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Top attractions in California

869 national parks, ski areas, museums, landmarks and natural wonders in California, each with when to go, where to stay and what’s nearby. Ranked by how many people look them up and how many visit.

Parks & monuments 99Mountains & skiing 35Natural wonders 48Things to do 642History 45

Attractions

869

859 ranked

National Park Service sites

9 national parks

Most visited

Disneyland

17.3M visitors in 2024

Top ranked

Mount Whitney

671K readers

Ranked

The 20 top attractions in California

An even mix of how many people read about each place and, where it’s counted, how many visit.

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Mountain · 12 mi from Lone Pine, CAMount Whitney671K readers

2 Theme park · in Anaheim, CADisneyland17.3M visitors (2024) · 475K readers

3 Stadium & arena · in Inglewood, CASoFi Stadium531K readers

4 Landmark · in Los Angeles, CAHollywood Walk of Fame10M visitors (2010) · 460K readers

5 Lake · 6 mi from Tahoma, CALake Tahoe455K readers

Salton Sea Lake · 8 mi from Salton City, CA387Kreaders a year 7

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Museum · in Los Angeles, CA322Kreaders a year 8

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA280Kreaders a year 9

USS Iowa Museum · in Los Angeles, CA278Kreaders a year 10

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Museum · in San Francisco, CA269Kreaders a year 11

Hearst Castle State park · 5 mi from San Simeon, CA255Kreaders a year 12

Crypto.com Arena Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA230Kreaders a year 13

Hollywood Sign Landmark · in Los Angeles, CA230Kreaders a year 14

La Brea Tar Pits Museum · in Los Angeles, CA224Kreaders a year 15

Mexico–United States border wall Landmark · in Imperial Beach, CA213Kreaders a year 16

Dodger Stadium Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA211Kreaders a year 17

Mount Shasta Mountain · 9 mi from Mount Shasta, CA204Kreaders a year 18

Intuit Dome Stadium & arena · in Inglewood, CA184Kreaders a year 19

Universal Studios Hollywood Theme park · 3 mi from West Hollywood, CA8.7Mvisitors 2024 20

Levi's Stadium Stadium & arena · in Santa Clara, CA173Kreaders a year

Photo credits

Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0

This month

Best to visit in November

Places with a real season where November is one of the best months: mild weather and, where the Park Service counts visitors, quieter than average.

Lake · 8 mi from Salton City, CASalton Sea387K readers

Lake · 11 mi from Corcoran, CATulare Lake93K readers

National Park · 19 mi from Coachella, CAJoshua Tree National Park2.9M visitors (2025) · 187K readers

Lake · 13 mi from Deer Park, CALake Berryessa50K readers

Mountain · 7 mi from Walnut Creek, CAMount Diablo47K readers

Park & preserve · 2 mi from Agua Dulce, CAVasquez Rocks41K readers

National Recreation Area · in San Francisco, CAGolden Gate National Recreation Area15.7M visitors (2025) · 17K readers

Stadium & arena · in Thousand Palms, CAAcrisure Arena33K readers

Photo credits

Salton Sea: NASA, Public domain · Tulare Lake: Trace Fleeman Garcia, CC0 · Joshua Tree National Park: Sergiy Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Vasquez Rocks: Thomas from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Acrisure Arena: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0

Ranked

Most visited

Latest yearly visitor counts (National Park Service, else Wikidata).

Disneyland Theme park · in Anaheim, CA17.3M2024 2

Golden Gate National Recreation Area National Recreation Area · in San Francisco, CA15.7M2025 3

Disney California Adventure Theme park · in Anaheim, CA10.1M2024 4

Universal Studios Hollywood Theme park · 3 mi from West Hollywood, CA8.7M2024 5

Knott's Berry Farm Theme park · in Buena Park, CA4.5M2024 6

Yosemite National Park National Park · 1 mi from Yosemite Valley, CA4.3M2025 7

SeaWorld San Diego Theme park · in San Diego, CA4M2024 8

Six Flags Magic Mountain Theme park · 3 mi from Stevenson Ranch, CA3.3M2024 9

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park National Historical Park · in San Francisco, CA2.9M2025 10

Joshua Tree National Park National Park · 19 mi from Coachella, CA2.9M2025

Ranked

Biggest ski areas

Vertical drop, from OpenSkiMap.

Mammoth Mountain Ski area · in Mammoth Lakes, CA2,962 ft153 runs 2

June Mountain Ski area · 2 mi from June Lake, CA2,563 ft36 runs 3

Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley Ski area · 5 mi from Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA2,542 ft122 runs 4Northstar at Tahoe Resort Ski area · 4 mi from Carnelian Bay, CA2,311 ft125 runs 5Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows Ski area · 4 mi from Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA2,270 ft95 runs 6Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort Ski area · 4 mi from Meyers, CA2,174 ft41 runs 7Mt. Baldy Ski area · 5 mi from Wrightwood, CA2,091 ft29 runs 8Mt. Shasta Ski Park Ski area · 6 mi from Mount Shasta, CA2,081 ft36 runs 9

