California State Parks with library pass from Almaden Valley

List of state parks from Almaden valley. List of all parks.

Entry Point for Castle Rock SP

(11.97 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on Skyline Blvd (Hwy 35) 

Address: 15000 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos, 95033 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Henry Cowell Redwoods SP

(16.39 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park headquarters and main parking area 

Address: 101 North Big Trees Park Road, Felton, 95018 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for The Forest of Nisene Marks SP

(16.73 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance 

Address: 1700 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos, 95003 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for New Brighton SB

(17.35 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking lot S of entrance from McGregor Dr 

Address: 1500 Park Ave, Capitola, 95010 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Seacliff SB

(17.65 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach parking area at end of State Park Dr. 

Address: 201 State Park Drive, Aptos, 95003 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Portola Redwoods SP

(18.40 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking area at the end of Portola State Park Rd. 

Address: 9000 Portola State Park Road, La Honda, 94020 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Henry W Coe SP

(18.59 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Coe Ranch (park headquarters) 

Address: 4100 E Dunne Road, Morgan Hill, 95036 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Santa Cruz Mission SHP

(19.03 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot entrance from School St 

Address: 144 School Street, Santa Cruz, 95060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Big Basin Redwoods SP

(19.18 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Headquarters parking area off Big Basin Way 

Address: 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek, 95006 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Castro Adobe Prop

(19.75 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking Area in front of building 

Address: 238 Old Adobe Rd, Watsonville, 95076 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Lighthouse Field SB

(20.61 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: main parking area and beach access 

Address: 711 West Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 95060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Manresa SB

(21.27 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot off Crest Dr 

Address: 599 Oceanview Dr, Watsonville, 95076 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Natural Bridges SB

(21.32 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Main parking lot from Delaware Ave. 

Address: 2531 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, 95060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Wilder Ranch SP

(21.53 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance from Coast Rd 

Address: 3400 Highway 1, Santa Cruz, 95060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Sunset SB

(22.92 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking entrance on Sunset Beach Rd 

Address: 201 Sunset Beach Road, Watsonville, 95076 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Ano Nuevo SP

(24.62 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: West of intersection of Ano Nuevo State Park Rd & Hwy 1 

Address: 1 New Years Creek Road & Hwy 1, Pescadero, 94060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Butano SP

(25.36 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and parking area 

Address: 1500 Cloverdale Road, Pescadero, 94060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Zmudowski SB

(27.35 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access parking area 

Address: 450 Giberson Rd, Watsonville, 95076 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Pigeon Point Light Station SHP

(28.42 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking Lot from Pigeon Point Rd. 

Address: 210 Pigeon Point Road, Pescadero, 94060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Moss Landing SB

(28.79 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Intersection of Jetty Rd & Hwy 1 

Address: Jetty Road & Hwy 1, Watsonville, 95076 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Bean Hollow SB

(29.09 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot west of Hwy 1 

Address: Bean Hollow Rd, Pescadero, 94060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Pescadero SB

(29.27 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: North End beach access parking lot 

Address: 13618 Cabrillo Hwy, Pescadero, 94060 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Pomponio SB

(29.30 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access parking lot from Hwy 1 

Address: Cabrillo Highway, San Gregorio, 94074 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for San Gregorio SB

(29.40 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Main Beach parking lot from Hwy 1 

Address: La Honda Rd, San Gregorio, 94074 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Salinas River SB

(31.63 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot entrance from Monterey Dunes Way 

Address: Monterey Dunes Way, Moss Landing, 95039 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Burleigh H Murray Ranch Prop

(32.40 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from Higgings Canyon Rd 

Address: 1980 Higgins Canyon Rd, Half Moon Bay, 94019 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for San Juan Bautista SHP

(32.55 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking area entrance from 2nd St. 

Address: 19 Franklin Street, San Juan Bautista, 95045 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Half Moon Bay SB

(35.14 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and beach access 

Address: 95 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, 94019 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Marina SB

(36.69 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Main parking lot at north end of unit on Reservation Rd 

Address: 60 Reservation Road, Marina, 93933 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Fremont Peak SP

(38.42 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: main park area 

Address: 6877 San Juan Canyon Road, San Juan Bautista, 95045 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Pacheco SP

(38.99 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Dirt Road entrance from Dinosaur Point Rd. 

Address: 38787 Dinosaur Point Road, Holllister, 95023 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Fort Ord Dunes SP

(39.18 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from Beach Range Rd 

Address: Beach Range Road & 8th St, Marina, 93933 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Bethany Reservoir SRA

(40.96 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: North end parking lot off Christensen Rd. 

Address: Christensen Rd, Byron, 94514 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Montara SB

(41.16 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot on Hwy 1 

Address: 130 2nd St, Montara, 94037 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Gray Whale Cove SB

(41.80 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park area and beach access 

Address: Highway 1, Pacifica, 94044 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Monterey SB

(42.48 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot for Seaside Beach (Monterey SB) on Canyon Del Ray Bl 

Address: 2600 Sand Dunes Drive, Monterey, 93940 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Mount Diablo SP

(43.14 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking area from Mt Diablo Scenic Blvd. 

Address: 1260 N Gate Rd, Walnut Creek, 94598 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for San Luis Reservoir SRA

(45.55 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: South end parking lot from Basalt Rd 

Address: 31426 Gonzaga Road, Gustine, 95322 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Thornton SB

(46.88 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access entrance from Skyline Blvd 

Address: 1 Skyline Drive, Daly City, 94014 

Park District: Santa Cruz District   

Entry Point for Carmel River SB

(47.53 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: beach access and park entrance from Scenic Route 

Address: 26600 Carmelo St, Carmel, 93923 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Point Lobos SNR

(49.16 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance from Hwy 1 

Address: 27829 Hwy 1, Carmel, 93923 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for McLaughlin Eastshore SP SS

(49.85 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot entrance from University Ave 

Address: Eastshore Highway, Berkeley, 94710 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Caswell Memorial SP

(50.36 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from S Austin Rd 

Address: 28000 South Austin Road, Ripon, 95366 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for George J Hatfield SRA

(51.44 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance 

Address: 4394 Kelley Road, Hilmar-Irwin, 95324 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Garrapata SP

(53.55 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking area along Highway 1 at Soberanes Point 

Address: Hwy 1 & Soberanes Canyon Tr, Carmel, 93923 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Angel Island SP

(54.56 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Tiburon Angel Ferry launch Dock 

Address: 21 Main St, Belvedere-Tiburon, 94920 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Great Valley Grasslands SP

(56.94 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance on highway 165 

Address: 1 mile south of highway 140 on Highway 165, Stevinson, 95374 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Benicia Capitol SHP

(58.74 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Capitol building entrance from W G St 

Address: 115 West G Street, Benicia, 94510 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Benicia SRA

(61.11 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance off I-780 onto State Park Rd 

Address: 1197 Rose Drive, Benicia, 94510 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for Mount Tamalpais SP

(61.65 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Visitor Center Parking Lot 

Address: 801 Panoramic Highway, Mill Valley, 94941 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Brannan Island SRA

(61.73 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from River Rd (160) 

Address: 3000 Brannan Island Rd, Isleton, 95641 

Park District: Diablo Range District   

Entry Point for China Camp SP

(62.19 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: China Camp village area entrance and beach access 

Address: 896 N San Pedro Road, San Rafael, 94901 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Andrew Molera SP

(64.79 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park beach access off Highway 1 

Address: 53000 Cabrillo Highway, Big Sur, 93920 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for McConnell SRA

(65.64 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on McConnell Rd 

Address: 8800 McConnell Road, Ballico, 95303 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Pfeiffer Big Sur SP

(67.80 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot off Hwy 1 

Address: 57055 Highway 1, Big Sur, 93920 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Samuel P Taylor SP

(71.76 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Off road parking area from Sir Francis Drake Blvd 

Address: 8888 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Lagunitas, 94938 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Olompali SHP

(74.06 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking Lot area from Hwy 101 

Address: 8198 Redwood Blvd, Novato, 94948 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP

(74.60 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on Hwy 1 (Cabrillo Hwy) 

Address: Hwy 1 & McWay Creek, Big Sur, 93920 

Park District: Monterey District   

Entry Point for Turlock Lake SRA

(75.89 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Entrance to parking lot and boat launch ramp 

Address: 22600 Lake Road, LaGrange, 95329 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Tomales Bay SP

(83.11 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Road intersection towards Shallow Beach 

Address: Pierce Point Rd, Point Reyes Station, 94956 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Jack London SHP

(85.91 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and main parking area 

Address: 2400 London Ranch Road, Glen Ellen, 95442 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Sugarloaf Ridge SP

(90.37 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot area from Adobe Canyon Rd. 

