California

Trailhead

Lobo Canyon Trail

CA

City / Town

Los Angeles

CA

Los Angeles is a massive sprawl of coastal plains and urban corridors that serves as the main hub for Southern Californi…

State Park

Los Angeles State Historic Park

CA

Los Angeles State Historic Park, also called LA Historic Park or the Cornfield, occupies a reclaimed rail yard and brown…

State Park

Los Encinos State Historic Park

CA

Los Encinos State Historic Park preserves Rancho Los Encinos, a 4.7-acre California heritage site in Encino with an 1800…

State Park

MacKerricher State Park

CA

MacKerricher State Park stretches 9 miles of Mendocino County coastline, three miles north of Fort Bragg, with diverse c…

State Park

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

CA

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park preserves the largest hydraulic mining site in California, with a massive pit 7,000…

City / Town

Malibu

CA

Pacific Coast Highway cuts directly through this stretch of coastline, winding between the Santa Monica Mountains and tw…

State Park

Malibu Creek State Park

CA

Malibu Creek State Park protects 8,215 acres of the Malibu Creek canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains, established in 19…

State Park

Malibu Lagoon State Beach

CA

Malibu Lagoon State Beach, also known as Surfrider Beach, became the world's first designated World Surfing Reserve in 2…

State Park

Manchester State Park

CA

Manchester State Park refers to two state parks: one in Mendocino County, California, and another on Washington's Kitsap…

State Park

Mandalay State Beach

CA

Mandalay State Beach preserves an undeveloped stretch of sand dunes and wetlands in Oxnard, California, protecting habit…

State Park

Manresa State Beach

CA

Manresa State Beach offers sandy Monterey Bay stretches and a tent-only campground tucked into the uplands. It is a soli…

Manzanar National Historic Site

CA

High desert flats and the Sierra Nevada mountains frame this former incarceration site in the Owens Valley. You can walk…

State Park

Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park

CA

This park sits right on the edge of Tomales Bay, where you can walk the shoreline and see the remains of the old wireles…

Campground

Marina Dunes RV Resort

CA

State Park

Marina State Beach

CA

A protected beach on Monterey Bay in the city of Marina, offering public access to the coast south of the Bay Area.

State Park

Marsh Creek State Park

CA

Marsh Creek State Park spans 1,705 acres in Pennsylvania's Chester County and centers on a 535-acre man-made lake stocke…

State Park

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

CA

A 576-acre park in El Dorado County marking the 1848 gold discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush. The grounds p…

Trailhead

Maze Loop

CA

Top hike in Joshua Tree National Park, recommended by Tim Liddell, Hi-Desert Hiking Club trip leader. Combine the Maze, …

State Park

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

CA

California's second oldest state park, located 6 miles north of Burney, centers around the spectacular Burney Falls. The…

State Park

McConnell State Recreation Area

CA

McConnell State Recreation Area sits on the Merced River banks near Livingston, California, offering fishing for catfish…

State Park

McGrath State Beach

CA

McGrath State Beach near Oxnard is one of California's top bird-watching spots, with dune trails, two miles of beach for…

State Park

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

CA

This stretch of the San Francisco Bay shoreline features over eight miles of wetlands and tidelands stretching between R…

State Park

McNee Ranch State Park

CA

McNee Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Montara, California, rises to 1,898 feet and features rare serpentine soils…