Commonwealth Network

National and State Parks
With Historic Features

National Park Service Units

• Cabrillo National Monument - Discovery of Alta California
• Death Valley National Park - Mining and Western Culture
• Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
• Fort Point National Historic Site - Well-Preserved Brick Fort - Ever see Vertigo?
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • Alcatraz - The Rock
  • Crissy Field - Early Airstrip
  • Fort Baker
  • Presidio
• John Muir National Historic Site
• Lava Beds National Monument - Modoc War
• Manzanar National Historic Site - WWII Japanese Relocation Camp
• Point Reyes National Seashore - Miwok Indian, Sir Francis Drake, and Ranching
• Redwood National Park
  • Cultural History
• San Francisco Martime National Historical Park - Historic Ships

State Parks

• Anderson Marsh State Historic Park - Pomo Indian Heritage
• Angel Island - Fortifications and West Coast Immigration Station
• Antelope Valley Indian Museum
• Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
• Benecia Capitol State Historic Park
• Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
• Bodie State Historic Park - Well-Preserved Ghost Town
• California Citrus State Historic Park
• California State Capitol Museum
• California State Indian Museum
• California State Railroad Museum
• China Camp State Park - Chinese Fishing Village
• Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
• Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park - Afro-American Pioneer Community
• Columbia State Historic Park - A Living Gold Rush Town
• Donner Memorial State Park - A matter of taste
• El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park - Spanish Military Outpost
• Empire Mine State Historic Park - Gold Mine
• Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park - U.S. Grant drank here
• Fort Ross State Historic Park - Russian Fur-Trade Outpost
• Fort Tejon State Historic Park - Early U.S. Fort
• Governor's Mansion State Historic Park - The House Nancy Reagan wouldn't live in
• Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument - Home of the original "Citizen Kane"
• Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park - Miwok Culture
• Jack London State Historic Park
• La Purisma Mission State Historic Park
• Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park - Home to Robber Baron $tealin' £andford
• Limekiln State Park
• Los Encinos State Historic Park - A romantic ranchero
• Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park - A disastrous way to mine
• Malibu Lagoon State Beach - includes Adamson House
• Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park - Where the madness began
• Monterey State Historic Park - Capital of Alta California
• Morro Bay State Park - Home of California's Other Rock
• Old Town San Diego State Historic Park - The state's first city
• Olompali State Historic Park - Coast Miwok Culture
• Pacheco State Park - Early Spanish Land Grant
• Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
• Pigeon Point Light Station - Youth hostel
• Pio Pico State Historic Park - Home of the last Californio Governor
• Plumas-Eureka State Park - Thar's gold in them hills!
• Point Lobos State Reserve - Landscape that inspired Treasure Island
• Point Montara Light Station - Youth Hostel
• Point Sur State Historic Park
• Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - All Aboard!
• Red Rock Canyon State Park - Point on 20 Mule Team Trail/Famous Movie Location
• Robert Louis Stevenson State Park - He honeymooned here!
• San Juan Bautista State Historic Park - Ever see Vertigo?
• San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park - Site of American defeat by Californios
• Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
• Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
• Shasta State Historic Park - Gold rush ruin
• Sinkyone Wilderness State Park - Lumbermills in the backcountry
• Sonoma State Historic Park - Californio history
• Sutter's Fort State Historic Park - Where one man's dream turned to disaster
• Tomo-Kahni Project - Kawaiisu village site in the Tehachapis
• Wassama Round House State Historic Park - Native American Culture
• Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park - The Temple of the Forest Beneath the Clouds
• Wilder Ranch State Park
• Will Rogers State Historic Park - He never met a man he didn't like
• William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park - Home of the Only President of the Bear Flag Republic
• Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

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