Address: 2605 Adobe Canyon Road, Kenwood, 95452 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Trione Annadel SP

(93.93 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance from Channel Dr 

Address: 6201 Channel Drive, Santa Rosa, 95409 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Old Sacramento SHP

(95.76 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Old Sacramento SHP; historic train station near intersection of Front St & J St 

Address: 101 J Street, Sacramento, 95814 

Park District: Capital District   

Entry Point for CA Railroad Museum POI

(95.83 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: CA State Railroad Museum Point of Interest entrance on I St in Old Sacramento SHP 

Address: 125 I Street, Sacramento, 95814 

Park District: Capital District   

Entry Point for Bale Grist Mill SHP

(96.85 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: grist mill parking area from hwy 29/128 

Address: 3369 North St.Helena Highway, St. Helena, 94574 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Bothe Napa Valley SP

(97.98 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from Hwy 29/128 

Address: Bale Lane, Calistoga, 94515 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Columbia SHP

(98.46 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Main road through park )Jackson St) 

Address: 22708 Broadway, Columbia, 95310 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Prairie City SVRA

(102.89 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park Entrance from White Rock Rd. 

Address: 13300 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, 95670 

Park District: Twin Cities District   

Entry Point for Robert Louis Stevenson SP

(106.07 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Side road parking area from Calistoga Grande Rd (29) 

Address: 4777 Highway 29, Calistoga, 94515 

Park District: Bay Area District   

Entry Point for Sonoma Coast SP

(106.76 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: beach access at Goat Rock 

Address: Keefe Ave, Bodega Bay, 94923 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Indian Grinding Rock SHP

(106.96 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park main entrance, main parking area and visitor's center 

Address: 14881 Pine Grove Volcano Road, Pine Grove, 95665 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Folsom Powerhouse SHP

(107.35 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance 

Address: 9980 Greenback Lane, Folsom, 95630 

Park District: Gold Fields District   

Entry Point for Armstrong Redwoods SNR

(108.88 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and visitor's center 

Address: 17150 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville, 95446 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Folsom Lake SRA

(109.30 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Folsom Sector administrative office, 7755 Folsom-Auburn Road 

Address: 7755 Folsom Auburn Road, Folsom, 95630 

Park District: Gold Fields District   

Entry Point for Austin Creek SRA

(111.03 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: campground area on McCray Ridge Rd 

Address: 17000 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville, 95446 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Calaveras Big Trees SP

(112.46 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Headquarters 

Address: Big Trees Parkway, Arnold, 95223 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Fort Ross SHP

(116.15 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance 

Address: 25662 Highway 1, Jenner, 95450 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Hearst San Simeon SP

(119.90 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Entrance from San Simeon Creek Rd. 

Address: Hwy 1 & San Simeon Creek Rd, Cambria, 93428 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Marshall Gold Discovery SHP

(121.16 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking Lot in front of visitor center 

Address: 400 Back St, Placerville, 95667 

Park District: Gold Fields District   

Entry Point for Salt Point SP

(121.77 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access parking area 

Address: 25050 Coast Hwy, Cazadero, 95421 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Millerton Lake SRA

(123.04 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: North campground fork entrance 

Address: 5000 Millerton Road, Friant, 93626 

Park District: Central Valley District   

Entry Point for Anderson Marsh SHP

(123.40 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on Andersen Ranch Pkwy 

Address: Highway 53, Lower Lake, 95457 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Kruse Rhododendron SNR

(123.61 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: main parking area 

Address: Hwy 1 & Kruse Ranch Rd, Cazadero, 95421 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Auburn SRA

(125.14 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park access off Highway 49 

Address: Forest Hill Road, Auburn, 95603 

Park District: Gold Fields District   

Entry Point for Harmony Headlands SP

(130.44 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from Hwy 1 & Sea West Rd 

Address: Hwy 1 & Sea West Rd, Cayucos, 93430 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Estero Bluffs SP

(132.11 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking area at the intersection of Hwy 1 & San Geronimo Rd 

Address: Hwy 1 & San Geronimo Rd, Cayucos, 93430 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Clear Lake SP

(133.10 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Headquarters entrance from Clear Lake State Park Rd. 

Address: 5300 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville, 95451 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Colusa Sacramento River SRA

(137.51 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance from levee St 

Address: Levee St & 10th St, Colusa, 95932 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Morro Strand SB

(137.99 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access parking area 

Address: Trinidad St & Beachcomber Dr, Morro Bay, 93442 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Morro Bay SP

(142.07 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Marina and campground entrance on State Park Rd 

Address: 1 State Park Road, Morro Bay, 93442 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Montana de Oro SP

(144.54 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park property entrance on Pecho Valley Rd. 

Address: 2886 Pecho Valley Rd, Los Osos, 93402 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for Los Osos Oaks SNR

(145.24 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and main parking area 

Address: 2000 Los Osos Valley Rd, Los Osos, 93402 

Park District: San Luis Obispo Coast District   

Entry Point for South Yuba River SP

(147.20 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Visitor area parking area from Pleasant Valley Rd. 

Address: 17660 Pleasant Valley Road, Penn Valley, 95946 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Schooner Gulch SB

(148.87 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access road entrance from Hwy 1 

Address: Schooner Gulch Rd, Point Arena, 95468 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Grover Hot Springs SP

(150.48 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park pools and main parking area 

Address: 3415 Hot Springs Road, Markleeville, 96120 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Washoe Meadows SP

(152.53 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: North access trail from Sawmill Rd. 

Address: Mountain Meadow Dr, South Lake Tahoe, 96150 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Emerald Bay SP

(153.28 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking area to visitor's center 

Address: 2672 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, 96150 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for DL Bliss SP

(154.82 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Headquarters and visitor's center 

Address: 3512 Emerald Bay Rd, South Lake Tahoe, 96150 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Hendy Woods SP

(155.04 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance 

Address: 18599 Philo-Greenwood Road, Philo, 95466 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Manchester SP

(155.78 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: beach access 

Address: Kinney Lane, Manchester, 95459 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Malakoff Diggins SHP

(156.88 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Ranger Station from Relief hill Rd 

Address: 19000 North Bloomfield Road, Nevada City, 95959 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Ed ZBerg Sugar Pine Point SP

(158.29 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking area off Emerald Bay Rd. 

Address: 7360 West Lake Blvd., Tahoma, 96142 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Lake Oroville SRA

(160.70 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: main parking area and visitor's center 

Address: Loafer Creek Road, Oroville, 95966 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Montgomery Woods SNR

(161.12 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Off road parking area off Orr Springs Rd. 

Address: 21600 Orr Springs Rd, Ukiah, 95482 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Pismo SB

(162.18 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Camping area entrance from Pier Ave 

Address: 928 Pacific Avenue, Oceano, 93445 

Park District: Oceano Dunes District   

Entry Point for Mono Lake Tufa SNR

(164.20 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: South Tuffa parking lot 

Address: US Highway 395, Lee Vinning, 93541 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Tahoe SRA

(164.61 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park Entrance 

Address: 1155 No. Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, 96145 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Greenwood SB

(164.90 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and beach access 

Address: Hwy 1 & Philo Greenwood Rd, Elk, 95432 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Burton Creek SP

(165.39 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Burton Creek and Highway 28 

Address: Rocky Ridge Rd, Tahoe City, 96145 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Navarro River Redwoods SP

(166.10 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: midway point between Hwy 128 & Hwy 1 and Paul M. Dimmick Campground on Hwy 128 

Address: State Highway 128, Albion, 95410 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Colonel Allensworth SHP

(167.38 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking Lot off Young Rd. 

Address: Hwy 43 & Palmer Dr, Earlimart, 93219 

Park District: Great Basin   

Entry Point for Donner Memorial SP

(170.04 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance, parking area, Pioneer Monument and Museum 

Address: 13181 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, 96161 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Kings Beach SRA

(171.47 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking lot off N Lake Blvd (28) 

Address: 138 Coon St, Kings Beach, 96143 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for Bidwell Sacramento River SP

(171.82 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Indian Fishery park area off River Road 

Address: 12105 River Road, Chico, 95926 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Bidwell Mansion SHP

(172.85 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: East Park Entrance from Memorial Way 

Address: 525 Esplanade, Chico, 95926 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Mendocino Woodlands SP

(175.17 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Road accessing the Mendocino Woodlands Camp 

Address: 39000 Little Lake Rd, Mendocino, 95460 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Van Damme SP

(175.25 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: West entrance to the park from Hwy 1 

Address: 8125 North Highway 1, Little River, 95456 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Mendocino Headlands SP

(176.67 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access dirt road off Hwy 1 (Shoreline Hwy) 

Address: 45000 Main Street, Mendocino, 95460 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Russian Gulch SP

(178.85 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on Point Cabrillo Dr 

Address: 8985 North Highway 1, Mendocino, 95460 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Caspar Headlands SB

(180.76 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: beach access and park entrance 

Address: Point Cabrillo Drive, Caspar, 95420 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Caspar Headlands SNR

(181.11 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: West end of the Park off S. Caspar Dr. 

