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1 786 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Behind the Scenes SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travelers your comments keep us on our toes and help make our books better. Our well-traveled team reads every word on what you loved or loathed about this book. Although we cannot reply individually to your submissions, we always guarantee that your feedback goes straight to the appropriate authors, in time for the next edition. Each person who sends us information is thanked in the next edition the most useful submissions are rewarded with a selection of digital PDF chapters. Visit lonelyplanet.com/contact to submit your updates and suggestions or to ask for help. Our award-winning website also features inspirational travel stories, news and discussions. Note: We may edit, reproduce and incorporate your comments in Lonely Planet products such as guidebooks, websites and digital products, so let us know if you don t want your comments reproduced or your name acknowledged. For a copy of our privacy policy visit lonelyplanet.com/ privacy. OUR READERS Many thanks to the travelers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: Samuel Akologo, Richard Ault, Jonas Elliott Gerson, Matt Knipe, Susanna Seppala, Maaike van de Pijpekamp, Wes Wallace AUTHOR THANKS Andrea Schulte-Peevers Big heartfelt thank-yous go to the following people for their invaluable tips, insights and hospitality (in no particular order): Valerie Summers, Kristin Schmidt, Joyce Kiehl, Andrew Bender, Abigail Wines, Bruce Moore, Susan Witty, Brandy Marino and Mona Spicer. Brett Atkinson Thanks to everyone who made my exploration of California s Central Coast so enjoyable, especially Christina Glynn in Santa Cruz. In Santa Cruz thanks also to Margaret Leonard for travel inspiration beyond the borders of Monterey Bay. The staff at the region s visitor centers were all uniformly helpful, and at Lonely Planet, huge thanks to Cliff Wilkinson for the opportunity to return to Big Sur. Andrew Bender Thanks to Denise Lengyeltoti, Christie Bacock, Melissa Perez, Jackie Alvarez, Jennifer Tong, Erin Ramsauer, Michael Ramirez, Jenny Wedge, Ashley Johnson and the many information center, hotel and restaurant staffers who gave me way more of their time than I deserved. In house, thanks especially to Clifton Wilkinson, Sarah Stocking, Anita Isalska, Judith Bamber and Kathryn Rowan. Alison Bing Thanks to Cliff Wilkinson, Sarah Sung, Lisa Park, DeeAnn Budney, PT Tenenbaum, and above all, Marco Flavio Marinucci, for making a Muni bus ride into the adventure of a lifetime. Cristian Bonetto A heartfelt thank you to the many Angelenos (and New Yorkers) who shared their LA secrets and insights with me, especially John-Mark Horton, Michael Amato, Andy Bender, Norge Yip, Calvin Yeung, Douglas Levine, Daphne Barahona, Nicholas Maricich, David Singleman, William J Brockschmidt, Richard Dragisic and Andy Walker. Thanks also to fellow Aussies in SoCal, Mary-ann Gardner and Natalie Yanoulis. At Lonely Planet, much gratitude to Cliff Wilkinson. Celeste Brash Thanks to my Aunt Kem and Uncle Ken for Susanville roots, Gerad in Mt Shasta City for great beer and info, countless friends and family for tips and suggestions, and my husband and kids for being the best people to come home to. Last but not least, big love to the glorious state of California, where my heart will always live.

2 Jade Bremner Thanks to Destination Editor Clifton Wilkinson for his support and endless knowledge about LP. Plus, everyone working their socks off behind the scenes Cheree Broughton, Dianne, Jane, Neill Coen, Evan Godt and Helen Elfer. Last but not least, thanks to the friendly staff at Fig Tree Cafe for making those marvelous egg Bennies, which often set me up for the day. Nate Cavalieri Many thanks to my partner Florence, who is always game for a last-minute road trip to Bakersfield. Thanks to Cliff, Daniel, Jane, Diane and the staff at Lonely Planet for all the support, and to my colleague Alison Bing, who inspired me to get back in the travel-writing game after a long and ill-advised hiatus. Michael Grosberg Thanks especially to Carly, Rosie and Booney for keeping the home fires burning, and Carly especially for sharing her experiences as a forest ranger in Mammoth Lakes and Mono Lake all those years ago. Thanks also to Peter Bartelme of Yosemite Conservancy, Lisa Cesaro from Aramark, Joe Juszkiewicz at Rush Creek Lodge, Lauren Burke in Mammoth, Tawni Thompson in Bishop and Julie Wright for help in Sequoia. Ashley Harrell Thanks to my coauthors and editors for their diligence and support, the kind people all over Wine Country for their time and recommendations, David Roth and Andy Wright (dumb people) for the endless amusement, Amy Benziger for letting me trash her apartment, Shane Henegan for his glorious Airstream, Paul Stockamore for