This pass includes most of the popular Southern California beaches along the Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego Coasts like Huntington Beach, Leo Carrillo and Carlsbad State Beaches. This pass is also honored at most parks throughout the state that are operated by California State Parks and charge a vehicle day use fee.
Park passes are valid for 12 months from the month purchased. The pass (photocopies not accepted) must be presented at entrance station and displayed on the rearview mirror or vehicle dashboard (as applicable) when visiting state parks that honor this pass; proof of purchase not accepted for entry.
Lost or stolen passes cannot be replaced. No refunds can be issued.
Please read the following information before ordering your pass:
All pass sales final.
Lost or stolen passes cannot be replaced.
No refunds can be issued.
Requests for park passes to begin in future months cannot be accepted.
Park passes are valid for 12 months from the month purchased.
Parks Accepting the California Explorer Vehicle Day Use Annual Pass *
Anderson Marsh SHP
Andrew Molera SP
Angel Island SP (day use boat dock at finger piers only) Annadel SP
Año Nuevo SP
Antelope Valley CA Poppy Reserve (SNR) Anza-Borrego Desert SP
Armstrong Redwoods SNR
Auburn SRA
Austin Creek SRA
Benbow Lake SRA
Benicia SRA
Bethany Reservoir SRA
Bidwell-Sacramento River SP
Big Basin Redwoods SP
Bolsa Chica SB
Border Field SP
Bothe-Napa Valley SP
Brannan Island SRA
Butano SP
Calaveras Big Trees SP
California Citrus SHP
Cardiff SB
Carlsbad SB
Carpinteria SB
Castle Crags SP
Castle Rock SP
Caswell Memorial SP
China Camp SP
Chino Hills SP
Clear Lake SP
Colonel Allensworth SHP
Colusa-Sacramento River SRA
Crystal Cove SP
Cuyamaca Rancho SP
D. L. Bliss SP
Del Norte Coast Redwoods SP
Doheny SB
Donner Memorial SP
Ed Z'Berg Sugar Pine Point SP
El Capitan SB
Emerald Bay SP
Emma Wood SB
Folsom Lake SRA
Folsom Powerhouse SHP Fort Ross SHP
Fremont Peak SP Gaviota SP
George J. Hatfield SRA
Grizzly Creek Redwoods SP
Grover Hot Springs SP
Half Moon Bay SB
Hendy Woods SP
Henry Cowell Redwoods SP
Henry W. Coe SP
Humboldt Redwoods SP
Huntington SB
Indian Grinding Rock SHP
Jack London SHP
Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP
Kenneth Hahn (Baldwin Hills Overlook only) Kings Beach SRA
La Purisima Mission SHP
Lake Oroville SRA
Lake Perris SRA
Leo Carrillo SP
MacKerricher SP
Malakoff Diggins SHP
Malibu Creek SP
Malibu Lagoon SB
Manresa SB
Marshall Gold Discovery SHP McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial SP McConnell SRA
McGrath SB
Millerton Lake SRA
Mono Lake Tufa SNR
Morro Bay SP
Mount Diablo SP
Mount San Jacinto SP
Mount Tamalpais SP
Natural Bridges SB
New Brighton SB
Olompali SHP
Pacheco SP
Palomar Mountain SP
Patrick’s Point SP
Pescadero SB
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP
Picacho SRA
Pismo SB
Point Lobos SNR
Point Mugu SP
Pomponio SB
Portola Redwoods SP Prairie Creek Redwoods SP Red Rock Canyon SP Refugio SB
Richardson Grove SP
Robert H. Meyer Memorial SB Russian Gulch SP
Saddleback Butte SP
Salt Point SP
Salton Sea SRA
Samuel P. Taylor SP
San Buenaventura SB
San Clemente SB
San Elijo SB
San Gregorio SB
San Luis Reservoir SRA
San Onofre SB
Seacliff SB
Silver Strand SB
Silverwood Lake SRA Sinkyone Wilderness SP Sonoma Coast SP
South Carlsbad SB
South Yuba River SP
Standish Hickey SRA Sugarloaf Ridge SP
Sunset SB
The Forest of Nisene Marks SP Tomales Bay SP
Topanga SP
Torrey Pines SB
Torrey Pines SNR
Tule Elk SNR
Turlock Lake SRA
Van Damme SP
Wilder Ranch SP
Will Rogers SHP
William B. Ide Adobe SHP Woodson Bridge SRA
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