Address: Headlands Dr, Caspar, 95420 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Jug Handle SNR

(181.65 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and main parking area 

Address: 15800 Shoreline Hwy, Caspar, 95420 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Woodson Bridge SRA

(185.51 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Parking Lot entrance from County Hwy A9 

Address: 25140 Gardiner Ferry Road, Corning, 96021 

Park District: Northern Buttes District   

Entry Point for Plumas Eureka SP

(186.44 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: parking lot along Johnsville-Eureka Lake Rd 

Address: 310 Johnsville Road, Blairsden, 96103 

Park District: Sierra District   

Entry Point for MacKerricher SP

(187.28 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: park entrance and Visitor Center 

Address: 24100 MacKerricher Road, Fort Bragg, 95437 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Entry Point for Admiral William Standley SRA

(191.68 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: North Park Entrance on Branscomb Rd 

Address: 15000 Branscomb Rd, Westport, 95417 

Park District: North Coast Redwoods District   

Entry Point for Tule Elk SNR

(191.87 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Park entrance on Station Rd 

Address: 8653 Station Road, Buttonwillow, 93206 

Park District: Great Basin   

Entry Point for La Purisima Mission SHP

(194.40 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: main parking area and visitor's center 

Address: 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, 93436 

Park District: Channel Coast District   

Entry Point for Westport Union Landing SB

(198.10 mi)

To learn more about the park visit their webpage.

Entry Point Description: Beach access road entrance 

Address: 41060 North Highway 1, Westport, 95488 

Park District: Sonoma-Mendocino Coast District   

Nonparticipating parks

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Angel Island State Park (SP)
Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park (SHP)
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland SP
Bodie SHP
California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property (PP)
California State Railroad Museum Point of Interest
Cambria State Marine Park (SMP)
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA)
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area (SRA)
Cayucos State Beach (SB)
Clay Pit SVRA
Corona del Mar SB
Dockweiler SB
Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch SVRA
El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP
Empire Mine SHP
Fort Tejon SHP
Governor’s Mansion SHP
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
Heber Dunes SVRA
Hollister Hills SVRA
Hungry Valley SVRA
Lake Del Valle SRA
Lake Valley SRA
Leland Stanford Mansion SHP
Leucadia SB
Limekiln SP
Los Encinos SHP
Marconi Conference Center SHP
Marsh Creek SHP

Martial Cottle Park SRA
Monterey SHP
Moonlight SB
Oceano Dunes SVRA
Ocotillo Wells SVRA
Pacifica SB
Petaluma Adobe SHP
Pío Pico SHP
Placerita Canyon SP
Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP
Point Dume SB
Point Sur SHP
Prairie City SVRA
Railtown 1897 SHP
Robert W. Crown Memorial SB
San Bruno Mountain SP
Santa Monica SB
Santa Susana Pass SHP
Shasta SHP
Sonoma SHP
State Indian Museum SHP
Sutter Buttes SP
Sutter’s Fort SHP
Tomo-Kahni SHP
Twin Lakes SB
Wassama Round House SHP
Watts Towers of Simon Rodia SHP
Weaverville Joss House SHP
Will Rogers SB
Will Rogers SHP
Woodland Opera House SHP

Participating parks (by county)

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POI = Point of Interest
SB = State Beach
SHM = State Historical Monument
SHP = State Historic Park
SMP = State Marine Park
SMR = State Marine Reserve
SNR = State Natural Reserve
SP = State Park
SP SS = State Park State Seashore
SRA = State Recreation Area
SVRA = State Vehicular Recreation Area
WC = Wayside Campground

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ALAMEDA

• Albany SMR (also in Contra Costa)
• Bethany Reservoir SRA
• Emeryville Crescent SMR (also in Contra Costa)
• McLaughlin Eastshore SP SS (also in Contra Costa)
• ALPINE
• Grover Hot Springs SP

AMADOR

• Indian Grinding Rock SHP

BUTTE

• Bidwell Mansion SHP
• Bidwell-Sacramento River SP (also in Glenn)
• Lake Oroville SRA

CALAVERAS

• Calaveras Big Trees SP (also in Tuolumne)

COLUSA

• Colusa-Sacramento River SRA

CONTRA COSTA

• Albany SMR (also in Alameda)
• Emeryville Crescent SMR (also in Alameda)
• Franks Tract SRA
• McLaughlin Eastshore SP SS (also in Alameda)
• Mount Diablo SP

DEL NORTE

• Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP
• Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP
• Pelican SB
• Prairie Creek Redwoods SP (also in Humboldt)
• Tolowa Dunes SP

EL DORADO

• Auburn SRA (also in Placer)
• D.L. Bliss SP
• Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point SP
• Emerald Bay SP
• Folsom Lake SRA (also in Placer & Sacramento)
• Marshall Gold Discovery SHP
• Washoe Meadows SP

FRESNO

• Millerton Lake SRA (also in Madera)

GLENN

• Bidwell-Sacramento River SP (also in Butte)

HUMBOLDT

• Azalea SNR
• Benbow Lake SRA
• Fort Humboldt SHP
• Grizzly Creek Redwoods SP
• Harry A. Merlo SRA
• Humboldt Lagoon SP
• Humboldt Redwoods SP
• John B. Dewitt Redwoods SNR
• Little River SB
• Prairie Creek Redwoods SP (also in Del Norte)
• Richardson Grove SP
• Sinkyone Wilderness SP (also in Mendocino)
• Sue-meg SP
• Trinidad SB

IMPERIAL

• Picacho SRA
• Salton Sea SRA (also in Riverside)
• Anza-Borrego Desert SP (also in Riverside & San Diego)

KERN

• Red Rock Canyon SP
• Tule Elk SNR

LAKE

• Anderson Marsh SHP
• Clear Lake SP
• Robert Louis Stevenson SP (also in Napa & Sonoma)

LOS ANGELES

• Antelope Valley CA Poppy Reserve SNR
• Kenneth Hahn SRA (Baldwin Hills Overlook Only)
• Leo Carrillo SP (also in Ventura)
• Los Angeles SHP
• Malibu Creek SP
• Malibu Lagoon SB
• Rio de LA State Park SRA
• Robert H. Meyer Memorial SB
• Saddleback Butte SP
• Topanga SP
• Verdugo Mountains Park Property

MADERA

• Millerton Lake SRA (also in Fresno)

MARIN

• China Camp SP
• Mount Tamalpais SP
• Olompali SHP
• Samuel P. Taylor SP
• Tomales Bay SP

 

MENDOCINO

• Admiral William Standley SRA
• Caspar Headlands SB
• Caspar Headlands SNR
• Greenwood SB
• Hendy Woods SP
• Jug Handle SNR
• MacKerricher SP
• Mailliard Redwoods SNR
• Manchester SP
• Mendocino Headlands SP
• Mendocino Woodlands SP
• Montgomery Woods SNR
• Navarro River Redwoods SP
• Reynolds WC
• Russian Gulch SP
• Schooner Gulch SB
• Sinkyone Wilderness SP (also in Humboldt)
• Smithe Redwoods SNR
• Standish-Hickey SRA
• Van Damme SP
• Westport Union Landing SB

MERCED

• George J. Hatfield SRA
• Great Valley Grasslands SP
• McConnell SRA
• Pacheco SP (also in Santa Clara)
• San Luis Reservoir SRA

MONO

• Mono Lake Tufa SNR

MONTEREY

• Andrew Molera SP
• Asilomar SB
• Carmel River SB
• Fort Ord Dunes SP
• Fremont Peak SP (also in San Benito)
• Garrapata SP
• Hatton Canyon Park Property
• John Little SNR
• Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP
• Marina SB
• Monterey SB
• Moss Landing SB
• Pfeiffer Big Sur SP
• Point Lobos SNR
• Salinas River SB (also in Santa Cruz)
• Zmudowski SB (also in Santa Cruz)

NAPA

• Bale Grist Mill SHP
• Robert Louis Stevenson SP (also in Lake & Sonoma)
• Sugarloaf Ridge SP (also in Sonoma)
• Bothe-Napa Valley SP (also in Sonoma)

NEVADA

• Donner Memorial SP (also in Placer)
• Malakoff Diggins SHP
• South Yuba River SP

ORANGE

• Bolsa Chica SB
• Chino Hills SP (also in Riverside & San Bernardino)
• Crystal Cove SP
• Doheny SB
• Huntington SB
• San Clemente SB
• San Onofre SB (also in San Diego)

PLACER

• Auburn SRA (also in El Dorado)
• Burton Creek SP
• Donner Memorial SP (also in Nevada)
• Folsom Lake SRA (also in El Dorado & Sacramento)
• Kings Beach SRA
• Tahoe SRA
• Ward Creek Park Property
• Burton Creek SP
• Donner Memorial SP (also in Nevada)
• Folsom Lake SRA (also in El Dorado & Sacramento)
• Kings Beach SRA
• Tahoe SRA
• Ward Creek Park Property