David Applebaum, Adele Fox for being the best Gumpy, Anne Murphy for sharing her ranch and wise/hilarious opinions, and Andy Lavender for his innumerable contributions and unrelenting care. Josephine Quintero Thanks to Cliff Wilkinson for the opportunity of researching this fabulous region of California. Also to my road trip buddy Robin Chapman and my good local resident pals who invaluably assisted me: Janice Crowe and Linda Sinclair. Also thanks to the helpful folk in the various visitor centers and, last but not least, those at the SPP help desk for helping me when I had a serious technical glitch! Helena Smith Many thanks to everyone who offered warm hospitality in the Gold Country and Lake Tahoe, most especially Naomi Terry for keeping us company, and Anna and her family for hospitality and local expertise. King was a great road-trip buddy, and so was Art Terry, who drove and DJ d me round California, and made every exploration a joy. John A Vlahides Thanks to destination editor Clifton Wilkinson and my coauthor Alison Bing, with whom it s always lovely to work. And most of all, thanks to you, dear reader you make my life so joyful and I m grateful for the honor of being your guide through the cool grey city of love. Clifton Wilkinson Thanks to the Santa Barbara County tourism people (Karna, Danielle, Chrisie) who provided excellent recommendations, including my favorite meal of the whole update. Thanks too to all the inhouse LP team, especially colleagues who listened patiently to all my pre-trip plans. And final thanks to the weather, which mostly played along with my research except for all the mud on Santa Cruz Channel Island (if anyone finds some sunglasses, they might be the ones I lost falling over). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Climate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, Illustration pp84-85 by Michael Weldon. Cover photograph: McWay Falls, Big Sur, Supreecha Samansukumal/Shutterstock. 787 BEHIND THE SCENES THIS BOOK This 8th edition of California was researched and written by Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Brett Atkinson, Andrew Bender, Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Cristian Bonetto, Celeste Brash, Jade Bremner, Nate Cavalieri, Michael Grosberg, Ashley Harrell, Josephine Quintero, Helena Smith, John A Vlahides, Benedict Walker and Clifton Wilkinson. The previous edition was researched and written by John A Vlahides, Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Celeste Brash, Tienlon Ho and Beth Kohn. This guidebook was produced by the following: Destination Editors Clifton Wilkinson, Sarah Stocking Product Editors Will Allen, Kate Mathews Senior Cartographer Alison Lyall Assisting Editors Sarah Bailey, Andrew Bain, Judith Bamber, Michelle Coxall, Andrea Dobbin, Carly Hall, Kellie Langdon, Jodie Martire, Gabrielle Stefanos, Amanda Williamson Book Designer Katherine Marsh Assisting Book Designer Meri Blazevski Cover Image Researcher Brendan Dempsey-Spencer Thanks to Sasha Drew, Shona Gray, Kate Kiely, Anne Mason, Rachel Rawling

3 788 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Index 17-Mile Drive 311 A accommodations , see also individual locations activities 29-31, 49-58, see also individual activities air travel , 781 Alabama Hills 730, 732 Alcatraz 83, 84-5, 84-5 Alexander Valley Amador City Amador County amusement parks, see also Disneyland Belmont Park 465 California s Great America 164 Children s Fairyland 143 Knott s Berry Farm Legoland California Resort 491 Musée Mécanique 87 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 288 Anacapa Island 385 Anaheim Anchor Bay Andersen, Hans Christian 373 Anderson Valley Angel Island 132 Angels Camp 634 animals 708-9, , see also individual species animation 751 An o Nuevo State Park Anza-Borrego Desert State Park , 518 Apple Hill 633 aquariums Aquarium of the Pacific 398 Birch Aquarium at Scripps 483 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 HSU Telonicher Marine Laboratory 277 Monterey Bay Aquarium Seymour Marine Discovery Center 288 Arcata architecture area codes 23 art galleries, see museums & galleries arts ATMs 773 Auburn Auburn State Recreation Area Avenue of the Giants Avila Beach 339 B Bakersfield Balboa Park 460-1, 466 Balboa Peninsula 444 Bald Mountain 207 ballooning 52, 186, 486 Banana Belt 239 Bankers Hill 473, 466 Barstow bathrooms 776 Bay Area 72, 120, , 121 accommodations 120 activities 155 Berkeley 150-9, 152 climate 120 food 120 highlights 121 Marin Headlands 122-4, Oakland , 142 Sausalito 124-9, 128 travel seasons 120 Bay Bridge 101 beaches 44-8, 350-1, Agate Beach County Park 137 Asilomar State Beach 307 Avila Beach 339 Baker Beach 87 Bean Hollow State Beach 168 Cardiff-by-the-Sea 488 Carlsbad Coast Carmel Beach 310 Carpinteria State Beach 350, 378, 351 Coronado 21, 350, 21, 351 Crystal Cove State Park 350, , 351 Doheny State Beach 456 East Beach 