If you?re planning or interested in visiting one or several campsites during spring break, consider these California State Parks not too far from Sacramento. Most vary in day use prices and camping fees. Day fees range from $8 to $12 per vehicle and camping fees vary by site.

The nearest campsite to Sacramento is the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, an 18,000-acre reservoir with habitats ranging from grasslands to pine-oak forests. This year-round park has two developed campgrounds with 149 campsites. There are also picnic areas, boat and beach rentals, hiker, horse, bicycle and mountain-bike trails with restrooms and showers. It?s located near Folsom off Folsom-Auburn Blvd.

You could also go for a weekend (or week) to Coloma Resort and Conference Center by the American River, 30 miles east of Sacramento on Highway 49. There area includes tent and cabin rentals with clean restrooms, hot private showers, a children?s playground and handicapped access at prices ranging from $4 to $75. If you plan to go with a group, the Coloma Ropes Course at the Coloma Outdoor Discovery School has one- to three- day programs from $55 to $145 per person;you can ride the whitewater rapids, hike the trails or pan for gold while enjoying the great outdoors.

The Calaveras Big Trees State Park, northeast of Stockton off of CA 4, is a 6,300-acre park which has more than a 1,000 mammoth trees. It has 129 developed forested campsites, picnic areas, hiker trails, restrooms and showers. A one-mile self-guided trail called the North Grove Trail allows visitors to walk through a tree or dance upon a stump. There are many other trails to see more of the park or just collect all sizes of pinecones. Activities include cross-country skiing, evening ranger talks, numerous interpretive programs, environmental educational programs, junior ranger programs, hiking, mountain-biking, bird watching and summer school activities for children.If you?re willing to travel a little further, the Big Basin Redwoods State Park is 23 miles north of Santa Cruz. This park is famous for its 300-foot-high ancient redwoods, stands of knobcone pine, delicate waterfalls and the meeting of sand and surf. There are about 50 miles of hiking and riding trails, and numerous picnic sites and campgrounds with full facilities.

For more information on any of these state parks visit http://www.parks.ca.gov.