Best places: State parks in Santa Cruz County, United States

California's oldest state park offers backpacking, mountain biking & other outdoor activities.

Park offering 34 miles of hiking & horseback riding trails among redwoods & other regional trees.

Hiking, biking & jogging trails on varied terrain rising from sea level to steep coastal mountains.

A series of small beaches with bluffs & rock formations following a stretch of the Coastal Trail.

Park with a 265-acre, manmade lake as its main attraction also features camping & fishing.

Scenic forested park featuring redwoods, natural springs & a series of cycling trails.

Park commemorating Spanish colonial America with a museum, excavated presidio & 1885 schoolhouse.

Set on almost 5,000 acres, this park features hiking trails, primitive campsites & a visitor center.

👍👍 Incredible experience. It has to be known that the advances achieved during the pandemic accounts for the majority of the renovations completed since 2014. The restorations are breath taking. The tour guides took us back to 1850! I was in awe of the amount of authenticity to the building that was co...