List of California state parks, the Glossary

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1. 503 relations: Año Nuevo Island, Año Nuevo State Park, Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area, African Americans, Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Alameda County, California, Alamo River, Albany, California, All-terrain vehicle, Allen Allensworth, Allensworth, California, Alpine County, California, Amador County, California, American River, Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, Anderson Valley, Andrew Molera State Park, Angel Island (California), Angel Island Immigration Station, Annie Bidwell, Antelope Valley, Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, Arroyo Valle, Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Asilomar State Beach, Auburn State Recreation Area, Austin Creek, Austin Creek State Recreation Area, Azalea State Natural Reserve, Baldwin Hills (mountain range), Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park, Bean Hollow State Beach, Benbow State Recreation Area, Benicia Capitol State Historic Park, Benicia State Recreation Area, Bethany Reservoir, Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Big Chico Creek, Big Lagoon (California), Big Sur, Bodie, California, Bolsa Chica State Beach, Border Field State Park, ... Expand index (453 more) »

2. California geography-related lists
3. California nature-related lists
4. Geography of California
5. Tourist attractions in California

Año Nuevo Island

Año Nuevo Island (Año Nuevo is Spanish for New Year) is a small island off Año Nuevo Point on the coast of Northern California, between San Francisco and Santa Cruz.

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Año Nuevo State Park

Año Nuevo State Park is a state park of California, United States, encompassing Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which are known for their pinniped rookeries. List of California state parks and Año Nuevo State Park are state parks of California.

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Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area

Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area is a state recreation area of California, United States, featuring of redwoods on the Eel River.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park is a state park of California in the United States. List of California state parks and Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park are state parks of California.

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Alameda County, California

Alameda County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Alamo River

The Alamo River (Río Álamo) flows west and north from the Mexicali Valley (Baja California) across the Imperial Valley (California).

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Albany, California

Albany is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northwestern Alameda County, California.

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All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike or quad (if it has four wheels), as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, has a seat that is straddled by the operator, and has handlebars.

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Allen Allensworth

Allen Allensworth (April 7, 1842 – September 14, 1914) was an American chaplain, colonel, city founder, and theologian.

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Allensworth, California

Allensworth is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California.

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Alpine County, California

Alpine County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of California located within the Sierra Nevada on the state border with Nevada.

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Amador County, California

Amador County is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada.

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American River

The American River is a river in California that runs from the Sierra Nevada mountain range to its confluence with the Sacramento River in downtown Sacramento.

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Anderson Marsh State Historic Park

Anderson 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.

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Anderson Valley

Anderson Valley is a sparsely populated region in western Mendocino County in Northern California.

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Andrew Molera State Park

Andrew Molera State Park is a, relatively undeveloped state park on the Big Sur coast of California, United States, preserving land as requested by former owner Frances Molera. List of California state parks and Andrew Molera State Park are state parks of California.

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Angel Island (California)

Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay. List of California state parks and Angel Island (California) are state parks of California.

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Angel Island Immigration Station

Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910, to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.

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Annie Bidwell

Annie Kennedy Bidwell (June 30, 1839 – March 9, 1918) was a 19th-century pioneer and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California.

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Antelope Valley

The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, and the southeast portion of California's Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert.

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Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a state-protected reserve of California, United States, harboring the most consistent blooms of California poppies, the state flower.

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Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park

The Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park is a state historic park of California, United States, interpreting Native American cultures of the Great Basin and surrounding regions.

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (AN-zə bə-RAY-goh) is a California State Park located within the Colorado Desert of southern California, United States. List of California state parks and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are state parks of California.

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Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve is a state park of California in the United States established to preserve of coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens).

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Arroyo Valle

Arroyo Valle or Arroyo Del Valle is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park is a state park in the western Antelope Valley in Southern California. List of California state parks and Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park are state parks of California.

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Asilomar Conference Grounds

Asilomar Conference Grounds is a conference center built for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).

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Asilomar State Beach

Asilomar State Beach, officially Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds State Park, is a state park unit of California, United States.

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Auburn State Recreation Area

Auburn State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, along of the North and Middle Forks of the American River.

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Austin Creek

Austin Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Austin Creek State Recreation Area

Austin Creek State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, encompassing an isolated wilderness area.

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Azalea State Natural Reserve

Azalea State Natural Reserve is a state nature reserve of California, United States, located in McKinleyville, an unincorporated area of Humboldt County.

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Baldwin Hills (mountain range)

The Baldwin Hills are a low mountain range surrounded by and rising above the Los Angeles Basin plain in central Los Angeles County, California.

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Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park

Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park is a California state park located in Napa County between St. Helena and Calistoga.

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Bean Hollow State Beach

Bean Hollow State Beach is a beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Benbow State Recreation Area

Benbow State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California in the United States.

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Benicia Capitol State Historic Park

Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States.

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Benicia State Recreation Area

Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland.

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Bethany Reservoir

The Bethany Reservoir is located northeast of Livermore, California, USA, on the California Aqueduct.

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Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area

Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, adjoining the Bethany Reservoir.

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Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park

Bidwell Mansion, located at 525 Esplanade in Chico, California, was the home of General John Bidwell and Annie Bidwell from late 1868 until 1900, when Gen.

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Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park

Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving riparian habitat on the Sacramento River and its tributary Big Chico Creek. List of California state parks and Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park are state parks of California.

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Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, about northwest of Santa Cruz. List of California state parks and Big Basin Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Big Chico Creek

Big Chico Creek is a creek in northeastern California that originates near Colby Mountain in Lassen National Park.

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Big Lagoon (California)

Big Lagoon is the southernmost and largest of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California.

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Big Sur

Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.

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Bodie, California

Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States.

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Bolsa Chica State Beach

Bolsa Chica State Beach is a public ocean beach in Orange County, California, United States.

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Border Field State Park

Border Field State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico–United States border. List of California state parks and border Field State Park are state parks of California.

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Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park is a state park of California in the United States. List of California state parks and Bothe-Napa Valley State Park are state parks of California.

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Brannan Island State Recreation Area

Brannan Island State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, preserving a maze of waterways in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

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Burleigh H. Murray Ranch

Burleigh H. Murray Ranch is a property in the state park system of California in the United States. List of California state parks and Burleigh H. Murray Ranch are state parks of California.

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Burton Creek State Park

Burton Creek State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Placer County near Truckee. List of California state parks and Burton Creek State Park are state parks of California.

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Butano State Park

Butano State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, showcasing the secluded redwood-filled canyon of Little Butano Creek, a tributary of Butano Creek in the Pescadero Creek watershed. List of California state parks and Butano State Park are state parks of California.

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Butte County, California

Butte County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California.

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Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. List of California state parks and Calaveras Big Trees State Park are state parks of California.

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Calaveras County, California

Calaveras County, officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. state of California.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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California Citrus State Historic Park

California Citrus State Historic Park is an open-air museum in the city of Riverside, California, United States.

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California gold rush

The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

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California State Capitol

The California State Capitol is the seat of the California state government, located in Sacramento, the state capital of California.

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California State Capitol Museum

The California State Capitol Museum consists of a museum in and grounds around the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, United States. List of California state parks and California State Capitol Museum are state parks of California.

