beach, China Camp, Chino Hills, Chumash Painted Cave, Clay Pit, Clear Lake, Colonel Allensworth, Columbia, Colusa-Sacramento River, Corona Del Mar State Beach, Crystal Cove, Cuyamaca Rancho, D. L. Bliss, Del Norte Coast Redwoods, Delta Meadows, Dockweiler State Beach, Doheny State Beach, Donner Memorial, East Bay Shoreline, El Capitan State Beach, El Presidio de Santa Barbara, Emerald Bay, Emma Wood State Beach, Empire Mine, Folsom Lake, Folsom Powerhouse, Forest of Nisene Marks, Fort Humboldt, Fort Ord Dunes, Fort Ross, Fort Tejon, Franks Tract, Fremont Peak, Garrapata, Gaviota, George J. Hatfield, Governor's Mansion, Gray Whale Cove State Beach, Great Valley Grasslands, Greenwood State Beach, Grizzly Creek Redwoods, Grover Hot Springs, Half Moon Bay State Beach, Harry A. Merlo, Heber Dunes, Hendy Woods, Henry Cowell Redwoods, Henry W. Coe, Hollister Hills, Humboldt Lagoons, Humboldt Redwoods, Hungry Valley, Huntington State Beach, Indian Grinding Rock, Indio Hills Palms, Jack London, Jedediah Smith Redwoods, John Little State Reserve, John Marsh Home, Jug Handle, Julia Pfeiffer Burns, Kenneth Hahn, Kings Beach, Kruse Rhododendron, La Purisima Mission, Lake Del Valle, Lake Oroville, Lake Perris, Lake Valley, Lakes Earl and Talawa, Leland Stanford Mansion, Leo Carrillo, Leucadia State Beach, Lighthouse Field State Beach, Limekiln, Little River State Beach, Los Banos Creek Resevoir, Los Encinos, Los Osos Oaks State Reserve, MacKerricher, Mailliard Redwoods, Malakoff Diggins, Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon State Beach, Manchester, Mandalay State Beach, Manresa State Beach, Marconi Conference Center, Marina State Beach, Marshall Gold Discovery, McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial, McConnell, McGrath State Beach, Mendocino Headlands, Mendocino Woodlands, Millerton Lake, Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, Montana de Oro, Montara State Beach, Monterey State Beach, Monterey, Montgomery Woods, Moonlight State Beach, Morro Bay, Morro Strand State Beach, Moss Landing State Beach, Mount Diablo, Mount San Jacinto, Mount Tamalpais, Natural Bridges State Beach, Navarro River Redwoods, New Brighton State Beach, Oceano Dunes, Ocotillo Wells, Old Sacramento, Old Town San Diego, Olompali, Pacheco, Pacifica State Beach, Palomar Mountain, Patrick's Point, Pelican State Beach, Pescadero State Beach, Petaluma Adobe, Pfeiffer Big Sur, Picacho, Pigeon Point Light Station, Pio Pico, Pismo State Beach, Placerita Canyon, Plumas-Eureka, Point Dume State Beach, Point Lobos Ranch, Point Lobos State Reserve, Point Montara Light Station, Point Mugu, Point Sal State Beach, Point Sur, Pomponio State Beach, Portola Redwoods, Prairie City, Prairie Creek Redwoods, Providence Mountains, Railtown 1897, Red Rock Canyon, Refugio State Beach, Reynolds Wayside Camp, Richardson Grove, Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beachs, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach, Russian Gulch, Saddleback Butte, Salinas River State Beach, Salt Point, Salton Sea, Samuel P. Taylor, San Bruno Mountain, San Buenaventura State Beach, San Clemente State Beach, San Elijo State Beach, San Gregorio State Beach, San Juan Bautista, San Luis Reservoir, San Onofre State Beach, San Pasqual Battlefield, San Simeon, Santa Cruz Mission, Santa Monica State Beach, Santa Susana Pass, Schooner Gulch State Beach, Seacliff State Beach, Shasta, Silver Strand State Beach, Silverwood Lake, Sinkyone Wilderness, Smithe Redwoods, Sonoma Coast State Beach, Sonoma, South Carlsbad State Beach, South Yuba River, Standish-Hickey, State, State Resources Museum, Stone Lake, Sugar Pine Point, Sugarloaf Ridge, Sunset State Beach, Sutter's Fort, Tahoe, The Forest of Nisene Marks, Thornton State Beach, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Tomales Bay, Tomo-Kahni, Topanga, Torrey Pines State Beach, Torrey Pines State Reserve, Trinidad State Beach, Tule Elk State Reserve, Turlock Lake, Twin Lakes State Beach, Van Damme, Verdugo Mountains, Ward Creek, Washoe Meadows, Wassama Round House, Watts Towers of Simon Rodia, Weaverville Joss House, Westport-Union Landing State Beach, Wilder Ranch, Will Rogers State Beach, Will Rogers, William B. Ide Adobe, William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach, Woodland Opera House, Woodson Bridge, Zmudowski State Beach