PLUMAS

• Plumas-Eureka SP

RIVERSIDE

• Anza-Borrego Desert SP (also in Imperial & San Diego)
• California Citrus SHP
• Chino Hills SP (also in Orange & San Bernardino)
• Indio Hills Palms Park Property
• Lake Perris SRA
• Mount San Jacinto SP
• Salton Sea SRA (also in Imperial)
• San Timoteo Canyon Park Property
• Wildwood Canyon Park Property

SACRAMENTO

• Brannan Island SRA
• Delta Meadows Park Property
• Folsom Lake SRA (also in El Dorado & Placer)
• Folsom Powerhouse SHP
• Locke Boarding House Museum POI
• Stone Lake Park Property

SAN BENITO

• Fremont Peak SP (also in Monterey)
• San Juan Bautista SHP

 SAN BERNARDINO

• Chino Hills SP (also in Orange & Riverside)
• Providence Mountains SRA
• Silverwood Lake SRA

 

SAN DIEGO

• Anza-Borrego Desert SP (also in Riverside & Imperial)
• Border Field SP
• Cardiff SB
• Carlsbad SB
• Cuyamaca Rancho SP
• Palomar Mountain SP
• San Elijo SB
• San Onofre SB (also in Orange)
• San Pasqual Battlefield SHP
• Silver Strand SB
• South Carlsbad SB
• Tijuana Estuary NP POI
• Torrey Pines SB
• Torrey Pines SNR

SAN FRANCISCO

• Candlestick Point SRA

SAN JOAQUIN

• Caswell Memorial SP

SAN LUIS OBISPO

• Estero Bluffs SP
• Harmony Headlands SP
• Hearst San Simeon SP
• Los Osos Oaks SNR
• Montaña de Oro SP
• Morro Bay SP
• Morro Strand SB
• Pismo SB

SAN MATEO

• Año Nuevo SP
• Bean Hollow SB
• Big Basin Redwoods SP (also in Santa Cruz)
• Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property
• Butano SP
• Gray Whale Cove SB
• Half Moon Bay SB
• Montara SB
• Pescadero SB
• Pigeon Point Light Station SHP
• Pomponio SB
• Portola Redwoods SP
• San Gregorio SB
• Thornton SB
• Castle Rock SP (also in Santa Cruz & Santa Clara)

SANTA BARBARA

• Chumash Painted Cave SHP
• El Capitán SB
• Gaviota SP
• La Purísima Mission SHP
• Point Sal SB
• Refugio SB
• Carpinteria SB (also in Ventura)

SANTA CLARA

• Henry W. Coe SP (also in Stanislau)
• Pacheco SP (also in Merced County)
• Castle Rock SP (also in Santa Cruz & San Mateo)

SANTA CRUZ

• Big Basin Redwoods SP (also in San Mateo)
• Henry Cowell Redwoods SP
• Lighthouse Field SB
• Manresa SB
• Natural Bridges SB
• New Brighton SB
• Salinas River SB (also in Monterey)
• Santa Cruz Mission SHP
• Seacliff SB
• Sunset SB
• The Forest of Nisene Marks SP
• Wilder Ranch SP
• Zmudowski SB (also in Monterey)
• Castle Rock SP (also in San Mateo & Santa Clara)

SHASTA

• Ahjumawi Lava Springs SP
• Castle Crags SP
• McArthur Burney Falls SP

SOLANO

• Benicia SRA
• Benicia Capitol SHP

SONOMA

• Armstrong Redwoods SNR
• Austin Creek SRA
• Fort Ross SHP
• Jack London SHP
• Kruse Rhododendron SNR
• Robert Louis Stevenson SP (also in Lake & Napa)
• Salt Point SP
• Sonoma Coast SP
• Sugarloaf Ridge SP (also in Napa)
• Trione-Annadel SP
• Bothe-Napa Valley SP (also in Napa)

STANISLAUS

• Henry W. Coe SP (also in Santa Clara)
• Turlock Lake SRA

TEHAMA

• William B. Ide Adobe SHP
• Woodson Bridge SRA

TULARE

• Colonel Allensworth SHP

TUOLUMNE

• Columbia SHP
• Calaveras Big Trees SP (also in Calaveras)

VENTURA

• Carpinteria SB (also in Santa Barbara)
• Emma Wood SB
• Leo Carrillo SP (also in Los Angeles)
• Mandalay SB
• McGrath SB
• Point Mugu SP
• San Buenaventura SB

Mexico travel suggestions from a friend

Option 1:

Oaxaca

Pyramids, mountain, city life

San José del Pacifico

Long drive to Mazunte & La Crucecita beaches

Option 2:

Cancun

Drive to Playa del Carmen, Tulum

Digital Nomad options for saving tax

Taxes are the biggest expense for most of us. Some folks with a remote job live as 'Digital Nomads'. Some countries even give digital nomad visas.

US citizens: Stay outside of the US for at least 330 days within a 12-month consecutive period. You do not have to pay US federal taxes on the first $120,000 (for 2023) of your foreign-earned income (foreign-earned income exclusion).

Countries with no taxes

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba

Bahamas (No income tax for residents either)

Barbados

Bermuda (No income tax for residents either)

Cabo Verde

Cayman Islands (No income tax for residents either)

Costa Rica

Croatia

Curaçao

Dominica

Iceland (stay up to 183 days and pay no local tax)

Indonesia (Bali)

Montserrat

Romania

Seychelles

UAE (Dubai) (No income tax for residents either)

Estonia (stay up to 183 days and pay no local income tax)

Malta (tax exemption for worldwide income but income earned from Malta sources is subject to local income tax; no tax on capital gains)

Panama (only income from Panamanian sources is subject to local income tax)

Portugal (no tax on overseas income; 20% tax rate on income earned in Portugal as opposed to progressive residential tax rate)

English speaking countries

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica

Countries with free public schools

Anguilla | English

Antigua and Barbuda | English

Aruba | Dutch

Bahamas | English

Barbados | English

Bermuda | English

Costa Rica | Spanish

Dominica | English

Iceland | Icelandic

Indonesia (Bali) | Indonesian

Montserrat | English

Romania | Romanian

Seychelles | English

UAE (Dubai) | English

Estonia | Estonian

Malta | Maltese

Panama | Spanish

Portugal | Portuguese

Cabo Verde | Portuguese

Croatia | Croatian

Seychelles | English

Countries with reduced taxes

Cyprus (50% of income excluded from local income taxes)

Georgia (if you are an entrepreneur, only 1% of business gross revenue is taxed)

Italy (70% of income excluded from local income taxes, 90% of income excluded from local income taxes if you reside in one of the sparsely populated central or southern regions)

Spain (15% income tax rate as opposed to progressive residential tax rate)

Greece (50% of income excluded from local income tax and social security payments)

US States with no state tax

Alaska

Florida

Nevada

South Dakota

Texas

Washington

Wyoming

Tax-free states in USA (excluding dividends and interest income)