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California State Indian Museum

The California State Indian Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, United States, interpreting the diverse cultures of the indigenous peoples of California.

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California State Mining and Mineral Museum

The California State Mining and Mineral Museum is a museum of the state park system of California, United States. List of California state parks and California State Mining and Mineral Museum are state parks of California.

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California State Parks

The California State Parks system (Spanish: Parques Estatales de California) is the public park system of California. List of California state parks and California State Parks are state parks of California.

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California State Railroad Museum

The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the California State Parks system that interprets the role of railroads in the West. List of California state parks and California State Railroad Museum are state parks of California.

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California State Water Project

The California State Water Project, commonly known as the SWP, is a state water management project in the U.S. state of California under the supervision of the California Department of Water Resources.

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Cambria State Marine Conservation Area

Cambria State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located off the coast of the city of Cambria, California on California’s central coast in San Luis Obispo County, California.

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Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

Candlestick Point State Recreation Area (or simply Candlestick Point) is a state park unit of California, United States, providing an urban protected area on San Francisco Bay.

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Cardiff State Beach

Cardiff State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States, located near San Diego.

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Carlsbad State Beach

Carlsbad State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States, located in Carlsbad.

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Carmel River (California)

The Carmel River (Rumsen: tirus ua čorx) is a U.S. Geological Survey.

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Carmel River State Beach

Carmel River State Beach is a state park unit at the mouth of Carmel Valley, California, United States, featuring a protected beach with a lagoon formed by the Carmel River.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Carmel-by-the-Sea, commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California.

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Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, U.S., providing off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range.

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Carnegie, California

Carnegie was a town in Corral Hollow, in San Joaquin County, California from 1902 to about 1915.

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Carpinteria State Beach

Carpinteria State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, in Santa Barbara County, Southern California.

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Carpinteria, California

Carpinteria (Carpintería, meaning "Carpentry") is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California.

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Carquinez Strait

The Carquinez Strait (Spanish: Estrecho de Carquinez) is a narrow tidal strait located in the Bay Area of Northern California, United States.

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Caspar Headlands State Beach

Caspar Headlands State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Castaic Lake

Castaic Lake (Chumash: Kaštiq) is a reservoir formed by Castaic Dam on Castaic Creek, in the Sierra Pelona Mountains of northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, near the town of Castaic.

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Castle Crags

Castle Crags is a dramatic and well-known rock formation in Northern California. List of California state parks and Castle Crags are state parks of California.

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Castle Crags Wilderness

The Castle Crags Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Castle Crags rock formations of the Trinity Mountains, and within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, in northwestern California.

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Castle Rock State Park (California)

Castle Rock State Park is a state park of California, United States, located along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains and almost entirely in Santa Cruz County, with parts extending into Santa Clara County and San Mateo County. List of California state parks and Castle Rock State Park (California) are state parks of California.

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Caswell Memorial State Park

Caswell Memorial State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving a riparian forest along the Stanislaus River. List of California state parks and Caswell Memorial State Park are state parks of California.

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Cayucos State Beach

Cayucos State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Cayucos, California

Cayucos (Spanish for "Canoe") is an unincorporated coastal town in San Luis Obispo County, California, along California State Route 1 between Cambria to the north and Morro Bay to the south.

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Central Valley (California)

The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California. List of California state parks and Central Valley (California) are geography of California.

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Charmian London

Charmian London (née Kittredge; November 27, 1871 – January 14, 1955) was an American writer and the second wife of Jack London.

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China Camp State Park

China Camp State Park is a state park in Marin County, California, surrounding a historic Chinese American shrimp-fishing village and a salt marsh. List of California state parks and China Camp State Park are state parks of California.

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Chinese Americans

Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry.

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Chino Hills

The Chino Hills are a mountain range on the border of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties, California, with a small portion in Riverside County.

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Chino Hills State Park

Chino Hills State Park is a state park of California, in the United States. List of California state parks and Chino Hills State Park are state parks of California.

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Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a unit in the state park system of California, United States, preserving a small sandstone cave adorned with rock art attributed to the Chumash people.

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Citrus production

Citrus production encompasses the production of citrus fruit, which are the highest-value fruit crop in terms of international trade.

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Clay pit

A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement.

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Clear Lake (California)

Clear Lake (Pomo: Lypoyomi) is a natural freshwater lake in Lake County in the U.S. state of California, north of Napa County and San Francisco.

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Clear Lake State Park (California)

Clear Lake State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Clear Lake. List of California state parks and Clear Lake State Park (California) are state parks of California.

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Coast Miwok

The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of California that were the second-largest tribe of the Miwok people.

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Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park is a state park unit of California, United States, preserving Allensworth, the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans.

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Colorado Desert

Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert located in California, United States and Baja California, Mexico.

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Columbia State Historic Park

Columbia State Historic Park, also known as Columbia Historic District, is a state park unit and National Historic Landmark District preserving historic downtown Columbia, California, United States.

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Columbia, California

Columbia is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California, United States.

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Colusa County, California

Colusa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Contra Costa County, California

Contra Costa County (Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Corona del Mar State Beach

Corona del Mar State Beach (Spanish for the Crown of the Sea) is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Crown Memorial State Beach

Crown Memorial State Beach is a state park in the city of Alameda, California on the shores of San Francisco Bay.

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Crystal Cove Historic District

The Crystal Cove Historic District is a part of the Crystal Cove State Park located in Newport Beach, California.

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Crystal Cove State Park

Crystal Cove State Park is a state park of California, United States, encompassing of Pacific coastline, inland chaparral canyons, and the Crystal Cove Historic District of beach houses. List of California state parks and Crystal Cove State Park are state parks of California.

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Cuyamaca Rancho State Park

Cuyamaca Rancho State Park is a state park in inland San Diego County, Southern California, United States, located east of the metropolitan area of San Diego. List of California state parks and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park are state parks of California.

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D. L. Bliss State Park

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Dana Point, California

Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County, California, United States.

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Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, and a component of the Redwood National and State Parks. List of California state parks and Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Del Norte County, California

Del Norte County (Spanish for "Of The North") is a county located at the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of California, along the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Oregon border.

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Delta Meadows River Park

Delta Meadows River Park (DMRP) is a state park property of California, United States, preserving an undeveloped piece of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. List of California state parks and Delta Meadows River Park are state parks of California.

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Devil's Slide (California)

Devil's Slide is a coastal promontory in California, United States.

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Diablo Range

The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States.

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Dockweiler State Beach

Dockweiler State Beach is a beach in Los Angeles, California, with of shoreline, a hang gliding practice and training area.

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Doheny State Beach

Doheny State Beach (known colloquially as Doho) is known as the first state beach in the California state park system.

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Donner Memorial State Park

Donner Memorial State Park is a state park of California, US, preserving the site of the Donner Camp, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. List of California state parks and Donner Memorial State Park are state parks of California.

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Donner Party

The Donner Party, sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party, were a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest.

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Dos Rios Ranch State Park

Dos Rios Ranch State Park in Stanislaus County, California, United States, is about southwest of Modesto. List of California state parks and Dos Rios Ranch State Park are state parks of California.

