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California North Coast: From San Francisco to Redwood National Park Scenic DriveDriving the California coast’s Route 1 is a beautiful experience, especially if taken at a leisurely pace. Bear in mind that while ... 
Mendocino, CA - Fodor's Great American Drives of the West
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California Travel Guide by Fodor's Weekend Getaway This travel guide is a chapter on California excerpted from the book "Fodor's USA." It covers the entire state of California region ...
Sacramento, CA - Fodor's USA
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Carmel and Pebble Beach Weekend Getaway Imagine a village so quaint it has no parking meters along its narrow, shaded streets and no neon signs advertising its many chic ... 
Pebble Beach, CA - Driving the Pacific Coast: California
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Sonoma-Mendocino Coast Scenic Drive: Marin City to US 101 Scenic Drive This 209-mile-long drive borders the Pacific coast north of San Francisco. The highway passes historic sites, redwood forests, abrupt ... 
Gualala, CA - Scenic Driving California
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park Campgrounds Camping This park is the granddaddy of all the incredible California state parks. Big Basin has wonderful camping as well as tent cabins with ... 
Boulder Creek, CA - The Best In Tent Camping: Northern California
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Redwood Highway Scenic Drive: Eureka to Crescent City Scenic Drive This seventy-eight-mile section of U.S. Highway 101 parallels the rugged Pacific coast, passing redwood groves and a rugged wave-carved ...
Trinidad, CA - Scenic Driving California
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Sacramento and Western Sierra Foothills Campgrounds Camping Tourists traveling to the Sacramento and Western Sierra Foothills Area from the north via the Golden Chain Highway are welcomed to ...
Sacramento, CA - Camping Northern California
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Bodega Bay and Point Arena Weekend Getaway North of San Francisco Bay along the coast is another California, this one characterized by environmental diversity, a sparse and ...
Bodega Bay, CA - Driving the Pacific Coast: California
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California Travel Information by Rough Guides Weekend Getaway Publicized and idealized all over the world, California really does live up to the myth. More than just a terrestrial paradise of ... 
San Francisco, CA - The Rough Guide to USA
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A Harvesttime Drive: Sonoma Valley Romantic Getaway A mere forty-five minutes north of San Francisco await golden hills, ancient oaks, and lush vineyards. The crush, what locals call ... 
Sonoma, CA - Romantic Days and Nights in San Francisco
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Upper Napa Valley: Heart of the Wine Country Weekend Getaway “Up valley,” as the northern half of the Napa Valley is called, is anchored by Calistoga, a hot springs resort town founded in the ...
Calistoga, CA - Quick Escapes: San Francisco
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A Bay in the Life: On San Francisco Bay Romantic Getaway From vantage points around this hilly peninsula, San Francisco Bay shimmers in grand prominence. As spectacular as the city is, sooner ...
San Francisco, CA - Romantic Days and Nights in San Francisco
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Monterey Peninsula, California Family Vacation The Monterey Peninsula, 125 miles south of San Francisco, is a scenic stretch of coastline, pine forests, and unmistakable California ...
Monterey, CA - Great Family Vacations: West
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Bodega Bay to Elk: A Weekend at the Coast Weekend Getaway From the Gravenstein Apple Capital of Sebastopol through Sonoma County’s rolling pastures to the major fishing port of Bodega Bay, ...
Bodega Bay, CA - Quick Escapes: San Francisco
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San Francisco Bay Area Campgrounds Camping Ocean access, marvelous views, and temperate weather—these define the San Francisco Bay Area. Add the human contributions—the Golden ...
San Francisco, CA - Camping Northern California
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Sonoma-Napa Valleys Scenic Drive: Santa Rosa to Hopland Scenic Drive A 132-mile-long drive that makes an open loop through the pastoral wine country of the Sonoma and Napa valleys. This scenic drive ...
Yountville, CA - Scenic Driving California
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Yosemite National Park, CA Family Vacation Yosemite National Park, on the eastern border of central California, comprises 1,169 square miles that include towering sequoias, ...
Merced, CA - Great Family Vacations: West
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Lake Tahoe, Nevada & California Family Vacation This beautiful alpine body of water, which bisects California and Nevada (two-thirds is in California), lures visitors with winter ...
Incline Village, NV - Great Family Vacations: West
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Eldorado National Forest Area Campgrounds Camping The Eldorado National Forest is the main feature of this area, with its 4 rivers, 170 lakes, and 400 miles of trails for hikers, equestrians, ...
South Lake Tahoe, CA - Camping Northern California
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Point Reyes Beaches Beach Vacation There are lots of reasons to visit the Point Reyes National Seashore. There are wonderful trails, abundant wildlife, fabulous historic ...
Olema, CA - Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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