350, 351 El Matador State Beach 397 Fort Bragg 248 Hermosa Beach 399 Huntington Beach 350, 441-3, 350 Jalama Beach 343 Johnson s Beach 217 Laguna Beach 450-4, 47 La Jolla 483, 485, 45 Los Angeles 399 Malibu 350, 351 Mission Beach 350, 464-5, 350 Montara State Beach 166 Moonstone Beach 277 Muir Beach Navy Beach 716 Newport Beach Ocean Beach 464 Orange County Pacific Beach Pacifica State Beach 166 Partington Cove 316 Pelican State Beach 285 Pescadero State Beach Pfeiffer Beach 316 Pismo Beach Rodeo Beach 122 San Buenaventura State Beach 383 San Gregorio State Beach 167 San Onofre State Beach 456 Santa Barbara 349 Santa Cruz 289 Santa Monica 350, 45, 350 Santa Monica Bay 399 Sea Ranch 238 Seal Beach Solana Beach 487 Sonoma Coast State Beach South Lake Tahoe 646 Stinson Beach 136 Sunset Beach 217 Tahoe Vista 667 tide-pool etiquette 453 Trinidad State Beach 277 Van Damme State Park 242 West End Beach 664 Westport 251 Zuma Beach 397 bears 708, 762, 709 beer 25, 68-9, see also breweries Bel Air 395-7, 416 Berkeley 150-9, 152 Beverly Hills bicycling 51-3, 781-2, 785, see also mountain biking Golden Gate Bridge 124 Joshua Tree National Park 511 Monterey 303 Newport Beach 445 Palm Springs 508 Redding 551 Sacramento 588 San Francisco Santa Barbara 352 Sausalito 125 Sonoma 203 South Bay Bicycle Trail 398 South Lake Tahoe 648 Tahoe City 659 Venice 398 Wine Country Big Bear Lake Big Pine 728-9

4 789 Big Sur 13, 24, , 314, 13 birds 279, Birds, The 233 bird-watching 52, 240, 253, 269, 273, 279, 318, 384 Bishop Bixby Bridge 313, 41 boat travel 781, 782 Bay Area 155 Emerald Bay State Park 656 Eureka 270 Newport Beach 445 San Diego Santa Barbara South Lake Tahoe 647, 649 Stockton 604 Tiburon 129 Bodega Bay Bodie State Historic Park Bolinas books 734, 739, border crossings 780 Boulder Creek 297 Boyle Heights 389 Brentwood breweries Alvarado Street Brewery 305 Anchor Brewing Company 70 Anderson Valley Brewing Company 255 Auburn Alehouse 617 BarrelHouse Brewing Co 334 Big Stump Brew Company 591 Brewery at Lake Tahoe 654 Cedar Crest Brewing 601 Death Valley Brewing 537 Dionysus Brewing Company 611 Etna Brewery & Taphouse 582 Fall River Brewing 554 Fieldwork Brewing Company 591 Fifty Fifty Brewing Co 666 Final Draft Brewing Company 554 Kern River Brewing Company 613 Mammoth Brewing Company 721 Marin Brewing Company 130 North Coast 250 Peter B s Brewpub 305 Redwood Curtain Brewing Company 275 Rubicon Brewing Company 591 Russian River Brewing Co 224 Sac Brew Bike 589 Sacramento Beer Tour Sactown Union Brewery 591 San Diego 479 Santa Cruz 295 Sierra Nevada Brewing Company 597 Siskiyou Brew Works 575 Six Rivers Brewery 275 Stateline Brewery 654 Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co 660 Temblor Brewing Company 611 Three Mile Brewing Company 595 Track 7 Brewing 591 Waterline 363 Wildcard Brewing Company 554 Woody s Brewing Co. 554 Bridgeport Bucks Lake 565 Buellton Buffalo Soldiers 703 Burning Man 672 bus travel 780, 782 business hours 774 butterflies 342, 347, 763-4, 708, 709 C cable cars Lake Tahoe 641 Palm Springs 499 San Francisco 92-3, 92, 92-3 cacti 765 Calaveras County California State Fair 30, 588 Calistoga Cambria camping 49-51, 386, 514, 535, 691, 699, 711, 50 canoeing, see kayaking & canoeing Capitola 297 car travel road trips Cardiff-by-the-Sea 488 Carlsbad Carmel Valley 312 Carmel-by-the-Sea Carpinteria Carpinteria State Beach 350, 378, 351 Castle Crags State Park 573 Catalina Island caves 52 Black Chasm Cavern 632 California Cavern 635 Cave Store 483 Crystal Cave 706 Lake Shasta Caverns 555 Moaning Cavern 636 Mushpot Cave 576 Cayucos cell phones 22, 776 Central Coast 73, , 287 accommodations 286 climate 286 food 286 highlights 287 travel seasons 286 Central Valley 74, , 584 accommodations 583 climate 583 food 583 highlights 584 travel seasons 583 Channel Islands 20, 387, 20 Channel Islands National Park Chester Chico children, travel with beaches 46 Lake Tahoe 648 San Jose 164 Santa Barbara 354 churches, see also missions First Church of Christ, Scientist 151 Royal Presidio Chapel 301 City of Ten Thousand Buddhas 260 Civil Rights movement 743 Civil War 89, 277, 734, 740 Clear Lake climate 29-31, see also individual regions Coachella Music & Arts Festival 29-30, Coachella Valley , 504 coffee 69-70, 70 Coit Tower 83 Coloma-Lotus Valley 626 Columbia Comic-Con International 30 condors 318, 708, 709 Convict Lake 723 Corona del Mar 449 Coronado 21, 350, 21, 351 Corte Madera 130 Costa Mesa cooking courses 100, 179, 187-8, 203, 226, 255, 396 costs 23, 769, 771 credit cards Crescent City Crystal Bay Crystal Cove State Park 350, , 351 culture 734-5, currency 22, customs regulations 770 cycling, see bicycling, mountain biking D Dana Point dangers, see safety Davis Dean, James 334, 342 Death Valley National Park 15, , 528, 15 deer 708, 709 Del Mar 486 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 281 Deserts, the 74, , 496 accommodations 495 climate 495 food 495 highlights 496 travel seasons 495 Desolation Wilderness 652 Devils Postpile National Monument 728 Devil s Slide disabilities, travelers with Disney California Adventure 432 Disneyland 14, 73, , 427, 430, 14 accommodations 426, activities 432 climate 426 drinking 435 entertainment FASTPASS 434 food 426, highlights 427 history 428 itineraries 429 shopping 436 tourist information travel seasons 426 Disneyland Park distilleries 205-6, 213, 224-5, 334 INDEX B-D