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Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.

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Dune

A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand.

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Dwarf forest

National Park in the Philippines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site An elfin forest in Sumatra's Gunung Leuser National Park Dwarf forest, elfin forest, or pygmy forest is an uncommon ecosystem featuring miniature trees, inhabited by small species of fauna such as rodents and lizards.

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East Bay

The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay.

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East Bay Regional Park District

The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Ecological succession

Ecological succession is the process of change in the species that make up an ecological community over time.

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Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park

Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park is a state park in California in the United States. List of California state parks and Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park are state parks of California.

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Eel River (California)

The Eel River (Wiyot: Wiya't; Cahto: Taanchow; Northern Pomo: ch'idiyu) is a major river, about long, in northwestern California.

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El Capitán State Beach

El Capitán State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California.

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El Dorado County, California

El Dorado County, officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Elk, Mendocino County, California

Elk (formerly Sadie Gravlee and Elk River) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.

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Emerald Bay State Park

Emerald Bay State Park is a state park of California in the United States, centered on Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay, a National Natural Landmark. List of California state parks and Emerald Bay State Park are state parks of California.

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Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve

Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve is a marine reserve of California, United States, preserving marshland on the east shore of San Francisco Bay. List of California state parks and Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve are state parks of California.

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Emma Wood State Beach

Emma Wood State Beach is a California State Beach in Ventura, California.

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Empire Mine State Historic Park

Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical Landmark.

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Encinitas, California

Encinitas (Spanish for "Small Oaks") is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California.

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Eschscholzia californica

Eschscholzia californica, the California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight or cup of gold, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico.

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Estero Bay (California)

Estero Bay (Spanish for "Estuary") is a bay located on the Pacific Coast in San Luis Obispo County, central California.

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Estero Bluffs State Park

Estero Bluffs State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Estero Bay. List of California state parks and Estero Bluffs State Park are state parks of California.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Fannette Island

Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, United States.

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Feather River

The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California.

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Folk art

Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture.

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Folsom Lake

Folsom Lake is a reservoir on the American River in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, United States.

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Folsom Lake State Recreation Area

The Folsom Lake State Recreation Area surrounds Folsom Lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

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Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a historical site preserving an 1895 alternating current (AC) hydroelectric power station—one of the first in the United States.

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Fort Humboldt State Historic Park

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, United States.

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Fort Ord

Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action.

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Fort Ord Dunes State Park

Fort Ord Dunes State Park is a state park in California, United States, along of coastline on Monterey Bay and created from part of the closed Fort Ord. List of California state parks and Fort Ord Dunes State Park are state parks of California.

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Fort Ross State Historic Park

Fort Ross State Historic Park is a historical state park in Sonoma County, California, including the former Russian fur trading outpost of Fort Ross plus the adjacent coastline and native coast redwood forests extending inland.

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Fort Ross, California

Fort Ross (Fort-Ross, krepost' Ross) is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California.

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Fort Tejon

Fort Tejon in California is a former United States Army outpost which was intermittently active from June 24, 1854, until September 11, 1864.

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Franks Tract State Recreation Area

Franks Tract State Recreation Area (SRA) is a state park unit of California, United States, featuring a flooded area in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

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Fremont Peak (California)

Fremont Peak or Frémont Peak, historically known as Gabilán Peak, is a summit in the Gabilan Range, one of the mountain ranges paralleling California's central coast.

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Fremont Peak Observatory

Fremont Peak Observatory (FPOA) is an astronomical observatory operated by Fremont Peak Observatory Association (FPOA) under contract to the State of California.

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Fremont Peak State Park

Fremont Peak State Park is a California State Park located in Monterey County and San Benito County, California. List of California state parks and Fremont Peak State Park are state parks of California.

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Freshwater Lagoon

Freshwater Lagoon is the northernmost and smallest of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California, United States.

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Fresno County, California

Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Garrapata State Park

Garrapata State Park is a state park of California, United States, located on California State Route 1 south of Carmel-by-the-Sea and north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. List of California state parks and Garrapata State Park are state parks of California.

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Gaviota State Park

Gaviota State Park is a state park of California, United States. List of California state parks and Gaviota State Park are state parks of California.

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George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area

George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area is a state park unit on the Merced River Merced County, California.

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Ghost town

A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.

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Glenn County, California

Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Go-kart

A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of small sports car, close wheeled car, open-wheel car or quadracycle.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Governor of California

The governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Governor's Mansion State Historic Park

The California Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of California, located in Sacramento, the capital of California.

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Gray whale

The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale,Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693.

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Gray Whale Cove State Beach

Gray Whale Cove State Beach is a California State Park between Pacifica, California, and Montara, California, by Highway 1 and approximately 18 miles south of San Francisco.

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Great Basin

The Great Basin (Gran Cuenca) is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets to the ocean, in North America.

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Great Valley Grasslands State Park

Great Valley Grasslands State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving a parcel of remnant native grassland in the San Joaquin Valley. List of California state parks and Great Valley Grasslands State Park are state parks of California.

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Greenwood State Beach

Greenwood State Beach, also known as Elk Beach, is a state-protected beach of California, United States.

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Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, harboring groves of coast redwoods in three separate units along the Van Duzen River. List of California state parks and Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Grover Hot Springs State Park

Grover Hot Springs State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing natural hot springs on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. List of California state parks and Grover Hot Springs State Park are state parks of California.

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Grunion

Grunion are two fish species of the genus Leuresthes: the California grunion, L. tenuis, and the Gulf grunion, L. sardinas.

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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is the largest remaining dune system south of San Francisco and the second largest in the U.S. state of California. List of California state parks and Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes are state parks of California.

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Half Moon Bay (California)

Half Moon Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of San Mateo County, California.

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Half Moon Bay State Beach

Half Moon Bay State Beach is a stretch of protected beaches in the state park system of California, United States, on Half Moon Bay.

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Hang gliding

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.

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Harmony Headlands State Park

Harmony Headlands State Park preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast in California, United States. List of California state parks and Harmony Headlands State Park are state parks of California.

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Hatton Canyon

Hatton Canyon is a canyon in Carmel Valley, California, United States, preserved for urban open space as a state park property. List of California state parks and Hatton Canyon are state parks of California.

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Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle, known formally as La Cuesta Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill"), is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. List of California state parks and Hearst Castle are state parks of California.

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Hearst San Simeon State Park

Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. List of California state parks and Hearst San Simeon State Park are state parks of California.

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Hendy Woods State Park

Hendy Woods State Park is a California state park, located in the Anderson Valley of Mendocino County. List of California state parks and Hendy Woods State Park are state parks of California.

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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving mainly forest and riparian areas in the watershed of the San Lorenzo River, including a grove of old-growth coast redwood. List of California state parks and Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Henry W. Coe State Park

Henry W. Coe State Park (often known simply as Henry Coe or Coe Park) is a state park of California, United States, preserving a vast tract of the Diablo Range. List of California state parks and Henry W. Coe State Park are state parks of California.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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History of rail transportation in California

The establishment of America's transcontinental rail lines securely linked California to the rest of the country, and the far-reaching transportation systems that grew out of them during the century that followed contributed to the state's social, political, and economic development.