TRAILS:

California Trails
Huge database of hiking trails covering every state in the union.

Bay Area Backcountry
Santa Cruz Mountains, Big Basin State Park, Butano State Park, Castle Rock State Park, McNee Ranch State Park, The Forest of Nisene Marks, Henry Cowell State Park, Portola State Park, Sanborn-Skyline County Park, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Point Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods National Monument, Sugarloaf State Park, Mt. Tamalpais, Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Angel Island, Point Lobos State Reserve, Ventana Wilderness, Los Padres National Forest, Mount Diablo State Park, The Ohlone Wilderness Trail, Del Valle Regional Park, Ohlone Regional Wilderness, Sunol Regional Wilderness, Mission Peak Regional Preserve, Rift Zone, Henry W. Coe State Park, Mt. Madonna County Park, Pinnacles National Monument, Uvas Canyon County Park, Alum Rock City Park, Joseph D. Grant County Park

Cyber Hikes
Choose a California park or nature reserve and find detailed descriptions of the hiking trails. Descriptions are accompanied by photographs.

Day Hiking Mammoth - Mammoth lakes, California
Hiking Mammoth All hiking around here is done at high altitudes over 7500 feet or so. Take it easy if you aren't fit or altitude adjusted. Drink lots of water before the hike and take lots of water ...

Day Trips With a Splash - Swimming Holes of the West
Secluded waterfalls, remote two-person tubs, hidden pools, all of them in creeks and rivers less than three hours from the trailhead. None has any man-made structures visible from them. Privacy is listed for each entry along with icons indicating the best season to visit, the difficulty and the overall rating, whether fair, good, excellent or classic.

Desert Hiking and Climbing Trails - DesertUSA
Lots of links to many great DesertUSA outdoor recreation pages about desert hiking, climbing, and trails, includes rock climbing, backpacking and feature stories.

Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes
Enchanted Gorge, Dumbbell Lakes, Kaweah Basin, Bear Lakes, John Muir Trail, Courtright Reservoir to Cedar Grove, East LeConte/White Divide, High Sierra Trail, Mt Brewer Loop, Gardiner Basin, Davis Lakes, Dinkey Lakes, Kern Kaweah Country, Finger Peak Loop, Triple Divide Loop, Lakes of Cliff Creek, Central Great Western Divide, Arrow Peak - Muro Blanco, Mount Whitney Day Hike, Confusion Lake

Lakes of the Marbles
Hiking tips, trail descriptions and scenic photography abound on this site highlighting the Marble Mountains located in Northern California.

