The mission of the Cuyamaca Rancho Foundation is to expand parklands to support preservation, recreation and adventure. Through volunteer efforts, we seek to acquire available property congruent with State Park boundary. We inform our constituency of the great contributions that Cuyamaca Rancho and Palomar Mountain State Park makes to the quality of life. CRF promotes parklands as essential to serving the needs of the increasingly urbanized population.

Land acquisition area includes Montane Sector, Cuyamaca Rancho and Palomar Mountain State Park, Colorado Desert District. In 2008, with the full support of the State Parks Colorado Desert District we expanded our acquisition efforts to include Palomar Mountain State Park. Both State Parks offer a haven for hikers, equestrians, mountain bikers, campers and wildlife watchers.

Cuyamaca Rancho Park encompasses over 28,000 acres of protected wildlife habitat, watershed, archaeological sites, botanical reserve, and recreational land.
Roughly half of CRSP is classified as wilderness area.