New Hampshire

Tennessee

Reference

https://www.desklessnomad.com/tax-free-digital-nomad-visas/

Florida attractions

• Miami & the Keys
• Everglades national park
• Ernest F Coe Visitor Center: starting
• Fresh water Marl Prairie ecosystem
• Drive to Pahayokee Overlook
• Guided tours
• Long Pine Key
• Mangrove ecosystem, Pineland ecosystem
• Boat Wilderness Waterway
• Flamingo visitor center: southernmost point
• Flamingo Marina: Guided boat tour of Florida Bay: Coastal Prairie ecosystem, marine & estuarine ecosystem
• Hike Coastal Prairie Trail from Eco Pond to Clubhouse Beach
• Kayak white water bay along wilderness waterway canoe trail
• Florida national scenic trail: 1 out 11 USA's scenic trails
• Flamingo Everglades: Tours for $40 adults, $20 kids, guided boat tours. flamingoeverglades.com
• Anhinga trail: Hike by night with a flashlight to see alligator eyes
• Drive Tamiami Trail US41 to Shark Valley entrance for Cypress Ecosystem
• Shark Valley visitor center
• The Observation Tower. Highest point.
• Shark Valley Tram Tour: alligators & birds to vide the Fresh Water Slough & Hardwood Ecosystem
• When walking, alligators sunbathe on road.
• 2 hours. $25/adult.
• Buffalo Tiger Airboat Rides
• 45 minutes tour
• buffalotigersflevergladesairboattours.com
• Cheaper in advance. $25/adult. $200/private tour of 4.
• Bobcat Boardwalk Trail & Cave Hammock Trail
• Drive scenic loop road from Loop Rd Education Center to Monroe Station
• Everglades City
• Everglades adventures: kayaking/canoeing tour among mangroves: kid friendly.
• Guided tours. $30-$50 canoe/kayak rentals. Guided tours available for 3-4 hours.
• morning boat tour to 10,000 islands
• Everglades National Park Boat Tours: evergladesnationalparkboattoursgulfcoast.com. Starting $37.10.
• Chokoloskee Island
• Smallwood Store Boat Tour to 10,000 islands: look for dolphins: kid friendly
• Museum of the Everglades
• Collier-Seminole State Park
• Canoe
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park: hike 2000 ft boardwalk
• Skunk Ape Research Headquarters
• Big Cypress Photo Gallery
• Hikes
• Northern Everglades
• Kirby Storter Roadside Park boardwalk: 1 mile
• Bobcat Boardwalk: 0.5 mile loop to Shark Valley parking lot
• Otter Cave Trail: 0.5 miles total: limestone shelf
• Southern Everglades
•  Anhinga Trail: 1.6 miles total. Ranger led walks.
• West Lake Trail: 3.6 miles total
• Snake Bight: Flamingo visitor center: 3.6 miles
• Christian Point: 4 miles
• Rowdy Bend: 4 miles
• Bear Lack: 3.2 miles
• Boat tours
• Everglades National Park Tours: nps.gov/ever/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm 905 Copeland Ave. Tours into mangroves for $50/25 or 10,000 islands for $40/20
• Everglades Florida Adventures from Gulf Coast Visitor Center: 90 min boat trip to 10000 islands. evergladesflordiaadventures.com. $40/20
• Everglades Adventure Tours: evergladesadventurtours.com. 2 hr kayak/pole-boat tour. $99/108.
• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Loop Road Scenic drive: Stop at HP Williams roadside park (with picnic tables), west of Oasis visitor center. Walk boardwalk.
• Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center.  Manatees
• Everglades Safari Park: Gator wrestling shows, 40 min airboart tour through River of Grass, online discounts: evergladessafaripark.com. $28. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
• Gator Park: Zoo, educational airboat tours through River of Grass, alligator wrestling. gatorpark.com. $20-$25. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
• Coopertown Airboat Tours: 35-40 min tours. coopertownairboats.com. $23. Authorized to operate inside Everglades national park.
• Coral Castle
• Robert is Here farmer's market & petting zoo
• Everglades Outpost wild animal hospital
• Royal Palm Visitor Center: boardwalk: alligators, turtles, birds: kid friendly
• Pinelands Trailhead to Pa-hay-oskee Overlook
• Slough slog: park ranger guided wet walk with overalls into Cypress dome
• Miccouskee Indian village: guided visits of homes, boat rides, music & dance. $15 entry. $20 boat rides.
• Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours. $32.50 tours, alligator show: $9, Combo: $60
• Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
• Everglades Backcountry Boat tour: 1-1.5 hour tour: backcountry cruise up Buttonwood Canal through Coot Bay, Tarpon Creek into Whitewater Bay. Tickets at marina or online. Flamingo. famingoeverglaes.com/boat-tours
• Tropical Everglades visitor center: Florida City
• Hell's Bay: Kayak
• Key West drive
• Key Largo
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo: Kid friendly
• Snorkeling, diving, glass bottom boat tours, kayak among mangroves off Key Largo
• Only living US coral reef
• Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park
• Dolphins plus Bayside Zoo. Swami with dolphin dolphinsplus.com
• Floriday Keys Wild Bird Center
• Everglades Eco-Tours: captainsterling.com $60
• MV Key Largo Princess: 2 hour glass bottom boat trips $30, sunset cruises. Online savings.
• Coral Reef cities of uncommon abundance
• African Queen: small steam boat used in movies
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Lara Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary
• Islamorada
• Feed giant tarpons fish at Robbie's marina. $2.25 for doc admission. $4 for bucket of sardines.
• Theater of the sea. Animal shows. Glass bottom boat. theaterofthesea.com. $36, $45-$200.
• Anne's Beach: Blue green water & squidy tidal flats
• Lignumvitae Key State Botanical Site: old growth tropical hardoowd hammock, solution hole, ranger led tour
• Indian Key Historic Park: kayak to island & ruins. 
• Marathon: center
• Crane Point Hammock interpretive trails: palm hammock, mangroves, shoreline
• Turtle Hospital
• Seven mile bridge
• Big Pine Key
• National Key Deer Refuge
• Big Pine Kayak Adventures: Rent a kayak, ferry, kayak back. Mangrove forests of Great White Heron & Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge.
• Key West
• Sunset show at Mallory Sq
• Fort Zachary Taylor State Park: Kid friendly: beach, snorkeling, fort
• Jolly Rover: Pirate ship sunset tour: Kid friendly
• Key West Butterfuly & Nature Conservatory keywestbutterfly.com $12
• Key West Lighthouse Museum & Keeper's Quarters
• Southernmost point
• Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden. kwbgs.org $7
• Key West Eco Tours Kayaking: $115
• Lazy Dog Kayaking: $50
• Smathers Beach: Hire Hobie Cat for sailing
• Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park
• Grassy Key
• Curry Hammock State Park
• Bahia Honda State Park: kid friendly
• Kayak
• 3 Beaches. Mile-long Atlantic facing Sandspur beach. Keys best beach.
• Ranger led activities.
• No Name Key
• Stock Island: just east of key west
• Sheriff's Animal Farm
• Tavernier
• Harry Harris Park: small photogenic lagoon
• Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary
• Sombrero beach
• Pigeon Key: Railway worker life
• Nancy Forester's Secret Garden: parrots & macaws
• Miami
• Biltmore Hotel: hunt ghosts
• Coral Gables
• mansions & villas
• Venetian pool: kid friendly
• Two hour paddling tours on Coral Gables waterway
• Fairchild tropical botanical gardens
• South Beach: Deco design
• Art Deco Museum
• Deco Ocean drive
• Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
• Night life, parties
• South Pointe Park: kid friendly
• Upscale Collins Ave
• Jungle Island zoo: liger, petting farm, lorikeet, wallavy, kangaroo, penguin
• Red Reef Beach
• Miami Beach
• Little Haiti: edgy at night, colorful & ok during day
• Wynwood & Design District: Street art & nightlife
• Whywood walls
• Coconut grove
• Barnacle historic state park: old growth miami hammock, cemetery
• Kampong Botnical garden
• Philip & Patricia Frost Museum of science
• Homestead (near Miami)
• Fruit & Spice Park
• Homestead-Miami Speedway
• Garl's Coastal Kayaking: wet-wading into heart of Glades
• Key Biscayne: Island adventures
• Beaches
• Nature center
• Leafy trails
• Lighthouse at southern tip
• Crandon Park
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center
• Bill Baggs Cape Flordia State Park:
• Cape Florida lighthouse: kid friendly
• Free tours at cottage & lighthouse at 10-1 Thu to Mon
• Top beach
• Miami Seaquarium
• Crandon Park Beach: Family friendly
• Miami Ecoadventures: mamidade.com: bike, kayak, canoe, snorkeling
• Biscayne national park institute: kid friendly: glass bottom boat tours, cruises, paddling trips, snorkeling tours in Homestead
• Biscayne National Park Institue
• tours $44-$159.
• 3-4 hour boat cruise: $44/70
• 4 hour snorkeling trip: $64. 
• 6 hour boat trip: $159
