California State Parks with and without Showers - the Full List

California has some of the most beautiful state beaches and state parks in the world. From the sunny shores of Torrey Pines, to the arid desert of Anza-Borrego, to the immaculate cliffs of Big Sur - California boasts the most diverse landscape of state parks you can find anywhere.

 

 

Cardiff State Beach in Encinitas, CA.

 

Luckily for outdoor lovers, many of these state parks come with amenities provided by the state: showers, parking, campsites to name a few. The thing is, not all of them have the same amenities, and depending on where you’re going and what you’re planning on doing - knowing what amenities are provided could make or break your experience. If you’re camping or beaching and there’s no showers provided, for example, it may be helpful to know that before planning and embarking on your trip so that you aren’t left sandy and sweaty after your day of fun.

In the interest of helping you plan your next California State Park adventure, we put together a list of all the state parks in California, and their amenities. Since we are a portable shower company, we wanted to focus on the shower aspect of these amenities - as we believe a shower at the end of the day is an absolute necessity if you’re camping or hitting the beach. 

Before we jump into the list, let’s take a look at some overall data about how many state parks have shower facilities.

 

Percent of CA State Parks with Outdoor Showers

Out of our selection of over 220 state parks, 77.9% did not have any outdoor showers. Now, as you can imagine, most of the parks that did have outdoor showers were state beaches, as campsites typically have restroom / shower facilities. Let’s look at the state beaches now to see how their numbers compare.

 

Percent of California State Beaches with Outdoor Showers

Out of our selection of over 50 state beaches, 53.7% did not have any outdoor showers. So over half the state beaches in California have no way to wash the sand off your body and gear after a day at the beach. This is a surprising number to say the least - but goes to show that you can’t rely on there being showers at all the state beaches you go to.

 

San Elijo State Beach in Encinitas, CA.

 

So just looking at the overall numbers here, you can see that you can’t rely on state parks to have showers, even at places where you definitely need them like state beaches. While state parks with camping are more likely to have them, one-third of them don’t. So if you really want to be prepared for all terrains and state parks, you need to have an alternative to the public showers so that you can be clean and comfortable at the end of a day outdoors. 

Why You Need a Portable Shower

With a portable shower, you can wash the sand off you and your beach equipment right in the parking lot, or take a full shower at the privacy of your campsite. In both of these situations you can skip lines and coin operated showers, and take a long shower without worrying about the person waiting behind you.

At RinseKit, we invented the first portable shower, with the intent of empowering campers, surfers, hikers and outdoor enthusiasts to take showering into their own hands. With RinseKit, you can have your own shower that you take anywhere, so you don’t have to rely on state facilities to keep clean when you’re adventuring.

 

The RinseKit PRO PAK & HyperHeater being used in the middle of the woods.

 

Whether you’re doing a multi-night off-grid adventure or simply a day at the beach, RinseKit has multiple models with different capacities, so there’s a RinseKit made for every adventure. Our state-of-the-art battery-pressurization sets us apart from other portable shower companies, as it makes for a super easy to use, but consistently powerful portable showering experience.

We also have heating options for all of our models so that you can take a hot shower wherever you go. We sell a propane heater, the HyperHeater, that can heat water up to 110 degrees in around 30 seconds, and we also have an electric option that will heat water up in around an hour as your drive.

If you’re showering at the campsite and you want full privacy, we sell a two-roomed shower tent that makes it so you can have full privacy while washing off. Combining the RinseKit, the HyperHeater and the RinseKit Shelter Shower Tent makes it so you can take a long, piping hot shower in privacy literally anywhere. Why wait in line for a public shower when you can have that?

 

The PRO + HyperHeater + Shelter being used as a private, hot shower off-grid.

 

California State Parks Showers Full List

So now that you have a general idea of what the overall landscape of state parks with showers looks like, let’s dive into the full list of California State Parks and their amenities. The amenities we looked at include parking, outdoor showers, restroom / shower facilities, and camping facilities. Hopefully, this list will help you better plan your future trips to CA state parks so you can be prepared for any adventure - whether there’s a shower or not.