5 790 INDEX D-H diving & snorkeling 56-7 Lake Tahoe 656 Monterey 301 Newport Beach 445 San Diego 465 San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park 485 DL Bliss State Park 656 dolphins 385 Donner Lake Downieville driving, see car travel drugs Duncans Mills 217, 221 Dry Creek Valley Dunsmuir DVDs 770 E Eagle Lake 563 earthquakes 760, 775 East Bay, see Bay Area East Beach 350, 351 East of Eden 329 Eastern Sierra Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway 39 Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway 714 Echo Park economy 735 eco-travel 366 Ed Z berg Sugar Pine Point State Park El Dorado County electricity 770, 771 elephant seals 322, 708, 708 elk 276, 708, 709 Elk Elkhorn Slough Emerald Bay State Park emergencies 23 Encinitas environmental issues 387, 602, 617, 734, 766 Eureka events, see festivals & events exchange rates 23 Exposition Park F Fairfax 130 farmers markets, see markets Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 farms Avila Valley Barn 339 China Ranch Date Farm 535 Daffodil Hill 632 Harley Farms Goat Dairy 170 Jug Handle Creek Farm & Nature Center 247 Mt Shasta Lavender Farms 571 Oak Hill Farm 207 Ojai Olive Oil Company 379 Organic Pastures 608 Page River Bottom Farms 608 Philo Apple Farm 255 Pie Ranch 170 Shanti Permaculture Farm 216 Swanston Berry Farm 170 T&D Willey Farm 608 fashion district (LA) 411 Ferndale 268-9, 28 festivals & events 29-31, 68 Arcata Bay Oyster Festival 274 Begonia Festival 297 Bodega Bay Fishermen s Festival 234 Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival 234 Burning Man 672 California International Airshow 330 California Mid-State Fair 332 California State Fair 30, 588 Capitola Art & Wine Festival 297 Carmel International Film Festival 310 Castroville Artichoke Food & Wine Festival 303 Clam Festival 342 Coachella Music & Arts Festival 29-30, Comic-Con International 30 Death Valley 49ers 532 Desert Trip 502 Doheny Blues Festival 457 Festival of Whales 457 Fort Bragg Whale Festival 248 French Festival 355 Gilroy Garlic Festival 329 High Sierra Music Festival Kinetic Grand Championship 274 LA Pride 422 Long Beach Pride Celebration 422 Mendocino Whale Festival 244 Modernism Week 502 Monterey 303 Monterey Jazz Festival 304 Newport Beach Film Festival 445 Night on Broadway 403 North Country Fair 274 Old Spanish Days Fiesta 355 Pageant of the Masters 452 Palm Springs International Film Festival 502 Pebble Beach Food & Wine 310 Pride Month 30 Redwood Coast Jazz Festival 270 Reggae on the River 264 Rose Bowl & Parade 29 Russian River Wine Road Barrel Tasting 226 San Joaquin Asparagus Festival 604 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 354 Santa Cruz 292 SLO International Film Festival 335 Smorgasburg 403 Stagecoach Festival 502 Steinbeck Festival 330 Summer Solstice Celebration 354 Tournament of Roses Parade 403 Tour of the Unknown Coast 268 Venice Art Walk 403 Villagefest 502 Wine Festival 332 Wine, Waves & Beyond 342 WinterWonderGrass Tahoe 661 Woodies on the Wharf 292 film & TV 734, festivals 751 locations 27 Fish Camp 695 fishing 52 Bodega Bay 234 Coffee Creek Ranch 578 Fort Bragg 248 Lewiston Lake 580 Mammoth Lakes , 724 Mono Lake 711 Quincy 563 Richardson Grove State Park 263 San Diego Santa Cruz fog 123, 595 food 25, regional specialties 64-6 trucks 70 Forestville 217, Fort Bragg Fort Ross State Historic Park 237 Foxen Canyon Wine Trail Fresno G Garberville gardens, see parks & gardens Gay Men s Chorus of Los Angeles 422 gay travelers, see LGBT travelers Gehry, Frank 389, 756 geography 760-2, 763 geology 760 Getty Center 395 Gilroy 329 Glacier Point 679 Glen Ellen Gold Country 16, 74, , 16, 615 accommodations 614 climate 614 food 614 highlights 615 travel seasons 614 gold rush 585, 616, 625, 628-9, 739 Gold Rush Days 589 Golden Gate Bridge 83, 124, Golden Gate Park 98, 94 golf 52, 307, 501, 530, 648, 668 Googleplex 161 Grapes of Wrath, The 330 Grass Valley Griffith Park 392, Groveland Guadalupe 343 Gualala Guerneville H Half Moon Bay 166-8