• Most trips start at Convoy Point
• Dante Fascell Visitor Center
• Boat tour for mangrove ecosystem
• Adams Key: private boat
• Boca Chita Key: Lighthouse, via private boat
• Dante Fascell Visitor Center
• Informal ranger tour if arranged in advance of Boca Hita Key
• Elliott Key
• private boat
• Homestead Bayfront Park: Family watersports
• 10000 islands
• Boat tours
• Dolphins
• Big Pine Kayak adventures
• Guided tours
• Mid-Beach
• North-Beach
• Mid-Beach Boardwalk: kid firndly
• Virginia Key
• Manatee spotting
• Virginia Key Outdoor Center: Full-moon & new-moon biolumniscent paddles
• Virginia Key Beach Park
• Dania Beach
• Dr Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park: Magroves & beaches
• Whiskey Creek Hideout: snorkeling, turtle nesting area
• Haulover Beach Park
• Family friendly attractions, kite-making workshops
• Singer Island
• John D MacArthur Beach State Park: Guided sea turtle walks. Beaches, Calm water kayaking north of West Palm Beach. Turtle hatching between May & Aug. 1600 ft boardwalk to mangroves of Lake Worth Cove. Kayak from nature center.
• Peanut Island Park
• Sebastian Inlet
• Sebastian Inlet State Park; Surfing
• Pelican Island: US' 1st national wildlife refuge
• Honest John's Fish Camp: Kayak & motorboats: spot manatees
• Sebastian Inlet Marina: Boat & kayak rentals
• Panhandle
• Gulf Islands National Seashore: beaches
• Fort Pickens Discovery Center, Pensacola Beach, FL
• Fort Barrancas Visitor Center, Pensacola, FL
• Davis Bayou Visitor Center, Ocean Springs, MS
• Cedar Key
• Nature tours by bot of Suwannee River: wildlife, kayak marshes & estuary
• Cedar Keys national wildlife refuge
• Cedar Key museum State park
• Kayak Cedar Keys
• Tidewater tours: 2 hour nature tours ($29), tiprs aong Suwannee River ($58) & bird-watching treks in wild marshy coasline ($47)
• Manatee Springs State Park: Boardwalk
• Destin
• Henderson beach State park
• Ponce de Leon Springs state park
• Sugarlike sand beaches of Appalachian quartz crystals
• Crab island
• Destin history & fishing museum
• Dockside watersports
• Fort Walton Beach
• Air Force Armament Museum
• Eglin Air Force Base Reservation
• Gulfarium Marine adventure park
• Heritage Park & Cultural Center
• John Beasley Park
• South Walton & 30A beaches
• Grayton Beach State Park: Sand
• Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
• Deer lake State Park
• Blue mountain beach
• Eden Gardens state park: picnic lunch
• Coastal dune lakes: here, Oz & NZ
• Cape San Blas: secluded wilderness
• St Vincent Islands
• St Vincent National Wildlife Refuge
• accessible only by boat
• St Vincent Island Shuttle & fishing carters tours
• St. George islands
• Dog islands
• Cape San Blas & Port St Joe
• TH Stone Memorial St Joseph Peninsula State Park: dune, forest, salt marsh quilt wilderness
• Pensacola
• National Naval Aviation Museum
• Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
• Lighthouse
• Garcon point trail
• Snorkel, kayak Gulf Islands National seashore
• DeFuniak Springs
• One of 2 naturally circular lake, other in Switzerland
• Falling waters state park: Florida's highest 73 foot waterfall. 100 ft cylindrical pit. Exotic plant nursery. Birding. Old whiskey distillery.
• Florida Caverns State Park: Underground caverns
• Torreya State Park
• Endangered type of yew tree. Forested ben in Apalachicola river. High limestone bluffs. Birds, deer, beaver.
• Perdido Key
• Pedido Key State Park: swimming, shelling, birding
• Big Lagoon State Park: bird watching hiking. Observation tower.
• Suwannee river
• Suwannee river wilderness trail
• American canoe adventures aca1.com
• Suwannee river state park at confluence of Withlacoochee rivers
• Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
• Mission San Luis
• Santa Rosa
• Topsail Hill preserve state park: 5 ponds
• Santa Rosa Island, Navarre
• St Joseph Peninsula State Park: unspoiled beach, swim, snorkel, birding, animals
• Manatee Springs State Park: 30 miles north of Cedar Key
• Spring from cave mouth feeds Suwannee river. Clear. Snorkel. Animals, birds.
• Apalachicola
• John Gorrie Museum state park: original refrigerater
• Fort Myers
• Sanibel Island: family friendly Beach getaway, shelling, kayaking
• JN Din Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Visitor Center. 
• Wildlife Drive. Mangroves.
• Guided tram tour
• Canoeing
• Bowman's Beach
• Ferry to Cayo Costa Island: Solitude
• Crowded Fort Myers Beach (Estero Island)
• Bowditch Pint Park
• Lovers Key state park
• Cayo Costa State Park 
• go to island from boat. Captiva cruises. Locations in Punta Gorda, Pine Island, Fort Myers, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island.
• Tropic Star Ferry: departs at 9:30 & 2, returns at 1 & 3. $35/25. Pineland Marina
• Gasparilla Island State Park
• Everglades Day Safari: 4 locations in Fort Myers. Full day tours.
• Orlando
• Universal
• Islands of Adventure
• Harry Potter - Hogsmeade
• Harry Potter & the Forbidden Journey
• Hagrid's Magical Creaturs Motorbike Adventure
• Olliver Wand Shop: 10 min show
• Dr Seuss
• Amazing Adventures of Spider Man 4D
• Universal's Return time tickets: If Harry Potter is fill (usually around 10:30), get electronic ticket to return during specific window
• Disney
• Animal Kingdom
• Avatar Flights of Passage
• Finding Nemo Musical
• Pandora World of Avatar
• Kilimanjaro Safari
• Festival of Lion King musical
• Pangani Forest Exploration trail
• Kali river rapids
• It's tough to be a bug
• Primeval whirl
• Expedition everest
• Tree of Life
• Affection section petting zoo
• Hollywood Studios
• Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
• Rise of the Resistance: Join virtual line system once you're in the park. Get time slot. Need to be early.
• Long waiting lines
• Star Tours: FastPass+
• Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
• Muppet vision 3D
• Star Tours-Adventures
• Indian Jones stunt
• Little mermaid voyage
• Toy Story Mania
• Tower of Terror
• Buy Genie+ and/or Lighting lane. Genie+ allows reservations at 7 AM.
• My Disney Experience App
• Wekiwa Springs State Park
• Winter Park
• Morse Museum
• Harry P Leu Gardens
• ICON Orlando
• Orlando Eye observation wheel
• Crayola Experience
• Marsh Landing Adventures
• Orlando Science Center
• St.Pete Beach
• Naples
• Pristine city beach. Naples Municipal Beach.
• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
• Marco Island
• Corkscrew swamp sancutuary
• Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
• Three Sisters Springs
• Glass bottom boat tours
• Snorkeling tours
• Tarpon Springs
• De Leon Springs State Park
• Palatka
• Ravine Gardens State Park
• Fort De Soto Beach: America's best beach winner
• North West Florida
• Apalachiola national forest, historical center
• Tallahassee: music
• St Marks National Wildlife Refuge: visitor center, lighthouse
• Alfred B Maclay Gardens State Park
• Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park: Boat through cypress & mangroves with manatees, alligators, bird life
• 40 min guided boat tour: $8/5
• Glass bottom boat tours. Mastodon fossil.
• One of world's deepest springs.
• Observation tower.
• Swim, snorkel
• Cascades Park
• Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
• Goodwood Museum & Gardens
• Dr Julian G Bruce St George Island state park: Nesting loggerhead turtles, wilderness, dunes, salt marsh trails
• Cape St George Lighthouse
• Panama City Beach: Boardwalk amusements
• Shell Island
• St Andrews State Park: Snorkeling, paddling, surfing. Shuttle to Shell Island in Gulf of Mexico. Dolphin & wildlife.
• Seacrest wolf preserve
• Camp Helen State Park
• Shipwreck Island waterpark
• Mexico Beach
• Airboat Adventures: swampvette.com $34
• Dolphin & snorkel tours: $49 dolphinandsnorkeltours.com
• Paradise Adventures: Catamaran cruises, pontoon boats etc. $50. paradiseadventurespcb.com
• canoeeconfinacreek.net: $40. Snorkeling, canoeing
• pcdivecenter.com: Snorkeling, diving. Starts $39
• Lake Powell: one of largest lakes
• Camp Helen state park
• Gold & Treasure coast
• Deerfield Beach: surfing area
• Butterfly World: Largest butterfly exhibit
• Ski Rixen: Water skiing
• Island water sports
• Splash Adventure water park
• Tradewinds park
• Fort Lauderdale
• Sea Experience: glass botten boat, snorkeling: 2.5 hours
• Las Olas Gondola: 75 minutes
• Ft Lauderdale Beach
• Las Olas stroll, beachfront promenade
• Venice of America: waterways: Boat tours
• Carrie B Cruises: 90 min tour of the New River. 112 foot paddle. $24. Online discounts. carriebcruises.com
• Jungle Queen Riverboats. $25 & higher. junglequeen.com
• Water Taxi: $28 day pass
• Fort Lauderdale Antique Car Museum
