Table of Contents
1 Experience Northern California 8
15 Ultimate Experiences 10
California Today 16
Whet's Where 18
What to Eat and Drink in Northern California 20
10 Bust Photo Ops in San Francisco 22
What to Read and Watch 24
2 Travel Smart Northern California 25
Know Before You Go 26
Getting Here and Around 28
Essentials 30
Contacts 34
3 Northern California's Best Road Trips 35
Monterey Bay to San Francisco, 4 Days 36
San Francisco's Greatest Hits, 3 Days 38
Sierra Riches: Yosemite, Gold Country, and Tahoe, 7 Days 38
Ultimate Napa and Sonoma Wine Trip, 4 Days 40
Best of the Northern Coast, 5 Days 42
4 Monterey Bay Area 45
Welcome to Monterey Bay Area 46
Planning 48
Carmel-by-the-Sea 51
Carmel Valley 58
Pebble Beach 60
Pacific Grove 63
Monterey 66
Salinas 76
Pinnacles National Park 77
Moss Landing 78
Aptos 79
Capitola and Soquel 80
Santa Cruz 83
5 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 91
Welcome to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 92
Planning 95
Sequoia National Park 98
Kings Canyon National Park 107
What's Nearby 113
6 Yosemite National Park 119
Welcome to Yosemite National Park 120
Planning 123
Yosemite Valley 126
Wawona 132
Tuolumne Meadows 135
Hetch Hetchy 137
Activities 138
What's Nearby 145
7 Eastern Sierra 153
Welcome to Eastern Sierra 154
Planning 156
Lone Pine 158
Independence 160
Bishop 161
Mammoth Lakes 163
8 Sacramento and the Gold Country 173
Welcome to Sacramento and the Gold Country 174
Planning 177
Sacramento 178
Davis 187
Winters 188
Lodi 190
Nevada City 193
Grass Valley 196
Auburn 198
Coloma 200
Placerville 200
Plymouth 204
Amador City 206
Sutter Creek 208
Volcano 209
Jackson 209
Mokelumne Hill 210
Angels Camp 211
Murphys 212
Columbia 214
Jamestown 215
9 Lake Tahoe 217
Welcome to Lake Tahoe 218
Planning 221
South Lake Tahoe 224
Pope-Baldwin Recreation Area 230
Emerald Bay State Park 230
D.L Bliss State Park 232
Ed Z'berg Sugar
Pine Point State Park 232
Tahoma 233
Tahoe City 234
Olympic Valley 237
Truckee 239
Carnelian Bay to Kings Beach 243
Incline Village 245
Zephyr Cove 248
Stateline 249
Reno 251
10 San Francisco 253
Welcome to San Francisco 254
How to Eat Like a Local 256
Planning 258
Union Square 264
Chinatown 269
SoMa 270
Civic Center 276
The Tenderloin 278
Hayes Valley 279
Nob Hill 280
Russian Hill 287
Polk Gulch 288
Pacific Heights 288
Japantown 290
Western Addition 291
North Beach 295
Fisherman's Wharf 301
Embarcadero 303
San Francisco's Cable Cars 283
Wine Tasting in Napa and Sonoma 380
Financial District 306
The Marina 308
Cow Hollow 309
Presidio 312
The Richmond 314
The Sunset 318
Golden Gate Park 318
The Haight 320
The Castro 321
Noe Valley 324
Mission District 325
Potrero Hill 330
11 The Bay Area 331
Welcome to the Bay Area 332
Planning 334
Berkeley 336
Oakland 346
The Marin Headlands 354
Sausalito 354
Tiburon 359
Mill Valley 361
Muir Beach 367
Stinson Beach 367
Point Reyes National Seashore 368
12 Napa and Sonoma 373
Welcome to Napa and Sonoma 374
Planning 377
Napa 378
Yountville 390
Oakville 395
Rutherford 397
St. Helena 399
Calistoga 405
Sonoma 409
Glen Ellen 415
Kenwood 418
Petaluma 419
Healdsburg 420
Geyserville 425
Forestville 427
Guerneville 428
Sebastopol 429
Santa Rosa 431
13 The North Coast 433
Welcome to the North Coast 434
Planning 436
Bodega Bay 438
Jenner 439
Elk 441
Little River 443
Mendocino 444
Fort Bragg 446
Philo 449
Boonville 451
Hopland 453
Ukiah 455
Avenue of the Giants 456
Eureka 457
Trinidad 460
14 Redwood National and State Parks 461
Welcome to Redwood National and State Parks 462
Planning 465
South 467
Middle 469
North 472
Activities 475
What's Nearby 477
16 The Far North 481
Welcome to The Far North 482
Planning 484
Chico 486
Corning 488
Redding 488
Weaverville 491
Shasta Lake 492
Dunsmuir 493
Mt Shasta 494
Chester 496
Mineral 497
Burney 500
Tulelake 502
Index 503
About Our Writers 512