6 791 Healdsburg health Hearst Castle Hetch Hetchy Highway , , , 320, 343 road closures 313 Highway Highway Highway Highway , hiking 25-6, 54-6 Alamere Falls 137 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 517, Bass Lake 137 Bishop 725 Bodega Head 233 Bucks Lake 565 Coffee Creek Ranch 578 Coloma-Lotus Valley 626 Death Valley National Park Desolation Wilderness 652 Devil s Slide Trail 166 Eagle Lake 563 Emerald Bay State Park Golden Gate Bridge 124 Harmony Headlands State Park 323 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Indian Canyons 500 Joshua Tree National Park Kings Canyon National Park Laguna Beach 452 Lassen National Forest 561 Los Penasquitos Canyon Trail 486 Lost Coast 265 Mammoth Lakes Marin Headlands 122 Mendocino 244 Mill Valley 132 Mojave National Preserve 526 Mt Lassen 557 Mt San Jacinto State Park 500 Mt Tamalpais State Park 134 Mt Whitney 731 Ojai Valley Trail 380 Pecho Coast Trail 339 Point Reyes National Seashore 140 Quincy 563 Redding 551 Redwoods National & State Parks Runyon Canyon 392 Sam McDonald County Park 167 Santa Barbara 353 Sequoia National Park Sierra Nevada South Lake Tahoe 646 Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area Tahoe City 659 Tahquitz Canyon 500 Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve Trinidad Head Trail 277 Truckee & Donner Lake 664 Van Damme State Park 242 Ventana Wilderness Yreka 582 Hillcrest 474, 478, 466 history 28, Hitchcock, Alfred 233 holidays Hollywood 14, 389, 392, 14 Hollywood Bowl 417 Hollywood Walk of Fame 392 Holocaust, the 396 Homewood 657 Honeydew 266 Hopland horseback riding 52 Big Sur 317 Bodega Bay 233 Death Valley National Park 532 Half Moon Bay 167 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Jack London State Historic Park 207 Mammoth Lakes 718 Palm Springs 501 Point Reyes National Seashore 140 South Lake Tahoe Virginia Lakes 718 Wild Horse Sanctuary Hot Creek Geological Site 723 hot springs 317 Avila 341 Benton 731 Esalen 317 Keough s 729 Morton s 207 Orr Sycamore Tecopa 535 Traventine 713 Vichy 259 Weed 571 hot-air ballooning 52, 186, 486 Hudson, Grace 258 Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge 269 Humboldt Lagoons State Park 279 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Huntington Beach 350, 441-3, 350 I immigration 747, 779 Incline Village Independence 729 insurance 772, 783 internet access 772 Inverness 139 Island of the Blue Dolphins 385 Isozaki, Arata 389 itineraries 32-7 J Jackson Jamestown Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park 281 Jenner John Muir National Historic Site 160 John Muir Trail 727, 726 Joshua Tree National Park , Jug Handle State Reserve 247 Julian June Lake K kayaking & canoeing 52 Angel Island 132 Bay Area 155 Eureka 270 Guerneville 217 Half Moon Bay 167 Healdsburg Humboldt Lagoons State Park 279 Inverness 139 Kings Beach 668 Mammoth Lakes 718 Mendocino 244 Monterey Mt Shasta 568 Oroville Pismo Beach 342 Quincy 563 San Diego 466 San Francisco 100 San Luis Obispo 335 San Simeon Santa Barbara Santa Cruz 292 Sausalito 125 South Lake Tahoe 647 Van Damme State Park 242 Kenwood Kern River King Range National Conservation Area 625 Kings Beach Kings Canyon National Park , 700-1, 55 King s Peak 265 Kingsburg 612 kiteboarding 52, 155 Klamath 282 Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Klamath Mountains 581 Knott s Berry Farm L La Brea Tar Pits La Jolla , 484, 45 La Purísima Mission State Historic Park 343 Laguna Beach 19, 450-4, 451, 19, 47 Laguna Point 251 Lake Almanor Lake Cleone 251 Lake Earl Wildlife Area Lake Merritt Lake Tahoe 18, 74, , 640, 642, 646, 18 accommodations 639 climate 639 Eastern Shore (Nevada) food 639 highlights 640 Northern Shore South Lake Tahoe , 644 Tahoe City travel seasons 639 Western Shore Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park 670 Lakes Basin language 22 INDEX H-L

7 792 INDEX L- M Larkspur 130 Las Vegas , 540 Lassen National Forest 560 Lassen Peak 557 Lassen Scenic Byway 557 Lassen Volcanic National Park 18, 556-9, 558-9, 18 Lava Beds National Monument Lee Vining legal matters Leggett lesbian travelers, see LGBT travelers Lewiston Lake 580 LGBT travelers 748, 773 Los Angeles 422 Pride Month 30 San Diego 473 San Francisco 113 lifestyle lighthouses & light stations Battery Point 283 Pigeon Point 168 Point Arena 240 Point Cabrillo 243 Point Pinos 307 Point San Luis 339 Point Sur 315 literature 758-9, see also books Little Lakes Valley 727, 727 Locke 593 Lodi London, Jack 206-7, 758 Lone Pine Long Beach Los Angeles 73, , 390-1, 394-5, 400, 404-5, 408, , 416, 420, 425 accommodations 388, activities climate 388 drinking & nightlife entertainment fashion district 411 festivals & events 403 food 388, highlights LGBT travelers 422 shopping sights tourist information tours 402 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 travel seasons 388 travel to/from travel within walking tour 407, 407 Los Angeles Rams 401 Los Feliz 392, 408 Los Olivos Lost Coast Lost Horizon 379 Lotusland 379 Lundy Canyon 727, Lundy Lake 716, 726 M MacKerricher State Park 250 Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Malibu 350, 397, 351 Mammoth Lakes , 719, 724 Manchester 241 maps 46, 53, 56, 773 marbled murrelet 279 marijuana 24, 275 Marin County 72, 120, , 121, 126-7, 55 accommodations 120 climate 120 food 120 highlights 121 