Clear Lake State Park is on the shores of California's second largest freshwater lake. The area is popular for all kinds of water recreation, including swimming, fishing, boating and water-skiing. The bass fishing is so good that the professional bass fishing organizations, such as U.S. Bass, Cal Bass, Western Bass, have designated Clear Lake as the number one bass lake in the nation, based on numbers of fish caught. There are also catfish, blackfish, Sacramento perch, hitch, crappie and bluegill.

Hikers enjoy the Indian Nature Trail, a self-guided trail that shows how the Pomo people, who lived in the area for centuries, utilized the area's resources. The trail passes through the site of what was once a Pomo village. Hikers may see deer, gray foxes, skunks, muskrats, raccoons, wood ducks, mallard, coots, gulls, valley quail, woodpeckers, western grebes, blue herons, horned owls (at twilight), Cooper's hawks, and turkey vultures. An abundance of wildflowers appear in the spring as well as colonies of bees in hollow trees.

• Go for a hike and keep an eye out for gray foxes and muskrats.