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Table of Contents The Point Reyes Headlands 117 Northern Point Reyes 120 INTRODUCTION 11 Maps 13 NAPA & SONOMA COUNTIES 125 GPS Considerations 16 Napa County: The Carneros Region 128 Driving Around 16 Napa Valley 129 When to Visit 18 Sonoma County: San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge 133 Photo Advice 20 Sonoma Valley 135 A final note 20 The Northern Sonoma Wine Country 137 Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve & Austin Creek SRA 140 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 21 Sonoma Coast: Bodega Harbor & Bodega Head 143 Santa Cruz Mountains: Henry Cowell Redwoods S.P. 25 Sonoma Coast State Park 145 Castle Rock State Park 27 Salt Point State Park 146 Big Basin State Park 28 Russian Ridge & the Midpeninsula Preserves 32 MENDOCINO 151 Northern Santa Cruz County Beaches 35 The Mendocino Coast: Bowling Ball Beach 152 Point Arena Lighthouse 154 SAN MATEO COUNTY 39 From Elk to Albion 156 Año Nuevo State Park 40 Mendocino to Fort Bragg 157 Pigeon Point Lighthouse 43 Mendocino Headlands State Park 158 Bean Hollow State Beach & Pebble Beach 45 Russian Gulch State Park 159 Pescadero State Beach & Marsh 47 Point Cabrillo Light Station Historic Park 159 James V. Fitzgerald Marine Reserve & Pillar Point 50 Jug Handle State Natural Reserve 160 SOUTH & EAST BAYS AREA 53 Fort Bragg: Noyo Bay & Harbor 162 Henry Coe State Park 54 MacKerricher State Park 163 Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve 165 Mount Hamilton & the San Antonio Valley 56 The San Francisco Bay NWR 58 HUMBOLDT COUNTY 167 Sunol Regional Wilderness 60 Shelter Cove & the Lost Coast of the King Range 168 Mount Diablo 61 Humboldt Redwoods State Park / Avenue of the Giants 170 Briones Regional Park 64 Humboldt Bay 172 Redwood Regional Park 66 Arcata Marsh 173 Berkeley Hills & Tilden Regional Park 67 Arcata Community Forest 174 SAN FRANCISCO 71 Azalea State Natural Reserve 175 Treasure Island 73 Trinidad 175 Humboldt Lagoons State Park 178 The Embarcadero 74 Twin Peaks 77 REDWOOD PARKS 181 Fort Funston & Lake Merced 78 Lady Bird Johnson Grove 182 Golden Gate Park 81 Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park 183 Ocean Beach & the Cliff House 86 Del Norte County: Klamath River 185 The Sutro Baths 88 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 188 The Presidio & the Golden Gate Bridge 91 Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park 190 Baker Beach 91 Crescent City 192 Chrissy Field & Fort Point 93 LAVA BEDS, SISKIYOU, & SHASTA 195 MARIN COUNTY 95 Modoc Plateau: Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge 196 Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands 96 Lava Beds National Monument 199 Rodeo Beach 98 Mount Shasta 204 Muir Woods 101 Lake Siskiyou 206 Mount Tamalpais State Park 103 Faery Falls 207 Cataract Falls 106 Castle & Heart Lakes 208 POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE 109 North of Mount Shasta 209 Alamere Falls 111 Black Butte 211 Limantour Beach 114 Mossbrae & Hedge Creek Falls 211 Drakes Beach 115 Castle Crags 215 The Falls of the McCloud River, a.k.a. McCloud Falls 218

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LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK 221 CENTRAL SIERRA 311 Bumpass Hell 223 The Three Valleys: Hope, Faith, & Charity 312 Lake Helen 224 Carson Pass 314 Lassen Peak 225 Monitor Pass 315 Kings Creek 226 Highway 4: Ebbetts Pass 317 Manzanita Lake 227 Lake Alpine & the Mosquito Lakes 319 Subway Cave 229 Calaveras Big Trees State Park 320 Cinder Cone & Painted Dunes 230 Highway 108: Column of the Giants, Donnell View, & Dardanelles 323 Sonora Pass 324 NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY REGION 233 Leavitt Lake & Leavitt Pass 326 Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 236 Bodie State Historic Park 328 Redding 238 Conway Summit 330 Potem Falls 240 Lundy Canyon 332 Burney Falls 241 Mono Lake 334 Sacramento River Bend 244 The Mono Craters 337 North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve 246 Boy Scout Camp / Log Cabin Mine Road 338 Feather Falls 248 Tioga Peak & Lee Vining Canyon 339 Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex 251 June Lake Loop 339 Sutter Buttes 252 Mammoth Lakes 342 The West Valley Foothills 254 Minaret Vista 344 Clear Lake 255 Devils Postpile National Monument 345 DELTA & SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 257 Rainbow Falls 347 The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta 258 The Ritter Range 348 Central Valley Agriculture 260 Hot Creek & the Long Valley Caldera 350 Convict Lake 352 The Great Valley Grasslands State Park 262 San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex 263 YOSEMITE VALLEY 353 WESTERN SIERRA FOOTHILLS 265 Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias 356 The Sierra Foothills 266 The Merced River Canyon 358 Mariposa Region 267 The Merced Gorge 360 Knights Ferry & Groveland 268 Hetch Hetchy 360 Angels Camp 268 Yosemite Valley 362 Jackson 269 Mornings in the Valley 364 Plymouth to Placerville 270 Seasons 365 Auburn 272 Dogwoods 366 Grass Valley to Downieville 275 Fall colors 367 Tunnel View 368 TAHOE SIERRA 277 Valley View 370 The Sierra Buttes & the Lakes Basin 278 El Capitan 372 The Sierra Buttes Lookout 281 Horsetail Fall 374 Frazier Falls 283 Bridalveil Fall 375 Donner Pass 285 Yosemite Falls 377 North Lake Tahoe 287 Yosemite Valley Moonbows 378 Mount Watson 289 The Mist Trail: Vernal & Nevada Falls 379 The Nevada side of Lake Tahoe 290 Half Dome 383 South Lake Tahoe 293 Mirror Lake 385 Pope, Kiva, & Baldwin Beaches 293 Up close & personal: climbing Half Dome 385 Taylor Creek 295 YOSEMITE HIGH COUNTRY Fallen Leaf Lake 297 387 Glen Alpine Falls 298 Glacier Point Road 388 Emerald Bay 298 Dewey Point 388 DL Bliss State Park & the Rubicon Trail 302 Taft Point & Sentinel Dome 389 Desolation Wilderness 303 Washburn Point 391 Echo Lakes 306 Illilouette Fall 392 Horsetail Falls 308 Glacier Point 394 10 Photographing California VOL. 1: NORTH

Tioga Road 395 Olmsted Point 395 Clouds Rest 396 Tenaya Lake 398 Tuolumne Meadows 400 Dog Lake 403 Ragged Peak and Young Lakes 404 Cathedral Lakes 405 Vogelsang 407 Glen Aulin & the falls of the Tuolumne River 408 Tioga Pass 412 The Twenty Lakes Basin 414