If you are looking for a secluded getaway off the beaten path, there's a hidden camping spot in the Gabilan Mountains. Here's ...

Tucked away in Paramount, California, a classic movie experience is alive and thriving under the stars. Paramount Drive-In ...

History and nature come together at Limekiln State Park. The name comes from the old lime kilns still standing in the forest. These huge metal structures look like something from a science fiction ...

In a state brimming with Instagram-famous destinations, Humboldt Lagoons State Park near Trinidad remains California’s ...

Tucked away in Calaveras County, this enchanting gold rush settlement feels like a living postcard from California’s most romantic era, complete with historic storefronts, wooden boardwalks, and ...

Driving into Limekiln creates an immediate sensory reset – one minute you’re hugging coastal curves with the Pacific stretching endlessly westward, and suddenly you’re enveloped in a redwood forest so ...

In a state where “affordable” and “breathtaking” rarely appear in the same sentence, Humboldt Lagoons State Park stands as a welcome exception – proving that California’s natural splendor remains ...

MacKerricher State Park in Fort Bragg, California is that kind of surreal natural canvas, where reality somehow outperforms ...

California has a way of hiding its best treasures in plain sight, and Fort Ord Dunes State Park in Marina might just be the golden state’s best-kept secret. You know how sometimes the most amazing ...

While tourists flock to Big Sur and Carmel, savvy Central Coast locals slip away to Fort Ord Dunes State Park in Marina for their weekend nature fix. This sprawling 980-acre coastal haven feels like ...

That’s the sensation awaiting visitors at Fort Ord Dunes State Park – a sprawling 980-acre coastal wonderland that somehow remains one of California’s best-kept secrets while its celebrity neighbors ...

For more ambitious hiking, Russian Gulch State Park lies just north of town, featuring the photogenic Devil’s Punchbowl – a collapsed sea cave where the ocean churns dramatically – and a trail leading ...