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Hollister, California

Hollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, located in the Central Coast region of California, United States.

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Hot spring

A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth.

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Humboldt Bay

Humboldt Bay (Wiyot: Wigi) is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, United States.

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Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Humboldt Lagoons State Park

Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a California State Park on the Redwood Coast, in Humboldt County, California. List of California state parks and Humboldt Lagoons State Park are state parks of California.

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Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Humboldt Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing Rockefeller Forest, the world's largest remaining contiguous old-growth forest of coast redwoods. List of California state parks and Humboldt Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States.

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Huntington State Beach

Huntington State Beach is a protected beach in Southern California, located in the City of Huntington Beach in Orange County.

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Hydraulic mining

Hydraulic mining is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Imperial County, California

Imperial County (Condado de Imperial) is a county located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California.

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Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a California State Park, preserving an outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes—the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America.

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Indigenous peoples of California

Indigenous peoples of California, commonly known as Indigenous Californians or Native Californians, are a diverse group of nations and peoples that are indigenous to the geographic area within the current boundaries of California before and after European colonization.

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Indio Hills

The Indio Hills are a low mountain range in the Colorado Desert.

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Indio Hills Palms

Indio Hills Palms Park Property and the Coachella Valley Preserve, located in the Indio Hills, contain the Thousand Palms Oasis and are a protected area in the Coachella Valley, located east of Palm Springs near Palm Desert, California.

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Isaias W. Hellman

Isaias Wolf Hellman (October 3, 1842 – April 9, 1920) was a Kingdom of Bavaria-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California.

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Ishxenta State Park

Ishxenta State Park is an California state park in the northern region of Big Sur, California, United States. List of California state parks and Ishxenta State Park are state parks of California.

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Jack London

John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.

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Jack London State Historic Park

Jack 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.

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James W. Marshall

James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento.

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Jedediah Smith

Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving old-growth redwoods along the Smith River. List of California state parks and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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John Bidwell

John Bidwell (August 5, 1819 – April 4, 1900), known in Spanish as Don Juan Bidwell, was an American pioneer, politician, and soldier.

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John Little State Natural Reserve

John Little State Natural Reserve is a small natural area protecting a section of steep, rugged cliffs and bluffs along the Big Sur coast of California, United States.

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Jug Handle State Natural Reserve

Jug Handle State Natural Reserve is a state park unit of California, United States, preserving a series of marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession.

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Julia Morgan

Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer.

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Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park is a state park in California, 12 miles south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park on California's Pacific coast. List of California state parks and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park are state parks of California.

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Juniper

Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, or Kenneth Hahn Park, is a state park unit of California in the Baldwin Hills Mountains of Los Angeles.

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Kern County, California

Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve

Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve is a protected area administered by California State Parks. List of California state parks and Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve are state parks of California.

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La Purísima Mission

Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purísima Mission (originally La Misión de la Purísima Concepción de la Santísima Virgen María, or The Mission of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary) is a Spanish mission in Lompoc, California.

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Lagoon

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses.

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Laguna Mountains

The Laguna Mountains are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System in eastern San Diego County, southern California.

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Lake County, California

Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Lake Del Valle

Lake Del Valle is a storage reservoir located southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California.

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Lake Oroville

Lake Oroville is a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River, located in Butte County, northern California.

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Lake Oroville State Recreation Area

Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) is a state park unit of California, United States, surrounding Lake Oroville, a reservoir on the Feather River.

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Lake Perris

Lake Perris is an artificial lake completed in 1973. List of California state parks and lake Perris are state parks of California.

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Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.

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Leland Stanford

Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party politician from California.

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Leland Stanford Mansion

The Leland Stanford Mansion, often known simply as the Stanford Mansion, is a historic mansion and California State Park in Sacramento, California, which serves as the official reception center for the Californian government and as one of the official workplaces of the Governor of California.

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Leo Carrillo

Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo (August 6, 1880 – September 10, 1961) was an American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.

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Leo Carrillo State Park

Leo Carrillo State Park is a state park in Los Angeles County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Leo Carrillo State Park are state parks of California.

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Leucadia State Beach

Leucadia State Beach, also known as Beacon's Beach, is a public beach in the city of Encinitas, California, United States.

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Lighthouse Field State Beach

Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Lime kiln

A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide).

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Limekiln State Park

Limekiln State Park is a California state park on the Big Sur coast. List of California state parks and Limekiln State Park are state parks of California.

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List of beaches in California

This list of California beaches is a list of beaches that are situated along the coastline of the State of California, US.

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List of California State Historic Parks

List of California State Historic Parks — a division of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, for historic sites in California. List of California state parks and List of California State Historic Parks are california geography-related lists, lists of places in California, state parks of California and Tourist attractions in California.

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List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks

The following is a list of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Civil Engineers since it began the program in 1964.

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Little River State Beach

Little River State Beach is a protected beach of California, United States, in Humboldt County.

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Locomotive

A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles County, California

Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles (Condado de Los Ángeles), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022.

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Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles State Historic Park

Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as LA Historic Park and the Cornfield, is a California State Park located near the Chinatown and Elysian Park neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

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Los Encinos State Historic Park

Los Encinos State Historic Park is a state park unit of California, preserving buildings of Rancho Los Encinos.

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Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve

Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve is a California State Park in western San Luis Obispo County, in the Central Coast of California region.

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Los Padres National Forest

Los Padres National Forest is a United States national forest in southern and central California.

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MacKerricher State Park

MacKerricher State Park is a state park in California in the United States. List of California state parks and MacKerricher State Park are state parks of California.

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Madera County, California

Madera County, officially the County of Madera, is a county located at the geographic center of the U.S. state of California.

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Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving Malakoff Diggins, the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States.

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Malibu Creek State Park

Malibu Creek State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving the Malibu Creek canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains. List of California state parks and Malibu Creek State Park are state parks of California.

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Malibu Lagoon State Beach

Malibu Lagoon State Beach in Malibu, California, United States, is also known as Surfrider Beach.

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Manchester State Park (California)

Manchester State Park (also known as Manchester State Beach) is a state park of California, United States. List of California state parks and Manchester State Park (California) are state parks of California.

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Mandalay State Beach

Mandalay State Beach is a protected beach in the city of Oxnard, California, United States.

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Manresa State Beach

Manresa State Beach is a state-protected beach on Monterey Bay near Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California.

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Marin County, California

Marin County (Condado de Marín) is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Marina State Beach

Marina State Beach is a protected beach on Monterey Bay, located in the city of Marina in Monterey County, California.

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Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Marsh Creek State Park (California)

Marsh Creek State Park is a State Historic Park in east Contra Costa County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Marsh Creek State Park (California) are state parks of California.

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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in 1848, sparking the California Gold Rush.

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Martial Cottle Park

Martial Cottle Park is a park developed as a collaboration between the California Department of Parks and Recreation and Santa Clara County Parks.

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McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park

McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park is the second oldest state park in the California State Parks system, located approximately north of Burney, California. List of California state parks and McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park are state parks of California.

