List of California state forests
Since 1946, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has operated Demonstration State Forests to "serve as a living laboratory for how to care for California’s timberlands."
| State Forest | Land area | County | City | Established | Access | |
| Big Bend | Shasta | |||||
| Boggs Mountain | Lake | Cobb | 1949 | S | ||
| Ellen Pickett | Trinity | X | ||||
| Emigrant Gap | Trinity/Placer | |||||
| Jackson | Mendocino | Fort Bragg | 1947 | S | ||
| Las Posadas | Napa | Angwin | X | |||
| LaTour | Shasta | Redding | 1946 | S | ||
| Miller | Shasta | |||||
| Mount Zion | Amador | 1981 | ||||
| Mountain Home | Tulare | Springville | 1946 | S | ||
| Noble | Shasta | |||||
| North Fork Mokelumne | Amador | |||||
| Sawmill | San Bernardino | |||||
| Soquel | Santa Cruz | Soquel | 1988 | S |
Access: Forests have limited access with no amenities unless noted with S or X.