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PLAN YOUR TRIP
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Start your planning here – We reveal the ultimate road trip list for California PLUS
the highlights you’ll discover on the way and practical advice to kick-start your trip…
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ON THE ROAD
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ROAD TRIP ESSENTIALS
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CALIFORNIA’S
BEST TRIPS
33 AMAZING
ROAD TRIPS
This edition written and researched by
Sara Benson
SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK CONTENTS
History & Essential
Top Tips
Culture Photo
Link Family Walking
Your Trips Tour
Tips from Food & 5 PLAN YOUR TRIP
Locals Drink Eating
Trip 4
Outdoors Sleeping
Detour
Welcome to California ....................7
California Highlights .......................8
% Telephone i Internet E English-
Number Access Language Menu If You Like... ...................................20
h Opening Hours W Wi-Fi Access c Family-
Need to Know .................................22
p Parking v Vegetarian Friendly
n Nonsmoking Selection # Pet-Friendly City Guide ........................................24
a Air- s Swimming California by Region ......................30
Conditioning Pool
California Classic Trips ................32
MAP LEGEND
Routes Trips
Trip Route Trip Numbers ON THE ROAD
Trip Detour
Linked Trip Trip Stop
Walk Route
Tollway Walking tour
Freeway
Primary Trip Detour 1California’s Greatest Hits
Secondary & Las Vegas......12–15 Days 35
Tertiary Population
Lane Capital (National)
2 Pacific Coast
Unsealed Road Capital
Plaza/Mall (State/Province) Highways ...........7–10 Days 49
Steps City/Large Town
Tunnel Town/Village 3Mission Trail ............5 Days 63
Pedestrian
Overpass Areas
Walk Track/Path Beach
Cemetery NORTHERN
Boundaries (Christian)
International Cemetery (Other) CALIFORNIA ......................73
State/Province Park
Cliff Forest
Reservation 4Marin County ......2–3 Days 77
Hydrography Urban Area
River/Creek Sportsground
Intermittent River 5Bay Area
Swamp/Mangrove Transport Culinary Tour .......2–3 Days 87
Canal Airport
Water BART station
Dry/Salt/ Boston T station 6Napa Valley .........2–3 Days 95
Intermittent Lake Cable Car/
Glacier Funicular
Metro/Muni station 7Sonoma
Route Markers Parking Valley ........................2 Days 107
US National Hwy Subway station
US Interstate Hwy Train/Railway
State Hwy Tram 8Healdsburg &
2 Underground station Around .................2–3 Days 115
Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book
CONTENTS
9Russian River & Bohemian CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ...175
Highway ...................2 Days 123
fBig Sur .................2–3 Days 179
aMendocino & Anderson
Valley ...................3–4 Days 131
gAlong Highway 1 to
bLost Coast & Southern Santa Cruz ...........2–3 Days 187
Redwoods ...........3–4 Days 139
hAround Monterey &
cNorthern Redwood Carmel..................2–3 Days 195
Coast ....................3–4 Days 147
iAround San Luis
dTrinity Scenic Obispo ..................2–3 Days 203
Byway .......................3 Days 155
jSanta Barbara Wine
eVolcanic Legacy Country ................2–3 Days 211
Byway .......................3 Days 163
kLake Tahoe
Loop......................2–3 Days 219
Northern
California
p73
Central
California
p175
Southern
California
p289
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Contents
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lYosemite, Sequoia &
Kings Canyon National
Parks .....................5–7 Days 227 ROAD TRIP
mEastern Sierra ESSENTIALS
Scenic Byway ......3–5 Days 239
nHighway 49 Through
Gold Country ........3–4 Days 249 California Driving Guide...............361
California Travel Guide ...............366
oEbbetts Pass Scenic
Byway ........................2 Days 261 Index ..............................................375
pFeather River Scenic
Byway ...................3–4 Days 269
qSacramento Delta &
Lodi ..........................2 Days 277
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ....................289
rDisneyland & Orange
County Beaches ..2–4 Days 293
sFun on the San
Diego Coast .........2–4 Days 303
tSoCal Pop Culture ...3 Days 313
uRoute 66 ..............3–4 Days 321
vLife in Death
Valley ........................3 Days 331
wPalm Springs & Joshua
Tree Oases ...........2–3 Days 341
xTemecula, Julian &
Anza-Borrego ...........3 Days 349
4 Santa Barbara Bicycle touring in the wine country ED FREEMAN / GETTY IMAGES ©
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Yosemite National Park Hikers on a quest for sublime views
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ONNES/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
WELCOME TO
CALIFORNIA
Starry-eyed newbies head to the Golden
State to find fame and fortune, but you can
do better. Come for the landscapes, stay for
the sensational food, and glimpse the future in
the making on America’s creative coast. Live in
California? Rest assured there’s a gold mine of
mom-and-pop restaurants, scenic routes and
swimming holes yet to be discovered.
California’s road trips will take you from the
breezy, wildlife-rich Pacific Coast, to the
towering redwoods of Big Sur and the north,
to off-the-beaten-track deserts and Gold
Rush towns, to big-name national parks such
as Yosemite and Death Valley, and through
the vine-strewn valleys of celebrated wine
countries, starting with Sonoma and Napa.
From backcountry lanes to beachside
highways, we’ve got something for you. And if
you’ve only got time for one trip, make it one
of our nine Classic Trips, which take you to the
very best of California.
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