Mike Thoma's SF Bay Area Nature Hikes
Muir Woods - Fern Canyon Trails, Lagunitas Road to Pilot Knob, Lagunitas Road , Phoenix Lake, Rock Spring - Lagunitas, Pumpkin Ridge - Bon Tempe Trails, Lake Lagunitas Road, Alpine Lake, Mt Tam - Phoenix Lake, RingMtn, Mt Tam - Steep Ravine-Dipsea Trails , Mt Diablo - Dan Cook Canyon Trail, Marin Headlands, Simmons/Mickey O'Brien/Cataract Trails, Bon Tempe Lake Trail, Deer Park - Yolanda Trail, Sunol Regional Park, Cataract Creek, Alpine Lake, Lake Lagunitas, Taylor State Park, Lake Lagunitas

Orange County Trails
Bedford Peak, Chino Hills State Park (south central), Chiquito Trail, Fullerton Beginner's Hike, Horsethief-Trabuco Canyon Loop, Catalina Island, Irvine Conditioning Hikes, Lion Canyon, Morgan Trail, Peters Canyon Hikes, San Juan Loop, Mt. Baldy

Pacific Crest Trail hikers
Journals, photography, gear reviews, discussion and much more

The Mt. Whitney Day Hike Page

Lassen Peak Trail 

Photos from hikes in California 
San Gabriel Mountains: Mt. Wilson, via the Mt. Wilson toll road, Burkhart trail, Arroyo Seco; Santa Monica Mountains: Serrano Canyon/Big Sycamore loop, Anacapa Island, La Jolla Canyon/Mugu Peak; San Jacinto Mountains: Mt. San Jacinto, San Diego, Torrey Pines; Sierra Nevada Mountains: Horseshoe Meadows/Cottonwood Pass/Chicken Spring Lake

The Southern California Hiker Page 
A guide to southern California's best (and worst) hiking trails.Includes trails in the Cleveland National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest (including the San Gorgonio Wilderness); and the Angeles National Forest (including the San Gabriels)

OTHER INFO:

California Campgrounds

California Lakes

California Beaches

Whitewater in California

Biking Mammoth
Bike riding in Mammoth is fantastic. We do have hills, but there are a multitude of great moderate rides around guaranteed to leave you warm and woolly without doing any permanent damage to your body or soul. Of course, we also have some advanced rides. You decide.

BISHOP CREEK CANYON INYO National Forest
TheSierraWeb: All about Bishop, California. Camping page

Cross Country Skiing - Echo to Kirkwood
The El Dorado Nordic Ski Patrol promotes winter backcountry safety with educational classes on survival skills such as: clothing, equipment, shelters, fires, ski mountaineering, hypothermia, avalanche, ...

Eastern Sierra WebPage: Camping in the Eastern Sierra
You don't have to be a hard-core camper to really feel like you're immersed in nature, either. An easy day hike will take you to some pretty secluded spots. And there are a few nicely situated RV parks for those who like to bring along a few more comforts.

Gordie's Ramblings in the High Sierra 
The Sierra Nevada - or as most locals know it - the Sierra or the High Sierra, is located in the state of California, on the east side. It is roughly 400 miles in length and from 50 to 80 miles wide.

Marin Trails: Mountain Biking in Marin County
Guide to mountain biking in Marin County California home of Mount Tamalpais

Mt. Shasta Area, Siskiyou County Camping, RVs Guide
Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, Northern California guide to campgrounds and RVs parks

Northern California Backcountry Pages
Directory of scenic and pristine places to explore in Northern California.

Royal Gorge Cross-Country Skiing
Offers a network of cross country skiing trails Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern California.

Southern California BIKe Site
Southern California Mountain Bike Trails. Bike Shops in Southern California. Mountain Bike Trails in Southern California. Bicycle Clubs Bicycle Rides Bike Events

The California Hiking Page
Hiking in the "Range of Light"

The Trail Page
A list of Sacramento Area Gold Country Mountain Biking Trails

Top Hiking Spots Around the USA
Tips on where to go hiking in a few areas around California

YosemiteFun.com
Recommendations on what to do in Yosemite National Park based on 20 years experience