Alturas Recreation Area
Alturas, California 96101Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
The Alturas resource area encompasses a panorama of diversity, from evergreen forests to rocky lava flows to high desert plains. The recreational opportunities are as varied as the landscape. The visi ...
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Modoc National Forest
Alturas, California 96101Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Located in the northeastern corner of California, lies the Modoc Naitonal Forest. It's about a three hour drive from Reno, Nevada, and about the same distance from Redding, California. The Modoc Na ...
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Lava Beds National Monument
Tulelake, California 96134Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback, Skiing
Volcanic eruptions on the Medicine Lake shield volcano have created an incredibly rugged landscape punctuated by cinder cones, lava flows, spatter cones, lava tube caves and pit craters. During the Mo ...
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Joshua Tree National Park
Twentynine Palms, California 92277Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
For a first-time visitor the desert may appear bleak and drab. Viewed from the road, the desert only hints at its vitality. Closer examination reveals a fascinating variety of plants and animals. A ri ...
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Lassen Volcanic National Park
Mineral, California 96063Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Paddling, Skiing
Beneath Lassen Volcanic's peaceful forests and gem-like lakes lies evidence of a turbulent and fiery past. 600,000 years ago, the collision and warping of continental plates led to violent eruptions ...
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Death Valley National Park
Death Valley, California 92328Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
Hottest, Driest, Lowest: Death Valley is a land of extremes. It is one of the hottest places on the surface of the Earth with summer temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It encompa ...
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Mojave National Preserve
Barstow, California 92311Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting
Rose-colored sand dunes, volcanic cinder cones, Joshua tree forests, and mile-high mountains are all part of the scene at Mojave National Preserve. Located in the heart of the Mojave Desert, this new ...
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Oakland, California 94607Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
The national trail commemorates the route followed by a Spanish commander, Juan Bautista de Anza, in 1775-76 when he led a contingent of 30 soldiers and their families to found a presidio and mission ...
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Redwood National and State Parks
Crescent City, California 95531Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Paddling
Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the world's tallest trees: old-growth coast redwoods. They can live to be 2000 years old and grow to over 300 feet tall. Spruce, hemlock, Douglas-f ...
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Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Reyes, California 94956Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
Point Reyes National Seashore contains unique elements of biological and historical interest in a spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and fores ...
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