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Sugar Pine Point State Park contains one of the finest remaining natural areas on Lake Tahoe. With nearly two miles of lake frontage, the park has dense forests of pine, fir, aspen and cedar. Deep-line anglers fish the lake's 300-foot deep underwater ledges for trout and salmon. Another attraction is the museum in the Hellman-Ehrman Mansion (also known as Pine Lodge), a summer home built in 1903 in a grove of pine and cedar. During winter, the park features cross-country skiing areas.

Donner Memorial State Park is located on Donner Lake in the Sierra-Nevada. Closed when not on reservations.mountain range. The park contains the Emigrant Trail Museum, with exhibits recounting the tragic story of the ill-fated Donner Party trapped in the are during the severe winter of 1846-47. The museum also

Grover Hot Springs State Park is situated in a small alpine valley of forest and meadows at 6000'. Best known for its hot pool that is fed by hot springs, the small campground is also a popular family destination. A trout creek runs through the park and hiking trails lead into scenic Forest Service lands. The hot pool and recreation pool are open all year. During the winter season, there is cross country skiing and snow shoeing in the valley.

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, a forested 3,000-acre park, is the site of California's largest hydraulic gold mine. Visitors can see huge cliffs carved by mighty streams of water, results of the gold-mining technique of washing away entire mountains to find the precious metal. Legal battles between mine owners and downstream farmers ended this method. The park also contains a 7,847-foot bedrock tunnel that serves as a drain. The visitor center has exhibits on life in the old mining town of North Bloomfield.