Editing Northern California (section)

== Parks and other protected areas ==
=== National Park System ===
{{Main|List of areas in the United States National Park System|List of national parks of the United States}}
The U.S. [[National Park System]] controls a large and diverse group of parks in northern California. The best known is [[Yosemite National Park]], which is displayed on the reverse side of the [[:File:California quarter, reverse side, 2005.jpg|California state quarter]]. Other prominent parks are the [[Kings Canyon National Park|Kings Canyon]]-[[Sequoia National Park]] complex, [[Redwood National Park]], [[Pinnacles National Park]], [[Lassen Volcanic National Park]] and the largest in the contiguous forty-eight states, [[Death Valley National Park]].

=== National Monuments and other federally protected areas ===
{{Main|List of national monuments of the United States|United States National Marine Sanctuary|List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States|List of national forests of the United States}}
Other areas under federal protection include [[Muir Woods National Monument]], [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]], [[Devils Postpile National Monument]], [[Lava Beds National Monument]], [[Point Reyes National Seashore]], the [[Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary]], and the [[Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary|Cordell Bank]] and [[Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary|Gulf of the Farallones]] National Marine Sanctuaries (both off the coast of San Francisco). Included within the latter National Marine Sanctuary is the [[Farallon National Wildlife Refuge]]; this [[National Wildlife Refuge]] is one of approximately twenty-five such refuges in northern California. [[National forest (United States)|National forests]] occupy large sections of northern California, including the [[Shasta–Trinity National Forest|Shasta–Trinity]], [[Klamath National Forest|Klamath]], [[Modoc National Forest|Modoc]], [[Lassen National Forest|Lassen]], [[Mendocino National Forest|Mendocino]], [[Eldorado National Forest|Eldorado]], [[Tahoe National Forest|Tahoe]], and [[Sequoia National Forest|Sequoia]] national forests, among others. Included within (or adjacent to) national forests are federally protected wilderness areas, including the [[Trinity Alps Wilderness|Trinity Alps]], [[Castle Crags]], [[Granite Chief Wilderness|Granite Chief]], and [[Desolation Wilderness|Desolation]] wilderness areas.

In addition, the [[California Coastal National Monument]] protects all islets, reefs, and rock outcroppings from the shore of northern California out to a distance of {{convert|12|nmi|km|abbr=on}}, along the entire northern California coastline. In addition, the National Park Service administers protected areas on [[Alcatraz Island]], the [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]], [[Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity National Recreation Area]], and the [[Smith River National Recreation Area]]. The NPS also administers the [[Manzanar]] [[National Historic Site (United States)|National Historic Site]] in [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]], the [[Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park]] in [[Richmond, California|Richmond]], and the [[Tule Lake National Monument]] outside of [[Tulelake, California|Tulelake]].

=== Other ===
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* [[Tilden Regional Park]]
* [[Alum Rock Park]]
* [[Angel Island (California)|Angel Island]]
* [[Bidwell Park]]
* [[Big Basin Redwoods State Park]]
* [[Butano State Park]]
* [[Calaveras Big Trees State Park]]
* [[Castle Rock State Park (California)|Castle Rock State Park]]
* [[Caswell Memorial State Park (California)|Caswell Memorial State Park]]
* [[East Bay Regional Park District]]
* [[Farallon Islands]]
* [[Golden Gate Park]]
* [[Henry W. Coe State Park]]
* [[Humboldt Redwoods State Park]]
* [[Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park]]
* [[Lake Tahoe Basin]]
* [[Marble Mountains (Siskiyou County)|Marble Mountain Wilderness]]
* [[Mill Creek State Park]]
* [[Mount Tamalpais State Park]]
* [[Suisun Marsh]]
* [[Sacramento River]]
* [[Talowa Dunes State Park]]
* [[Turtle Bay Exploration Park]]
* [[McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park]]
* [[Wilder Ranch State Park]]
* [[Sequoia National Park]]
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