travel seasons 120 Marin Headlands 122-4, marine reserves Bodega Marine Laboratory & Reserve 233 Fitzgerald Marine Reserve 166 Gerstle Cove Marine Reserve 237 Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 299 North Coast Marine Mammal Center 283 San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological Reserve 483 Mariposa Mariposa Grove markets Avila Beach 341 Barlow 213 Chico Davis 594 Fresno Healdsburg 225 Hollywood 393 Kings Canyon National Park 703 Mt Shasta 570 Napa 179, 181 North Yuba River 625 Oakland 143 Occidental Oxbow 179 Quincy 564 Sacramento 589 San Francisco 107 Santa Cruz 293 Santa Rosa 222 Sebastopol 213 St Helena 187 Stockton 604 Sutter Creek 632 Ventura 383 Visalia 609 Weaverville 579 Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Martin, Dean 396 McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park 575 McCloud McGee Creek 723 McWay Falls 316 medical services 771 measures 770 Meeks Bay 656 Meier, Richard 395, 756 Mendocino 15, 242-7, 243, 15 Merced Merced River Canyon Mill Valley Mirror Lake 679 Mission Bay Mission Beach 350, 464-5, 350 missions 20, 755 La Purísima 374 San Antonio De Padua 321 San Buenaventura 383 San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo 310 San Francisco Solano 201 San Gabriel 402 San Juan Bautista 329 San Juan Capistrano 455-6, 20 San Luis Obispo de Tolosa 335 San Luis Rey de Francia San Miguel Arca ngel Santa Barbara Santa Ínes 374 mobile phones 22, 776 Modesto 605 Modoc National Forest 577 Mojave 536 Mojave National Preserve monarch butterflies 347, 708, 709 money 22, 770-1, Mono Lake , 712 Monroe, Marilyn 396 Montan a de Oro State Park 328 Monte Rio 217, Montecito 377 Monterey 17, , 302, 308 accommodations activities drinking & nightlife entertainment 306 festivals & events 303 food 305 shopping 306 tourist information 306 travel to/from Monterey Peninsula 308 Morro Bay Moss Landing motorcycle travel road trips mountain biking 51-3, see also bicycling Calistoga 193 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Lake Almanor 560 Mammoth Lakes Marin Headlands 123 Monterey 303 Mt Tamalpais State Park 134 North Yuba River 623 Reno (Nevada) 622 South Lake Tahoe Truckee & Donner Lake 662 movie studios 393 Mt Diablo State Park Mt Konocti 253 Mt Lassen Mt Shasta 19, , 566, 19 Mt Shasta City Mt Tamalpais State Park Mt Whitney Muir Beach Muir Woods National Monument 135 Murphys murrelets 279 museums & galleries 27-8 Agua Caliente Cultural Museum 497 Amador Whitney Museum 630 Anderson Valley Historical Society Museum Anglim Gilbert Gallery 97

8 793 Asian Art Museum 79 Balboa Park Museums 460 Battleship Iowa 399 Bay Area Discovery Museum 125 Bay Model Visitors Center 125 Beat Museum 83 Beauty Bubble Salon & Museum 513 Bernhard Museum Complex 616 Borax Museum 529 Bowers Museum 438 Broad 24, 389 Cable Car Museum 95 California African American Museum 401 California Museum California Route 66 Museum 523 California Science Center 401 California State Mining & Mineral Museum 697 California State Railroad Museum 588 California Surf Museum 493 Cantor Arts Center 161 Castle Air Museum 605 Chabot Space & Science Center 144 Charles M Schulz Museum 222 Chew Kee Store Museum 630 Children s Discovery Museum 164 Children s Museum of Sonoma County Chinese Historical Society of America 83 Chinese Temple & Museum Complex 596 Columbia Museum 636 Computer History Museum 161 Contemporary Jewish Museum 79 Courthouse Museum 551 Creativity Explored 99 Crocker Art Museum 588 Dai Loy Museum 593 Dali Davis Transmedia Art Walk 594 de Young Museum 98 Diego Rivera Gallery 95 Discovery Cube 438 Discovery Cube s Ocean Quest 444 DTLA 24 Eastern California Museum 729 El Dorado County Historical Museum 627 Elverhøj Museum of History & Art 374 End of the Trail Museum 282 Exploratorium 87 Firehouse No 1 Museum 620 First McDonald s Museum Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center 671 Fresno Art Museum 607 Galería de la Raza 99 Gaslamp Museum & William Heath Davis House 461 Gatekeeper s Museum & Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum 658 Getty Center 395 Getty Villa 397 Giant Forest Museum 705 Gold Country Museum 616 Goldwell Open Air Museum 531 Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House 258 Grammy Museum 389 Griffith Observatory 392 Haggin Museum 604 Hammer Museum 396 Hans Christian Andersen Museum 373 Healdsburg Museum 225 Heritage Center Museum 301 Hess Collection 174 Highland Art Center 578 Historical Museum (McCloud) 574 Hollywood Museum 389 Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens 402 International Surfing Museum 442 JJ Jackson Memorial Museum 578 Joss House 616 Kelley House Museum Kern County Museum 610 Kidseum 438 Kinetic Museum Eureka 270 La Brea Tar Pits & Museum Laguna Art Museum 450 Lake Tahoe Historical Society Museum 643 Lassen Historical Museum 562 Lawrence Hall of Science 153 Laws Railroad Museum & Historic Site 724 