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McConnell State Recreation Area

The McConnell State Recreation Area is on the banks of the Merced River, about two miles northeast of Livingston (on U.S. Route 99 between Turlock and Merced).

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McGrath State Beach

McGrath State Beach is a protected beach park located on the south bank of the mouth of Santa Clara River in the city of Oxnard, California.

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McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a state park and wildlife refuge along the San Francisco Bay shoreline of the East Bay between the cities of Richmond, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland. List of California state parks and McLaughlin Eastshore State Park are state parks of California.

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McWay Falls

McWay Falls is an waterfall on the coast of Big Sur in central California that flows year-round from McWay Creek in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, about south of Carmel, into the Pacific Ocean.

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Mendocino County, California

Mendocino County (Mendocino, Spanish for "of Mendoza") is a county located on the North Coast of the U.S. state of California.

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Mendocino Headlands State Park

Mendocino Headlands State Park is a California State Park in Mendocino, California. List of California state parks and Mendocino Headlands State Park are state parks of California.

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Mendocino Woodlands State Park

The Mendocino Woodlands State Park is a group camping facility located at 39350 Little Lake Road, Mendocino County, California, inland from the town of Mendocino. List of California state parks and Mendocino Woodlands State Park are state parks of California.

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Merced County, California

Merced County is a county located in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.

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Merced River

The Merced River, in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a -long tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley.

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Mexico–United States border

The Mexico–United States border (frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. List of California state parks and Mexico–United States border are geography of California.

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Millerton Lake

Millerton Lake is an artificial lake near the town of Friant, about north of downtown Fresno, California, United States.

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Mima mounds

Mima mounds are low, flattened, circular to oval, domelike, natural mounds that are composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment that is an overthickened A horizon.

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Mission Santa Cruz

Mission Santa Cruz (Spanish: La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz) is a Spanish Californian mission.

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Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert (Hayikwiir Mat'aar; Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States.

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Monarch butterfly

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae.

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Mono County, California

Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is located near Yosemite National Park within Mono County, in eastern California.

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Montaña de Oro State Park

Montaña de Oro ("Mountain of Gold" in Spanish) is a state park in Central Coastal California, six miles southwest of Morro Bay and two miles south of Los Osos. List of California state parks and Montaña de Oro State Park are state parks of California.

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Montara State Beach

Montara State Beach is a beach located in the coastal region of the U.S. state of California, eight miles north of Half Moon Bay on State Route 1.

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Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Monterey County, California

Monterey County, officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California.

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Monterey State Beach

Monterey State Beach is a protected beach on southern Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California.

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Monterey State Historic Park

Monterey State Historic Park is a historic state park in Monterey, California.

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Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve is a 1,323-acre (535 ha) state-owned park located in the Coastal Range in Mendocino County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve are state parks of California.

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Moonlight Beach

Moonlight State Beach is a state beach in Encinitas, California.

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Morro Bay State Park

Morro Bay State Park is a state park on the Morro Bay lagoon, in western San Luis Obispo County, on the Central Coast of California. List of California state parks and Morro Bay State Park are state parks of California.

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Morro Strand State Beach

Morro Strand State Beach (formerly Atascadero State Beach) is a protected beach within California's state park system located in north Morro Bay along California State Route 1.

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Mortar and pestle

A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy.

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Moss Landing State Beach

Moss Landing State Beach is a state park on Monterey Bay, in Monterey County, California.

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Mount Diablo

Mount Diablo is a mountain of the Diablo Range, in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. List of California state parks and mount Diablo are state parks of California.

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Mount San Jacinto State Park

Mount San Jacinto State Park is in the San Jacinto Mountains, of the Peninsular Ranges system, in Riverside County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Mount San Jacinto State Park are state parks of California.

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Mount Tamalpais State Park

Mount Tamalpais State Park is a California state park, located in Marin County, California. List of California state parks and Mount Tamalpais State Park are state parks of California.

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Napa County, California

Napa County is a county north of San Pablo Bay located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Napa Valley AVA

Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Napa County, California.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Natural Bridges State Beach

Natural Bridges State Beach is a California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States.

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Navarro River Redwoods State Park

Navarro River Redwoods State Park is a state park in Mendocino County, California, consisting of of second-growth redwood forest in a narrow stretch long on both banks of the Navarro River, from the town of Navarro to the river's confluence with the Pacific Ocean. List of California state parks and Navarro River Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Nevada County, California

Nevada County is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada.

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New Brighton State Beach

New Brighton State Beach is a beach park on Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County, California, consisting of a beach and campgrounds.

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Newport Beach, California

Newport Beach is a coastal city of about 85,000 in southern Orange County, California, United States.

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Northern elephant seal

The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the southern elephant seal).

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Ocotillo Wells, California

Ocotillo Wells is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States.

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Off-roading

Off-roading is the act of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, dirt, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, or other natural terrain.

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Old Sacramento State Historic Park

Old Sacramento State Historic Park occupies around one third of the property within the Old Sacramento Historic District of Sacramento, California.

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Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is a state protected historical park in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California.

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Olompali State Historic Park

Olompali State Historic Park is a California State Park in Marin County, California.

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Orange County, California

Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often known by its initials O.C.) is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States.

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Oroville Dam

Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California, in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley.

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Pacheco State Park

Pacheco State Park is a California State Park to the south of Pacheco Pass in the Diablo Range, located mostly in western Merced County, California but extending into southeastern Santa Clara County and near Hollister in San Benito County. List of California state parks and Pacheco State Park are state parks of California.

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Pacifica State Beach

Pacifica State Beach is the southernmost of Pacifica, California's large beaches.

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Palomar Mountain

Palomar Mountain (Monte Palomar) is a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County.

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Pío Pico State Historic Park

Pío 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.

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Pelican State Beach

Pelican State Beach is a designated California State Beach located in Del Norte County, California. List of California state parks and Pelican State Beach are state parks of California.

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Pescadero State Beach

Pescadero State Beach is alongside State Route 1, located south of Half Moon Bay and west of the city of Pescadero, in San Mateo County, California.

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Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is a state park in Monterey County, California, near the area of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. List of California state parks and Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park are state parks of California.

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Picacho State Recreation Area

Picacho State Recreation Area is a camping, boating, and general recreation area located on a 9-mile stretch of the lower Colorado River at the site of Picacho, a defunct gold mining town.

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California.

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Pinus radiata

Pinus radiata (syn. Pinus insignis), the Monterey pine, insignis pine or radiata pine, is a species of pine native to the Central Coast of California and Mexico (on Guadalupe Island and Cedros island).

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Pismo State Beach

Pismo State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California.

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Placer County, California

Placer County (Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Placerita Canyon State Park

Placerita Canyon State Park is a California State Park located on the north slope of the western San Gabriel Mountains, in an unincorporated rural area of Los Angeles County, near the city of Santa Clarita. List of California state parks and Placerita Canyon State Park are state parks of California.

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Plumas County, California

Plumas County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California.

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Plumas-Eureka State Park

California Historical Landmark 723, Johnsville Ski Area, Plumas Plumas-Eureka State Park is a California state park located in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range in Plumas County, California. List of California state parks and Plumas-Eureka State Park are state parks of California.