• Museum of Discovery & Science & AutoNation IMAX Theater: $17 museum. $9 IMAX. 7D theatre.
• Bonnet House Museum & Gardens. $20 house tours, $10 gardens, $4 tram.
• Harbor Beach
• Hugh Taylor Birch State Park
• Billie Swamp Safari: Day pkg: $50. Twilight: $43.
• Butterfly World: largest in the world. Aviary. $30.
• Everglades Holiday Park: $34 for 1 hour airboat ride
• Flamingo Gardens: $20
• Sawgrass Recreation Park: $23. Night tours: $40. 30 min airboat tours.
• Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation
• Delray Municipal Beach
• Atlantic Village with Village by the Sea
• Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
• Wakodahatchee wetlands
• Sandoway Discovery Center
• Delray Yatch cruises
• Stuart
• Island Princess Cruises Boat tours: Indian River, St Lucie River, Jupiter Island. Advanced reservations required. islandpricesscruises.com $28
• Hutchinson Island: a barrier island with beaches
• Elliott Museum vintage vehicles
• Florida Oceanographic Coastal Science Center: aquarium
• Juno beach
• Loggerhead Marinelife Center: treat turtles
• Vero Beach: Grassy parks, pedestrian friendly downton, wide life-guarded beaches
• McKee Botanical Gardens
• Adventure Kayaking
• Orchid Island Bikes & Kayaks
• Sai Moonraker: dolphin, swimming, sunset cruises in Indian River Lagoon
• Indian river citrus museum
• Jupiter
• Blowing Rocks Preserve Seaside geyser
• Rugged costline
• Mangroves
• Turtle nesting beaches
• dunes
• 1 hour drive from Palm Beach
• Hobe Sound Nature Center, Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
• Jonathan Dickinson State park
• Boat tours, guided horseback rides, canoe, kayak, boat, bike
• Popular Wilderness Guided Boat Tour: 9, 11, 1, 3. Pontoon cruise for 90 minutes.
• Loxahatchee
• Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum
• Jupiter Beach
• Boynton Beach
• Arthur R Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Preserve
• Visitor Center off refuge's eastern side
• 1/2 mile Cypress swamp boardwalk
• Marsh trail: birding
• Guided nature walks
• Kayak Loxahatchee river for cypress, mangrove, alligators
• Boca Raton
• Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
• Loxahatchee Everglades tours
• Red Reef park
• Davie
• Buehler Planetarium & Observatory
• Tree Tops park
• Flamingo Gardens
• West Palm Beach
• Lion Country Safari: $35, $8 parking
• Currie Park: DivaDuck tours
• Manatee Lagoon
• Flagler museum
• Palm Beach
• Blue Heron Fleet
• Palm Beach Water Taxi
• Loxahatchee river: wild & scenic
• Lake Worth
• Lake Worth Beach: white sand
• Snook Islands Natural Area
• Kayak Lake Worth to Snook Islands Natural Area & Bingham Islands, Sunset & moonlight tours available.
• Lake Okeechobee: 2nd largest US freshwater lake. Lake Okeechobee Scenic trail.
• Roland Martin Marina
• Hollywood
• Hollywood Beach
• Family friendly, boardwalk, promenade
• Anne Kolb Nature Center: Environmental boat tours
• Fort Pierce
• John U Lloyd Beach State Park
• Beach, hiking, kayak creek with manatees
• Manatee Observation Center
• UDT-SEAL museum
• Holphin Watch Boat tours
• Heathcote Botanical Gardens
• Bathtub Reef & Coral Cove Park, Vero Beach Reef
• Indian river kayak & canoe, Vero beach
• Space Coast
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Kayak with dolphins. Wild. Sea turtles. Undeveloped beaches. Pelicans
• Apollo Beach family friendly
• Klondike Beach
• Playalinda Beach
• Mosquito Lagoon
• Ranger offered pontoon boat tours for $20/person from the visitor center on Fri, Sat, Sun. July turtle nesting tours.
• Turtle Mound
• Sea Turtle nesting tours in Jun & Jul
• Kennedy Space Center
• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
• 1500 species of rare plants & animals, migratory birds, wild
• Kayak with manatees & dolphins
• A day away Kayak tours
• Mosquito Lagoon
• Manatee observation deck on northern side of Haulover Canal
• Black Point Wildlife Drive
• Playalinda Beach
• Cocoa Beach Pier
• Surf
• Cocoa village
• Indian River Queen paddleboats
• Grasshopper Airboat Eco tours to St Johns River shallows in Central Flordia Everglades
• Titusville
• Watch rocket launch
• Melbourne
• Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
• Kayak with giraffes
• Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science
• Treetop Trek chutes & ladders
• North-East
• Jacksonville
• Amelia Island
• Crosses St Johns river via Broward Bridge (also called Dames Point Bridge & bowtie bridge)
• Kayak Amelia
• Fernandina Beach
• Fort Clinch State Park: re-enact historical encounters
• Amelia River Cruises & Charters: Family friendly sunset tour. $22. ameliarivercruises.com
• Amelia Island state park
• Talbot & Fort George Islands
• Little Talbot Island state park
• Big Talbot Island state park
• Fort George Island Cultural State Park
• Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
• Museum of Science & History
• Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens
• Adventure Landing games & water rides
• St.Augustine: US' oldest city
• Spanish cathedrals, forts, Henry Flagler's ornate resorts, ghost tours, pirate invasions, basilicas
• Daytona beach
• Museum of Art & Sciences
• Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. Matanzas river, manatees.
• Boardwalk
• Cassadaga: Spiritualists, fortune tellers
• Castillo de San marcos National Monument
• Lightner Museum
• Fort Matanzas National Monument
• Florida Water tours boating: Osprey 45 foot pontton boat, dolphin, cruise
• Ripple Effect ecotours: Kayak
• Black Raven Pirate Ship, Municipal Marina. Tour of Matanzas river with pirate actors.
• Spooky St Augustine Lighthouse: 219 steps. Night tour-ghosts.
• Northern tip Anastasia State park
• Marineland dolphin adventure: Matanzas River Estuary
• Museum of Arts & Sciences
• DeLand
• De Leon Springs State Park
• Orange city
• Blue Spring State Park
• Manatees. Boardwalk view of manatees.
• Swim, snorkel, canoe, kayak, riverboat tour.
• St Johns River cruises: tours 10 am & 1 pm: $278/18
• Hontoon Island state park
• Free ferry from Hontoon Landing
• Observation tower
• Fort White
• Ichetucknee Springs State Park: Inner-tube clear slow moving water with manatees, otters & turtles at Fort White. Rent outside park from Tubes.
• Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
• Wet prairie, swamp, hammock, pine flatwoods. Alligator & sandhill cranes.
• Gainesville
• Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park: 236 steps to miniature rain forest at bottom of sinkhole. Wildlife.
• Florida museum of natural history
• Timucuan Ecological & Historic preserve
• Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park
• Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve
• Ocala National Forest: Hiking, crystal springs
• Silver Springs State Park
• Glass bottom boat trips
• World's largest artesian spring
• Silver river state park
• 15 minute trail to swimming hole in a bend of the crystal-clear river
• Farm Tours Ocala
• Don Garlits Museums: Auto Drag racing, classic cars
• Cactus Jack's Trail Rides
• Alexander Springs Recreation Area: swim, kayak, canoe
• Juniper Springs Recreation Area: swim, hike, difficult canoe
• Salt Springs Recreation Area: Natural saltwater spring. Blue crabs come in summer.
• Cumberland Island National Seashore
• beaches, marshes, birds, animals
• Sightseeing boats leave Fernandina
• Ferry ride from St Marys: dolphins
• Hikes, wild horses
• Ice House museum near ferry dock
• Gulf Coast
• Sarasota
• Myakka River state park
• Canopy walkway in treetops. 
• Airboat rides.
• water wilderness: Kayak among alligators
• Siesta Key beaches
• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
• Ringling Museum Complex
• Sarasota Jungle Gardens
• Sarasota Keys
• Anna Maria Island
• Mote Marine Laboratory
• Sarasota Bay Explorers: boat cruises, marine safari, guided kayak tours
• St.Petersburg
• Fort DeSoto Park. Nature trail across 5 islands
• Weeki Wachee: Mermaid show
• Weedon Island Preserve
• Dali museum
• Tampa
• Busch Gardens 
• Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park
• Hillsborough River State Park: kayak, anoe. Biking.
• Honeymoon & Caladesi Islands: Barrier islands
• Caladesi Island Stte Park: pure white beach, sunset, kayak, birds, mangroves, dunes. Hourly ferry: $14. 20 min ride. 4 hour limit. Call ahead.
• Honeymoon Island state park
• Sail Honeymoon Inc: Rent kaya, paddleboards, sailboats
• Bradenton
• Beach
• TreeUmph! Adventure Course, zipline
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park:
• Floating Underwater manatee observatory
• paddle waterways with manatees
• Clearwater beach
• Venice Beach
• Lido key
• Longboat key
• Florida aquarium
• Sunken gardens