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Luggage Store Gallery 79 MACLA 162 Maidu Museum & Historical Site 618 Mammoth Museum 718 Mariposa Museum & History Center 684 Maritime Museum 464 Mendocino Art Center 244 Mendocino County Museum 261 Mob Museum MOCA Grand 389 Mono County Museum 711 Monterey Museum of Art 301 Morris Graves Museum of Art 270 Morro Bay Skateboard Musuem 326 Mountain Light Gallery MOXI 347 Murphys Old Timers Museum 635 Museum of Art & History Museum of Latin American Art Museum of Making Music 492 Museum of Tolerance 396 Museum of Ventura County 382 Museum of Western Film History 730 Napa Valley Museum 184 National Atomic Testing Museum 542 National Automobile Museum 670 National Steinbeck Center 330 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 401 Nature Center at Happy Isles 679 Nevada Historical Society Museum 671 Nevada Museum of Art 670 New Children s Museum 460 Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum 513 North Star Mining Museum Northcoast Artists Gallery 248 Norton Simon Museum 402 Oakland Museum of California 141 Olympic Museum 661 Orange County Museum of Art 444 Pacific Pinball Museum 146 Palm Springs Air Museum 499 Palm Springs Art Museum 497 Palm Springs Art Museum, Architecture & Design Center 497 Patrick Amiot Junk Art 213 Pence Gallery 594 Petersen Automotive Museum 394 Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology 151 Pinball Hall of Fame 542 Placer County Museum 616 Plumas County Museum 563 Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum 129 Real Goods Solar Living Center 252 Ren Brown Collection Gallery 233 Robert Louis Stevenson Museum 187 Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum 162 Route 66 Mother Road Museum 524 Ruddy s 1930s General Store Museum Sacramento History Museum 588 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 24, 78 San Jose Museum of Art 162 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art 335 Sanctuary Exploration Center 289 Santa Barbara Historical Museum 348 Santa Barbara Maritime Museum 349 Santa Barbara Museum of Art 352 INDEX M

9 794 INDEX M-P Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 348 Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 290 Santa Cruz Surfing Museum 289 SF Camerawork 79 Sharpsteen Museum 193 Shoshone Museum 534 Siskiyou County Museum 582 Sisson Museum 568 Skirball Cultural Center 397 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 203 State Indian Museum 586 Studios on the Park 332 Takara Sake 154 Tech Museum of Innovation 162 Triangle Tattoo & Museum 248 Tuolumne County Museum 637 Turtle Bay Exploration Park 551 UC Berkeley Art Museum 150 UC Museum of Paleontology 151 US Naval Museum of Armament & Technology 537 USS Midway Museum Watson Cabin 658 Western America Railroad Museum 524 World-Famous Crochet Museum 513 Yosemite Museum 679 music N Napa , 197, 180 Napa Valley 72, 171, , 172, 185, 190, see also Wine Country national parks & reserves 26-7, 765 Anacapa Island 385 Channel Islands National Park Death Valley National Park Joshua Tree National Park , King Range National Conservation Area 265 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 Kings Canyon National Park , 700-1, 55 Lassen Volcanic National Park 18, 556-9, 558-9, 18 Los Padres National Forest Maritime National Historical Park 83-7 Mendocino National Forest 261 Mojave National Preserve Pinnacles National Park 331 Point Reyes National Seashore 20, , 20 Redwood National Park Santa Cruz Island 385 Sequoia National Park , , 74, , 676-7, 680-1, 12 Neutra, Richard 393 Nevada City Nevada County Newport Beach 444-8, 446 newspapers 770 Nicasio nightlife 27, see also individual locations Nike Missile Site SF Nipton 527 Nixon, Richard 441 North Coast 73, , 231 accommodations 230 climate 230 food 230 highlights 231 travel seasons 230 travel within 232 North County Coast , 490 North Yuba River Northern Mountains 74, , 550 accommodations 549 climate 549 food 549 highlights 550 travel seasons 549 O Oakhurst 696 Oakland , 142 Oakville 187 Occidental Oceanside O Dell, Scott 385 Ojai Ojai Valley 379 Old Towne Orange Olema olive oil 224 opening hours 774 Orange County 73, , 427 accommodations 426 climate 426 food 426 highlights 427 travel seasons 426 Oroville P Pacific Coast Hwy, see Highway 1 Pacific Grove 307, 309 Pacific Palisades 397 Pacifica Palm Springs 12, 74, 495, , 496, 498, 12 accommodations 495, activities climate 495 drinking & nightlife 506 entertainment 506 festivals & events food 495, highlights 496 shopping 502 sights travel seasons 495 travel to/from 508 travel within 508 Paramount Pictures 402 parks & gardens, see also national parks & reserves, state parks & reserves Adventure Playground 153 Alamo Square Park 97 Balboa Park Bartholomew Park 202 Beachfront Park 283 Berkeley Rose Garden Bidwell Park 598 California Carnivores 213 Carlsbad Ranch Flower Fields 492 Commons Beach 658 Cornerstone Sonoma 