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Point Cabrillo Light

Point Cabrillo Light is a lighthouse in northern California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just south of the community of Caspar. List of California state parks and Point Cabrillo Light are state parks of California.

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Point Dume

Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California that juts out into the Pacific Ocean.

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Point Lobos

Point Lobos and the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a state park in California.

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Point Mugu State Park

Point Mugu State Park is a state park located in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California. List of California state parks and Point Mugu State Park are state parks of California.

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Point Sal State Beach

Point Sal State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast of California, located near the city of Guadalupe, in the northwestern part of Santa Barbara County.

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Point Sur Lighthouse

Point Sur Lighthouse is a lightstation at Point Sur south of Monterey, California at the peak of the rock at the head of the point.

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Point Sur State Historic Park

Point Sur State Historic Park is a California State Park on the Big Sur coastline of Monterey County, California, United States, south of Rio Road in Carmel.

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Pomo

The Pomo are a Native American people of California.

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Pomponio State Beach

Pomponio State Beach is a state beach of California in the United States.

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Portola Redwoods State Park

Portola Redwoods State Park is a state park in California situated in San Mateo County. List of California state parks and Portola Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and north of Eureka. List of California state parks and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park are state parks of California.

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Presidio

A presidio (jail, fortification) was a fortified base established by the Spanish Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries in areas under their control or influence.

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Presidio of Santa Barbara

El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara, also known as the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara, is a former military installation in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Providence Mountains State Recreation Area

The Providence Mountains State Recreation Area is located in the Providence Mountains, within the Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California.

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Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Railtown 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.

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Rainbow trout

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of trout native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia.

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Raised beach

A raised beach, coastal terrace,Pinter, N (2010): 'Coastal Terraces, Sealevel, and Active Tectonics' (educational exercise), from or perched coastline is a relatively flat, horizontal or gently inclined surface of marine origin,Pirazzoli, PA (2005a): 'Marine Terraces', in Schwartz, ML (ed) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science.

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Rancho Cuyamaca

Rancho Cuyamaca was a Mexican land grant in the Cuyamaca Mountains and Laguna Mountains, in present-day San Diego County, California, United States.

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Rancho Petaluma Adobe

Rancho Petaluma Adobe is a historic ranch house in Sonoma County, California.

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Rancho San Andrés

Rancho San Andrés was an Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Cruz County, California, given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to José Joaquín Castro.

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Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)

Red Rock Canyon State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. List of California state parks and Red Rock Canyon State Park (California) are state parks of California.

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Redwood Grove

The Redwood Grove of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which is located in Santa Cruz County in Northern California, is a grove of Coast Redwoods with trees extending into the 1400- to 1800-year-old range. List of California state parks and Redwood Grove are state parks of California.

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Redwood National and State Parks

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are a complex of one national park and three California state parks located in the United States along the coast of northern California. List of California state parks and Redwood National and State Parks are state parks of California.

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Refugio State Beach

Refugio State Beach (Chumash: Qasil, "Beautiful") is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately west of Santa Barbara.

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Reynolds Wayside Campground

Reynolds Wayside Campground is a state park in Mendocino County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Reynolds Wayside Campground are state parks of California.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae).

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Rhododendron occidentale

Rhododendron occidentale, the western azalea or California azalea, is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum).

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Richardson Grove State Park

Richardson Grove State Park is located at the southernmost border of Humboldt County, south of Eureka, California, United States, and north of San Francisco. List of California state parks and Richardson Grove State Park are state parks of California.

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Riparian forest

A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, sink or reservoir.

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Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

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Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach

Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach is a state beach of California, located in northern Malibu, Southern California.

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Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties. List of California state parks and Robert Louis Stevenson State Park are state parks of California.

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Rock art of the Chumash people

Chumash rock art is a genre of paintings on caves, mountains, cliffs, or other living rock surfaces, created by the Chumash people of Southern California.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls.

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Rubicon Point Light

The Rubicon Point Light is a small lighthouse on Lake Tahoe in California.

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Russian colonization of North America

From 1732 to 1867, the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas.

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Russian Gulch State Park

Russian Gulch State Park is a California State Park in coastal Mendocino County, California, north of Mendocino and south of Fort Bragg. List of California state parks and Russian Gulch State Park are state parks of California.

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Russian-American Company

The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the United American Company.

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Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sacramento River

The Sacramento River (Río Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California.

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Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta

The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, or California Delta, is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Northern California.

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Saddleback Butte State Park

Saddleback Butte State Park is a state park in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert, in Southern California. List of California state parks and Saddleback Butte State Park are state parks of California.

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Salinas River State Beach

Salinas River State Beach is a beach at the river mouth of the Salinas River at Monterey Bay, in Monterey County, California.

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Salmon

Salmon (salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Salt Point State Park

Salt Point State Park is a state park in Sonoma County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Salt Point State Park are state parks of California.

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Salton Sea State Recreation Area

The Salton Sea State Recreation Area offers hunting, fishing, swimming, and camping to visitors on the northeastern side of the Salton Sea.

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Samuel P. Taylor State Park

Samuel P. Taylor State Park is a state park located in Marin County, California, United States, which includes approximately of redwood forest and grassland. List of California state parks and Samuel P. Taylor State Park are state parks of California.

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San Andreas Fault

The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly through the U.S. state of California.

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San Benito County, California

San Benito County (San Benito, Spanish for "St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California.

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San Bernardino County, California

San Bernardino County, officially the County of San Bernardino and sometimes abbreviated as S.B. County, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area.

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San Bruno Mountain State Park

San Bruno Mountain State Park, officially San Bruno Mountain State and County Park, is a park located in northern San Mateo County, California. List of California state parks and San Bruno Mountain State Park are state parks of California.

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San Buenaventura State Beach

San Buenaventura State Beach is a beach located in Ventura, California.

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San Clemente State Beach

San Clemente State Beach is a public beach located in the south end of the city of San Clemente, California, United States. List of California state parks and San Clemente State Beach are state parks of California.

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San Diego

San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.

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San Diego County, California

San Diego County, officially the County of San Diego (Condado de San Diego), is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California.

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San Elijo State Beach

San Elijo State Beach is a California State Beach in San Diego County, California, United States.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area.

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San Gregorio State Beach

San Gregorio State Beach is a beach near San Gregorio, California, United States, south of Half Moon Bay.

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San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin County (Spanish: San Joaquín, meaning "St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park is a California state park encompassing the historic center of San Juan Bautista, California, United States.

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San Luis Obispo County, California

San Luis Obispo County, officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California.

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San Luis Reservoir

The San Luis Reservoir is an artificial lake on San Luis Creek in the eastern slopes of the Diablo Range of Merced County, California, approximately west of Los Banos on State Route 152, which crosses Pacheco Pass and runs along its north shore.

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San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County, officially the County of San Mateo, is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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San Onofre State Beach

San Onofre State Beach (San Onofre, Spanish for "St. Onuphrius") is a state park in San Diego County, California.

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San Pablo Bay

San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of the San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.

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San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

San 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.