Traveling to South Bay suburbs from InterContinental San Francisco

Option 1 BART to Caltrain:

0.3 miles away. Walk or take a Uber or Lyft.

Powell BART Station, Market St &, Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102

https://goo.gl/maps/dZbzcM1uPZGLnCkm6

Take the Red Line to Millbrae station. https://www.bart.gov/system-map

Switch to Caltrain & ride to Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara or San Jose. https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_map_tab&center=-121.94728%7E37.47392&zoom=10.00

Option 2 Caltrain:

0.8 miles away. Walk or take a Uber/Lyft.

San Francisco Station, 700 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107

https://goo.gl/maps/zaGF45Lw7S8RYM9r9

Ride to Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara or San Jose. https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_map_tab&center=-121.94728%7E37.47392&zoom=10.00

Until Mountain View, the Bay Area is called the Peninsula. From Sunnyvale onwards, called South Bay.

Option 3: Uber/Lyft:

Take the Uber/Ola to your destination. A friend can also request the cab for you.

Florida from Houston in December 2022: Theme parks + Nature

Start Dec 23 2022, return Jan 1 2023

5 days driving with attractions en-route. 5 days sight-seeing with 3 days theme parks.

Theme parks 1st, Nature next

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive to Navarre, Florida: 8 hours. Stay. En-route options.
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Gulf Shores State Park, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf State Park Nature Center (animals for kids), Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
• The institute of mammal studies, Gulfport, Beau Rivage Casino, Beauvoir museum, Biloxi visitors center, beach & lighthouse
• Avery Island Tabasco sauce tour
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Orlando, Florida: 7 hours. Stay for 4 nights: Check-out Dec 28 morning. En-route, visit:
• Three rivers state park, Florida at Florida, Georgia, Alabama line: Chattahoochee, Flint, Apalachicola rivers. Rent canoe.
• Florida Caverns State Park
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Sun, Dec 25: Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park, Florida (with Harry Potter)
• Mon, Dec 26: Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
• Tue, Dec 27:  Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park
• Wed, Dec 28:  Check-out. Drive to Homestead, Florida near Miami. Check-in for 3 nights. Check-out Dec 31. En-route:
• Aggressive: Drive to Key West & back. 9 hour drive.
• OR en-route: Visit Biscaynes national park. Boat tours. Snorkel.
• Thu, Dec 29: 
• Drive to Key West & back. 6 hours. In Key West, visit options:
• Bahia Honda State Park: Kayaking, snorkeling, beach.
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park: Snorkeling.
• Grayton Beach state park: Beach, Sand dunes, kayaking.
• Collier-Seminole State Park: mangroves
• OR Everglades national park
• OR Biscayne national park
• OR 10,000 islands cruise, airboat tours
• Fri, Dec 30: Everglades national park.
• Sat, Dec 31: Check out of Homestead, Florida. Start driving back. En-route options:
• Go via the East Florida route we came to Pensacola for 10 hours. Or
• Go via West Florida route (Fort Myers, Tampa) to Pensacola for 11 hours.
• Big Cypress National Preserve. or
• Jonathan Dickinson State Park: Riverboat ride
• Myakka River State Park: Canopy walk, pontoon boat ride, boardwalk
• Lake Kissimmee State Park: paddling & wildlife.
• Silver Springs State Park. Glass-bottomed boats, kayak. Manatees. Ocala National Forest nearby
• Anastasia State Park: Kayak, see manatees
• Big Talbot Island State Park: birds.
• Falling Waters State Park: waterfall, wildlife
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park: mermaid show
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
• Sun, Jan1: Drive back to Houston (8 hours)

The opposite route: Nature first, then theme parks

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive from Houston to Tallahasee, Florida
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Miami. Stay in Homestead or Miami.
• Sun, Dec 25: Drive to Key West & back
• Mon, Dec 26: Everglades
• Tue, Dec 27: Check-out. Drive to Orlando. Biscayne en-route.
• Wed, Dec 28: Universal Studios Islands of Adventure (Harry Potter)
• Thu, Dec 29: Disneyland Animal Kingdom
• Fri, Dec 30: Disneyland Magic Kingdom
• Sat, Dec 31: Start driving back. To Pensacola.
• Sun, Jan 1: Back to Houston

Florida travel ideas from Houston in December 2022

Option 1: Theme parks preference + some Nature.

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive to Mobile, Alabama. Stay.
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Gulf Shores State Park, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf State Park Nature Center (animals for kids), Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
• The institute of mammal studies, Gulfport, Beau Rivage Casino, Beauvoir museum, Biloxi visitors center, beach & lighthouse
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Orlando, Florida. Stay. En-route visit:
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
• Sun, Dec 25: Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park, Florida (with Harry Potter)
• Mon, Dec 26: Universal studios theme park
• Tue, Dec 27: Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park or Epcot
• Wed, Dec 28: Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park or Hollywood Studios
• Thu, Dec 29: Drive to Miami. Biscaynes national park.
• Fri, Dec 30: Everglades national park.
• 10,000 islands cruise, airboat tours
• Sat, Dec 31: Key West. Dry Tortugas national park if tickets booked early or see Key West attractions.
• Sun, Jan1: Drive back to Houston (17.5 hours)

Option 2: Nature preference + some theme parks.

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive to Tallahassee. Stay.
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Gulf Shores State Park, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf State Park Nature Center (animals for kids), Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
• The institute of mammal studies, Gulfport, Beau Rivage Casino, Beauvoir museum, Biloxi visitors center, beach & lighthouse
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Miami, Florida. Stay. En-route visit:
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
• Sun, Dec 25: Biscaynes national park.
• Mon, Dec 26: Everglades national park.
• 10,000 islands cruise, airboat tours
• Tue, Dec 27: Key West. Dry Tortugas national park if booked early or see Key West attractions.
• Wed, Dec 28: Big Cypress National Preserve. Drive to Orlando.
• Thu, Dec 29: Universal Studios, Florida (Harry Potter)
• Fri, Dec 30: Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
• Sat, Dec 31: Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park
• Sun, Jan1: Drive back to Houston (14 hrs)

Option 3: Theme parks:

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive to Mobile, Alabama. Stay.
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Gulf Shores State Park, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf State Park Nature Center (animals for kids), Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
• The institute of mammal studies, Gulfport, Beau Rivage Casino, Beauvoir museum, Biloxi visitors center, beach & lighthouse
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Orlando, Florida. Stay.
• Aggressive option: Drive to Orlando in one day. Go to Sea World or Kennedy Space Center.
• Sun, Dec 25: Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park, Florida (with Harry Potter)
• Mon, Dec 26: Universal studios theme park
• Tue, Dec 27: Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park
• Wed, Dec 28: Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park or Hollywood Studios
• Thu, Dec 29: Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Fri, Dec 30: Disney's Epcot
• Sat, Dec 31: Start driving back. Stay en-route.
• Aggressive option: Add one more theme park. Busch Gardens or Sea World Discovery Cove or Gatorland.
• Sun, Jan1: Drive back to Houston

Option 4: Nature:

• Fri, Dec 23: Drive to Tallahassee. Stay.
• Three rivers state park, Florida at Florida, Georgia, Alabama line: Chattahoochee, Flint, Apalachicola rivers. Rent canoe.
• Florida Caverns State Park
• Bayou airboat tours, Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
• Gulf Shores State Park, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Gulf State Park Nature Center (animals for kids), Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail
• The institute of mammal studies, Gulfport, Beau Rivage Casino, Beauvoir museum, Biloxi visitors center, beach & lighthouse
• Sat, Dec 24: Drive to Miami, Florida. Stay. En-route visit:
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park
• Sun, Dec 25: Biscaynes national park.
• Mon, Dec 26: Everglades national park.
• 10,000 islands cruise, airboat tours
• Tue, Dec 27: Key West. Dry Tortugas national park if booked early or see Key West attractions.
• Bahia Honda State Park: Kayaking, snorkeling, beach.
• John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park: Snorkeling.
• Grayton Beach state park: Beach, Sand dunes, kayaking.
• Collier-Seminole State Park: mangroves
• Wed, Dec 28:
• Big Cypress National Preserve. or
• Jonathan Dickinson State Park: Riverboat ride
• Myakka River State Park: Canopy walk, pontoon boat ride, boardwalk
• Lake Kissimmee State Park: paddling & wildlife.
• Thu, Dec 29: Silver Springs State Park. Glass-bottomed boats, kayak. Manatees. Ocala National Forest nearby.
• Fri, Dec 30: Blue Spring State Park: Manatees
• Sat, Dec 31:
• Anastasia State Park: Kayak, see manatees
• Big Talbot Island State Park: birds.
• Falling Waters State Park: waterfall, wildlife
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park: mermaid show
• Sun, Jan1: Drive back to Houston

References:

https://vacationidea.com/florida/best-florida-state-parks.html

Checklist before traveling & returning

Before traveling:

• Renew passport or passport card if traveling internationally
• Finish Visa requirements if traveling internationally
• Submit OCI passport changes if applicable & traveling to India
• Take ID depending on nature of travel (Real ID driver's license, passport, passport card, TSA card or Global Entry card). 
• Take lounge access cards to use in airports if flying
• Any health insurance & vaccination cards (such as COVID vaccine proof)
• Take glasses (driving, reading, sunglasses)
• Take chargers
• Book ride from home to airport or train/bus station
• Hold postal mail. Request neighbors to hold postal mail for longer periods.
• Prebook baggage for airlines if cheaper
• Take passes, such as national park, state park, theme park pass. Print tickets.
• Take credit cards useful for travel, such as no foreign transaction fees, earns points.
• Notify credit cards & bank
• Suspend auto insurance
• Put water heater in vacation mode or turn off. If turning off a gas heater, turn off gas.
• Turn off all devices to save power
• Cancel internet service for longer trips. Return any equipment.
• Switch phone plan to enable international access if traveling internationally
• Install mobile apps for local travel that are supported in that country
• India: Uber, Ola, Rapido, Namma Yatri. Fastrak rates are cheaper for airport to home travel, compared to prepaid taxi.
• Hong Kong: Uber, Didi
• Install any required apps such as theme park planners
• Update GPS maps. Download maps on phone for offline use
• Inform school for kids. Cancel any private classes & schedule make-up classes.
• Keys to trusted neighbors for emergencies
• Pack medicines

Before returning:

• Reinstate car or auto insurance
• Book ride from airport or station to home
• If applied for Global Entry, plan for Enrollment on arrival
• Switch phone plan to domestic cheaper plan if returning after international travel
• Reinstate internet service

After returning:

• Turn on water heater
• Uninstall apps required for traveling