Bear Valley Ski area · in Bear Valley, CA1,843 ft61 runs 10

Kirkwood Mountain Resort Ski area · 1 mi from Kirkwood, CA1,650 ft58 runs

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Parks & monuments99 · Hearst Castle Mountains & skiing35 · Mount Whitney Natural wonders48 · Lake Tahoe Things to do642 · Disneyland History45 · Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Nevada 84Hoover Dam Arizona 146State Farm Stadium Utah 128Great Salt Lake Idaho 53Yellowstone National Park Oregon 239Mount Hood Wyoming 43Grand Teton National Park

Every attraction in California

869 attractions

Mount Whitney Mountain · 12 mi from Lone Pine, CA671Kreaders a year 2

Disneyland Theme park · in Anaheim, CA17.3Mvisitors 2024 3

SoFi Stadium Stadium & arena · in Inglewood, CA531Kreaders a year 4

Hollywood Walk of Fame Landmark · in Los Angeles, CA10Mvisitors 2010 5

Lake Tahoe Lake · 6 mi from Tahoma, CA455Kreaders a year 6

Salton Sea Lake · 8 mi from Salton City, CA387Kreaders a year 7

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Museum · in Los Angeles, CA322Kreaders a year 8

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA280Kreaders a year 9

USS Iowa Museum · in Los Angeles, CA278Kreaders a year 10

Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Museum · in San Francisco, CA269Kreaders a year 11

Hearst Castle State park · 5 mi from San Simeon, CA255Kreaders a year 12

Crypto.com Arena Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA230Kreaders a year 13

Hollywood Sign Landmark · in Los Angeles, CA230Kreaders a year 14

La Brea Tar Pits Museum · in Los Angeles, CA224Kreaders a year 15

Mexico–United States border wall Landmark · in Imperial Beach, CA213Kreaders a year 16

Dodger Stadium Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA211Kreaders a year 17

Mount Shasta Mountain · 9 mi from Mount Shasta, CA204Kreaders a year 18

Intuit Dome Stadium & arena · in Inglewood, CA184Kreaders a year 19

Universal Studios Hollywood Theme park · 3 mi from West Hollywood, CA8.7Mvisitors 2024 20

Levi's Stadium Stadium & arena · in Santa Clara, CA173Kreaders a year 21

Hollywood Bowl Theatre · in Los Angeles, CA165Kreaders a year 22

Kia Forum Stadium & arena · in Inglewood, CA153Kreaders a year 23

Disney California Adventure Theme park · in Anaheim, CA10.1Mvisitors 2024 24

Half Dome Mountain · 2 mi from Yosemite Valley, CA138Kreaders a year 25

USS Hornet Museum · in Alameda, CA131Kreaders a year 26

Chase Center Stadium & arena · in San Francisco, CA126Kreaders a year 27

Oldest McDonald's restaurant Museum · in Downey, CA122Kreaders a year 28

Lombard Street Landmark · in San Francisco, CA120Kreaders a year 29

Presidio of San Francisco Garden · in San Francisco, CA118Kreaders a year 30

Oracle Park Stadium & arena · in San Francisco, CA117Kreaders a year 31

Snapdragon Stadium Stadium & arena · in San Diego, CA115Kreaders a year 32

Angel Stadium of Anaheim Stadium & arena · in Anaheim, CA115Kreaders a year 33

California's Great America Theme park · in Santa Clara, CA112Kreaders a year 34

Yosemite National Park National Park · 1 mi from Yosemite Valley, CA4.3Mvisitors 2025 35

Knott's Berry Farm Theme park · in Buena Park, CA4.5Mvisitors 2024 36

Laurel Canyon Canyon & gorge · in Los Angeles, CA111Kreaders a year 37

St. Francis Dam Dam · 8 mi from Castaic, CA110Kreaders a year 38

BMO Stadium Stadium & arena · in Los Angeles, CA98Kreaders a year 39

Dolby Theatre Theatre · in Los Angeles, CA96Kreaders a year 40

Mono Lake Lake · 7 mi from Lee Vining, CA96Kreaders a year

How we rank: an even mix of how many people read about each place on Wikipedia (a typical month, so one viral week can’t sway it) and, where it’s counted, how many visit (National Park Service for park units, else Wikidata, last 5 years). Places without a visitor count rank on readers alone. Closed, destroyed and private places stay listed but aren’t ranked. Sources: National Park Service · OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia.

Common questions

Attractions in California

What are the top attractions in California?

Mount Whitney, Disneyland, SoFi Stadium, Hollywood Walk of Fame and Lake Tahoe, ranked by how many people read about them and, where counted, how many visit.

What is the most visited attraction in California?

Disneyland, with about 17,337,000 visitors in 2024 (Wikidata).

How many national parks are in California?

9 national parks (Yosemite National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Sequoia National Park, Death Valley National Park, Redwood National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Pinnacles National Park and Channel Islands National Park), plus 19 other National Park Service sites.

Where should I go in California in November?

Salton Sea, Tulare Lake and Joshua Tree National Park: November is one of their best months, with mild weather and fewer crowds where the Park Service counts visitors.