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San Timoteo Canyon

San Timoteo Canyon is a river valley canyon southeast of Redlands, in the far northwestern foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. List of California state parks and San Timoteo Canyon are state parks of California.

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Santa Barbara County, California

Santa Barbara County, officially the County of Santa Barbara (Condado de Santa Bárbara), is a county located in Southern California.

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Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259 as of the 2020 census.

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Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.

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Santa Cruz Mountains

The Santa Cruz Mountains (Mutsun Ohlone: Mak-sah-re-jah, "Sharp Ridged Mountain of the Eagle" or "People of the Eagle Mountain") are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States, constituting a part of the Pacific Coast Ranges.

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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing.

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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area containing many individual parks and open space preserves, located primarily in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California.

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Santa Monica State Beach

Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica.

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Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is a California State Park of located in the city of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles County on the boundary between Ventura and Los Angeles counties, between the communities of Chatsworth and Simi Valley.

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Schoenoplectus acutus

Schoenoplectus acutus (syn. Scirpus acutus, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Scirpus lacustris subsp. acutus), called tule, common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, or viscid bulrush, is a giant species of sedge in the plant family Cyperaceae, native to freshwater marshes all over North America.

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Seacliff State Beach

Seacliff State Beach is a state beach park on Monterey Bay, in the town of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California.

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Sebastian Indian Reservation

The Sebastian Indian Reservation (1853-1864), more commonly known as the Tejon Indian Reservation, was formerly at the southwestern corner of the San Joaquin Valley in the Tehachapi Mountains, in southern central California.

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Secondary forest

A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.

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Sequoia sempervirens

Sequoia sempervirensSunset Western Garden Book, 1995: 606–607 is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae).

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Sequoiadendron giganteum

Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood or Sierra redwood is a coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae.

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Shasta County, California

Shasta County, officially the County of Shasta, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Shasta, California

Shasta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shasta County, California, United States.

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Shrimp fishery

The shrimp fishery is a major global industry, with more than 3.4 million tons caught per year, chiefly in Asia.

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Sierra Nevada

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Silver Strand (San Diego)

Silver Strand, or simply The Strand, is a low, narrow, sandy isthmus or a human-constructed tombolo long in San Diego County, California, partially within the Silver Strand State Beach.

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Silverwood Lake

Silverwood Lake is a large reservoir in San Bernardino County, California, United States, located on the West Fork Mojave River, a tributary of the Mojave River in the San Bernardino Mountains.

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Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park is a state park in Mendocino County, California. List of California state parks and Sinkyone Wilderness State Park are state parks of California.

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Slough (hydrology)

A slough is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water.

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Smith River (California)

The Smith River (Tolowa: xaa-wvn’-taa-ghii~-li~’, nii~-li~’) flows from the Klamath Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Del Norte County in extreme northwestern California, on the West Coast of the United States.

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Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve is a California state park in Mendocino County.

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Solano County, California

Solano County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sonoma Coast State Park

Sonoma Coast State Park is a State of California property in Sonoma County consisting of public access use on lands adjoining the Pacific Ocean. List of California state parks and Sonoma Coast State Park are state parks of California.

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Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sonoma State Historic Park

Sonoma State Historic Park is a California State Park located in the center of Sonoma, California.

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Sonoma Valley

Sonoma Valley is a valley located in southeastern Sonoma County, California, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.

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SOSUS

Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) was the original name for a submarine detection system based on passive sonar developed by the United States Navy to track Soviet submarines.

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South Carlsbad State Beach

South Carlsbad State Beach (which includes South Ponto) is a public beach located in Carlsbad, California.

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South Fork Eel River

The South Fork Eel River is the largest tributary of the Eel River in north-central California in the United States.

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South Yuba River State Park

South Yuba River State Park is located along the South Fork of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada, within Nevada County, in Northern California. List of California state parks and South Yuba River State Park are state parks of California.

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Spanish missions in California

The Spanish missions in California (Misiones españolas en California) formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California. List of California state parks and Spanish missions in California are Tourist attractions in California.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.

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Stanislaus County, California

Stanislaus County (Condado de Estanislao) is a county located in the San Joaquin Valley of the U.S. state of California.

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Stanislaus River

The Stanislaus River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in north-central California in the United States.

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Steamer Lane

Steamer Lane is a famous surfing location in Santa Cruz, California.

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Stone Lagoon

Stone Lagoon (Yurok language: Chah-pekw O'Ket-toh) is the second of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California.

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Stone Lake (California)

Stone Lake is in Stone Lake State Park, a California State Park, located in Sacramento County, California. List of California state parks and Stone Lake (California) are state parks of California.

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Stratosphere Giant

The Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world.

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Sue-meg State Park

Sue-meg State Park (formerly Patrick's Point State Park) is a in Humboldt County, California near Trinidad on the Redwood Coast, situated on a lushly forested promontory above the Pacific Ocean. List of California state parks and Sue-meg State Park are state parks of California.

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Sugarloaf Ridge State Park

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park is a state park in Northern California, United States. List of California state parks and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park are state parks of California.

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Sundowner winds

A sundowner is a northerly offshore wind in California along the southern Pacific slope of Santa Ynez Mountains, in communities along the Gaviota Coast and Santa Barbara towards but not including Ventura County.

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Sunset State Beach

Sunset State Beach is a park and beach on Monterey Bay, in Santa Cruz County, California.

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Surf fishing

Surf fishing is land-based game fishing while standing on the shoreline or wading into the surf zone.

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Sutter Buttes

The Sutter Buttes (Maidu: Histum Yani or Esto Yamani, Wintun: Olonai-Tol, Nisenan: Estom Yanim) are a small circular complex of eroded volcanic lava domes which rise as buttes above the flat plains of the Sacramento Valley in Sutter County, northern California.

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Sutter County, California

Sutter County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Sutter's Fort

Sutter's Fort was a 19th-century agricultural and trade colony in the Mexican Alta California province. Established in 1839, the site of the fort was originally called New Helvetia (New Switzerland) by its builder John Sutter, though construction of the fort proper would not begin until 1841. The fort was the first non-indigenous community in the California Central Valley.

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Sutter's Mill

Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California.

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Tamarix

The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar, taray) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa.

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Tehama County, California

Tehama County (Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

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The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park is a state park of California, United States, protecting a secondary forest in the watershed of Aptos Creek and Soquel Creek within the Santa Cruz Mountains. List of California state parks and the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park are state parks of California.

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Thornton State Beach

Thornton State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States.

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Tide pool

A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore.

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Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve

Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve is a natural reserve in Imperial Beach, California and San Ysidro, San Diego.

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Tolowa Dunes State Park

Tolowa Dunes State Park is a California State Park located in Del Norte County, on the North Coast of California. List of California state parks and Tolowa Dunes State Park are state parks of California.

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Tomales Bay

Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States.

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Tomales Bay State Park

Tomales Bay State Park is a California state park in Marin County, California. List of California state parks and Tomales Bay State Park are state parks of California.

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Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park is a state historic park located in Tehachapi, Kern County, California. List of California state parks and Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park are state parks of California.

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Topanga State Park

Topanga State Park is a California state park located in the Santa Monica Mountains, within Los Angeles County, California. List of California state parks and Topanga State Park are state parks of California.