State Park	Has Parking	Have outdoor Showers	Have Restrooms / Showers	Camping Facilities
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Albany State Marine Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Anderson Marsh Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Andrew Molera State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Ano Nuevo State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Antelop Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Antelop Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Angel Island State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Asilomar State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Auburn State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	Yes
Austin Creek State Recreation Area	No	No	No	Yes
Azalea State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Bean Hollow State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Benbow State Recreation Area	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Benicia State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Bodie State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Bolsa Chica state beach	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Border Field State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Brannan Island State Recreation Area	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property	Yes	No	No	No
Butano State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
California Citrus State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property	Yes	No	No	No
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Calaveras Big Trees State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cambria State Marine Park	No	Yes	No	No
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	No
Cardiff State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Carlsbad State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Carmel River State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Carpinteria State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Castle Crags State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
Caswell Memorial State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Castle Rock State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Cayucos State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
China Camp State Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chino Hills State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Clear Lake State Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Columbia State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Corona Del Mar State Beach	Yes	Yes	No	No
Crystal Cove State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
DL Bliss State Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Del norte Coast Redwoods State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Dockweiler State Beach	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Doheny State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Donner Memorial State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
El Capitan State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Emma Wood State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Empire Mine State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Emerald Bay State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Emma Wood State Beach	No	No	Yes	Yes
Estero Bluffs State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	Yes
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Fort Ross State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Fort Tejon State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Fremont Peak State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Gaviota State PArk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
George J. Hatfield State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	Yes
Great Valley Grasslands State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Greenwood State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
Grover hot Springs State PArk	No	No	Yes	Yes
Half Moon Bay State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Harmony Headlands State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Hearst San Simeon State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Hearst Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	No
Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	No
Hendy Woods State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Henry W. Coe State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Hollister hills State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Humboldt Lagoons State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Humboldt Redwoods State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area	No	No	No	Yes
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park	No	Yes	No	Yes
Jack London State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
John B Dewitt Redwoords State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Kenneth hahn State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Kings Beach State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
La Purisima Mission State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
Lake Perris State Recreation Area	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lake Valley State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Lake Orovile State Recreation Area	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leo Carrillo State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leucadia State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Lighthouse Field State Beach	Yes	Yes	No	No
Little River State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Limekiln State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Los Angeles State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
MacKerricher State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Malibu Creek State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Malibu Lagoon State Beach	Yes	Yes	No	No
Manchester State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Manresa State Beach	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Marina State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
McConnell State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
McGrath State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mendocino Woodlands State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
Mendocino Headlands State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Millerton Lake State Recreation ARea	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Montana de Oro State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Montara State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Monterey State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Moonlight State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Morro Bay State Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Morro Strand State Beach	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Moss Landing State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Mount Diablo State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mount Jacinto State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mount Tamalpais State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Natural Bridges State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Navarro River Redwoods State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
New Brighton State Beach	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ocitillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Palomar Mountain State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Pelican State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Pescadero State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Petaluma Adobge State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Picacho State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	Yes
Pio Pico State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Placerita Canyon State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Pismo State Beach	No	No	Yes	Yes
Plumas-Eureka State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Point Dume State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Point Lobos Ranch Park Property	Yes	No	No	No
Point Mugu State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Point Sur State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Pomponio State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Portola Redwoods State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Red Rock Canyon State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Refugio State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reynolds Wayside Campground	Yes	No	No	No
Richardson Grove State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Rio de Los Angelese State Park State Recreation Area	Yes	No	No	No
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Russian Gulch State Park	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Saddleback Butte State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Salinas River State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Salt Point State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Salton Sea State Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Samuel P. Taylor State Park	No	No	Yes	Yes
San Bruno Mountain State Park	Yes	No	No	No
San Buenaventura State Beach	Yes	No	Yes	No
San Clemente State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
San Elijo State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
San Gregorio State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
San Juan Bautista State historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
San Onofre State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Santa Monica State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Seacliff State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Shasta State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Silver Strand State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	No	No
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park	No	No	No	Yes
Sonoma Coast State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
South Carlsbad State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Yuba River State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sue-meg State Park	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sunset State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tahoe State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park	Yes	No	No	Yes
Torrey Pinest State Natural Reserve	Yes	No	Yes	No
Torrey Pines State Beach	Yes	No	Yes	No
Tomales Bay State Park	Yes	Yes	No	No
Towola Dunes State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Turlock Lake State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
Trinidad State Beach	Yes	No	No	No
Trione-Annadel State Park	Yes	No	No	No
Twin Lakes State Beach	No	Yes	Yes	No
Van Damme State Park	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Ward Creek Park Property	Yes	No	No	No
Wassama Round House State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Watts Tower of Simon Rodia State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Westpor-Union Landing State Beach	Yes	No	No	Yes
Wildwood Canyon Park Property	Yes	No	No	No
Will Rogers State Beach	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Will Rogers State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park	Yes	No	No	No
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area	No	No	Yes	Yes
Zmudowski State Beach	Yes	No	No

 

So there you have it, a full list of all the state parks in California and their included amenities.

Like we showed earlier, you can’t rely on these state parks to have shower facilities, whether you’re camping or beaching. That’s why if you’re planning on visiting a state park, it’s a good idea to have a portable shower with you - so you can keep clean no matter where you are. 

Let’s face it, even if a state park has shower facilities, many times they aren’t the most desirable. Outdoor showers at state beaches are typically crowded with long waits, and showers at campsites aren’t necessarily the cleanest.

So  if you are planning a trip to a California State Park and you think you may need a shower while you’re there - the list above can help you plan on what to bring. If where you want to go doesn’t have shower facilities, or even if they do and you don’t want to deal with the lines and grime, it may be time to consider getting a portable shower. As a California born and bred company - we made RinseKit just for this reason, so that you can get out, go further and do more without having to worry about where you’ll take your next shower.