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Torrey Pines State Beach

Torrey Pines State Beach is a public beach located in the San Diego, California community of Torrey Pines, south of Del Mar and north of La Jolla.

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Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is of coastal state park in San Diego, California.

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Trinidad State Beach

Trinidad State Beach is a state beach north of Eureka in Humboldt County, California. List of California state parks and Trinidad State Beach are state parks of California.

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Trinity County, California

Trinity County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Trione-Annadel State Park

Trione-Annadel State Park is a state park of California in the United States. List of California state parks and Trione-Annadel State Park are state parks of California.

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Tulare County, California

Tulare County is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Tule Elk State Natural Reserve

The Tule Elk State Natural Reserve, formerly the Tupman Zoological Reserve, is a protected area operated by California State Parks for the benefit of the general public and the at-risk tule elk subspecies of indigenous Cervus canadensis.

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Tuolumne County, California

Tuolumne County, officially the County of Tuolumne, is a county located in the U.S. state of California.

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Turlock Lake State Recreation Area

Turlock Lake State Recreation Area is a regional park and recreation area at Turlock Reservoir in Stanislaus County, central California, United States.

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Twin Lakes State Beach

Twin Lakes State Beach is a beach located on Monterey Bay directly south of the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor Santa Cruz, in coastal Santa Cruz County, northern California.

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U.S. Route 101

U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States.

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Urban green space

In land-use planning, urban green space is open-space areas reserved for parks and other "green spaces", including plant life, water features - also referred to as blue spaces - and other kinds of natural environment.

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Van Damme State Park

Van Damme State Park is a public beach consisting of about of land in Mendocino County, California, near the town of Little River on State Route 1. List of California state parks and Van Damme State Park are state parks of California.

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Van Duzen River

The Van Duzen River is a river on the north coast of California.

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Ventura County, California

Ventura County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of California.

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Ventura River

The Ventura River, in western Ventura County in southern California, United States, flows from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean.

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Verdugo Mountains

The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California.

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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.

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Vikingsholm

Vikingsholm is a 38-room mansion on the shore of Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California, U.S., and on the National Register of Historic Places. List of California state parks and Vikingsholm are state parks of California.

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Waddell Creek (California)

Waddell Creek is the name given to both the creek and the watershed that run through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County, California.

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Ward Creek (Lake Tahoe)

Ward Creek is a eastward-flowing stream in Placer County, California, United States. List of California state parks and Ward Creek (Lake Tahoe) are state parks of California.

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Washingtonia filifera

Washingtonia filifera, the desert fan palm, California fan palm, or California palm,Flora of North America Association.

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Washoe Meadows State Park

Washoe Meadows State Park is a state park in California, consisting of more than of woodlands and meadows. List of California state parks and Washoe Meadows State Park are state parks of California.

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Wassama Round House State Historic Park

The Wassama Round House State Historic Park is in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Madera County of central California.

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Watts Towers

The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park

Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park is a state park located in the center of the town of Weaverville, California.

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Westport-Union Landing State Beach

Westport-Union Landing State Beach is located in Mendocino County in Northern California. List of California state parks and Westport-Union Landing State Beach are state parks of California.

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Wet meadow

A wet meadow is a type of wetland with soils that are saturated for part or all of the growing season which prevents the growth of trees and brush.

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Wilder Ranch State Park

Wilder Ranch State Park is a California State Park on the Pacific Ocean coast north of Santa Cruz, California. List of California state parks and Wilder Ranch State Park are state parks of California.

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Wildwood Canyon

Wildwood Canyon is a canyon and California state park in the eastern foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, within San Bernardino County, southern California. List of California state parks and Wildwood Canyon are state parks of California.

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Will Rogers State Beach

Will Rogers State Beach is a beach park on the Santa Monica Bay, at the Pacific coast of Southern California.

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Will Rogers State Historic Park

Will Rogers State Historic Park is the former estate of American humorist Will Rogers.

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William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park

William 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.

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William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.

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Windsurfing

Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing.

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Woodland Opera House

The Woodland Opera House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a California Historical Landmark, is one of four fully functioning 19th century opera houses in California.

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Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area

Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area is a woodland park located along the Sacramento River in Tehama County, California.

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Yolo County, California

Yolo County (Wintun: Yo-loy), officially the County of Yolo, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Yucca brevifolia

Yucca brevifolia (also known as the Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca) is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca.

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Zmudowski State Beach

Zmudowski State Beach is located on Monterey Bay, in Moss Landing, Monterey County, northern California.

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See also

• California locations by voter registration
• California statistical areas
• List of California Department of Fish and Wildlife protected areas
• List of California State Historic Parks
• List of California area codes
• List of California desert topics
• List of California locations by income
• List of California state forests
• List of California state parks
• List of California urban areas
• List of Cascade Range topics
• List of National Natural Landmarks in California
• List of Ohlone villages
• List of Riverside County, California, placename etymologies
• List of Sierra Nevada topics
• List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California
• List of counties in California
• List of economic regions of California
• List of ecoregions in California
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
• List of locations in California by race
• List of parks in Lancaster, California
• List of parks in Los Angeles
• List of ranchos of California
• List of regions of California
• List of school districts in California
• National parks in California
• Protected areas of California

• Lichens of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
• List of California hurricanes
• List of California state parks
• List of California wildfires
• List of Superfund sites in California
• List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California
• List of earthquakes in California
• List of invasive species in California
• List of nature centers in California
• National parks in California
• Wildlife of the Channel Islands of California

Geography of California

• California Coastal Records Project
• California Land Act of 1851
• California counties
• California ranchos
• Central Coast (California)
• Central Valley (California)
• Cummings Valley
• Deserts of California
• Dubakella
• Geography of California
• Geography of southern California
• High Desert County, California
• Humboldt meridian
• Kaiser Creek
• Lafayette Creek (California)
• List of California county high points
• List of California state parks
• List of forts in California
• List of places in California
• Mexico–United States border
• Mount Campbell (California)
• Mount Diablo meridian
• National parks in California
• Northern Mojave–Mono Lake water resource subregion
• Peninsulas of California
• Picacho Peak Wilderness
• Protected areas of California
• Rainbow Canyon (California)
• Red Triangle (Pacific Ocean)
• Regions of California
• San Bernardino meridian
• Soup Creek
• Southern California Coastal water resource subregion
• Territorial evolution of California
• Tovaangar
• Twenty Lakes Basin
• Ventura–San Gabriel Coastal water resource basin
• Water in California

Tourist attractions in California

• 626 Night Market
• Beaches of California
• Calico Peaks
• Cawston Ostrich Farm
• Festivals in California
• Harrison Memorial Library
• List of California State Historic Parks
• List of California state parks
• List of San Francisco Bay Area trains
• List of botanical gardens and arboretums in California
• List of ghost towns in California
• List of public art in Palm Desert, California
• List of public art in Santa Monica, California
• Museums in California
• Mystery Spot
• National parks in California
• Protected areas of California
• Shasta Sunset Dinner Train
• Spanish missions in California
• State Scenic Highway System (California)
• WonderCon

References

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