203 Crissy Field 87-9 Dolores Park 99 Dunsmuir City Park 571 Forestiere Underground Gardens 607 Golden Gate National Recreation Area 122 Golden Gate Park 98 Griffith Park 392 Hangtown s Gold Bug Park & Mine 628 Huntington Park 95 Kaweah Oak Preserve 608 Kingsburg Historical Park 613 Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden 402 Lotusland 379 Luther Burbank Home & Gardens 222 Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens 248 Micke Grove Regional Park & Zoo Monarch Grove Sanctuary 307 Moorten Botanical Gardens 499 Mt Shasta City Park 568 People s Park 151 Pismo Beach Monarch Butterfly Grove 342 Point Fermin Park 399 Point Sur State Historic Park 315 Quarryhill Botanical Garden 207 Ranch Corral de Tierra 166 Red Bluff Recreation Area 600 Roeding Park 607 Romano Gabriel Wooden Sculpture Garden 270 Sacramento River Headwaters 568 San Diego Botanic Garden 488 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Sequoia Park 270 Shields Date Garden 500 Shoreline Park 348 Tilden Regional Park 152 Trinity County Historical Park 578 Turtle Bay Exploration Park 551 UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley 153 UC Davis Arboretum 594 Woodward Park 607 Pasadena Paso Robles passports 779 Patrick s Point State Park Pelican State Beach 285 Pescadero Petrolia 266

10 795 Pinnacles National Park 331 Pioneertown 515 Pismo Beach Placerville planning, see also individual locations budgeting 22-3 calendar of events California s regions 72-4 children, travel with internet resources 22-3 itineraries 32-7 repeat visitors 24 road trips travel seasons 22, Plymouth Point Arena Point Piedras Blancas 321 Point Reyes National Seashore 20, , 20 Point Reyes Station police 773 politics population 747 postal services 774 Praire Creek Redwoods State Park Pride Month 30 Primm public holidays Pyramid Lake 673 Q Quincy R radio 770 rafting, see white-water rafting Red Bluff Redding 551-4, 552 Reds Meadow redwood forests 11, 73, , 11 Avenue of the Giants Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree Park 263 Grove of the Old Trees 215 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Muir Woods 135 Northern Redwood Coast , 276 Redwood National Park Southern Redwood Coast , 263 religion 735 Reno (Nevada) Richardson Grove State Park 263 Ridgecrest Rivera, Diego 79, 95 road trips & scenic drives Mile Drive 311 Coleman Valley 219 Hwy 1 South of Pismo Beach 343 Newton B Drury Scenic Parkway 280 Topanga Canyon 397 rock climbing Bishop 725 Donner Summit 664 Joshua Tree National Park Rock Creek 723 Rockefeller Forest rodeos 330 Rodia, Simon 401 Rose Bowl & Parade 29 Route 66 40, 522-6, 41 Russian River Area , 210 Russian River Valley 16, Rutherford 187 RVs 784 S Sacramento 74, , Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Sacramento Valley , 584 safety road swimming 46 sailing, see boat travel Salinas Salt Point State Park Salton Sea 516 Samoa Peninsula 273 San Andreas Fault 237 San Anselmo 130 San Diego 15, 73, , 459, 462, 466, 470, 474, 15 accommodations 458, activities climate 458 drinking & nightlife entertainment festivals & events food 458, free stuff 460 highlights 459 LGBT travelers 473 shopping 479 sights tourist information 480 tours 467 travel seasons 458 travel to/from travel within websites 465 San Francisco 11, 72, , 77, 80-1, 86, 88-91, 94, 7, accommodations 76, activities bicycle travel cable cars 92-3, 92, 92-3 climate 76 courses drinking & nightlife emergencies 117 entertainment Ferry Building 79, 107, 62 festivals & events food 76, highlights 77 internet access 117 medical services 117 safety 117 shopping sights tourist information 118 tours travel seasons 76 travel to/from 118 travel within walking tours 96, 96 San Gabriel Valley San Joaquin Valley San Jose San Juan Bautista San Juan Capistrano San Luis Obispo 335-9, 337 San Luis Obispo Bay 340 San Miguel San Pedro San Rafael San Simeon Santa Barbara 16, , 17 accommodations activities beaches 349 drinking & nightlife entertainment festivals & events 354 food itineraries 353 shopping 365 sights tourist information tours 354, 372 travel to/from 366 travel within walking tours 352 wine tasting 363 wineries , 368 Santa Barbara County 73, , 346, 17 accommodations 345 climate 345 food 345 highlights 346 travel seasons 345 Santa Barbara Wine Country , 368 Santa Cruz , 290, 298 accommodations activities beaches 289 drinking & nightlife entertainment 296 festivals & events 292 food shopping 296 sights tourist information 296 travel to/from 297 Santa Cruz Island 385 Santa Cruz Mountains 297 Santa Monica 13, 350, 397-8, 420, 45, 350 Santa Monica Bay 399 Santa Rita Hills Wine Trail Santa Rosa Santa Ynez Valley Sausalito 124-9, 128 scenic drives, see road trips & scenic drives Schulz, Charles 222 Scotia Scott Valley Sea Ranch Seal Beach sea lions 708, 709 seals 322, 708, 708 Sebastopol Sequoia National Park , Shasta Dam 555 Shasta Lake Shasta State Historic Park 554 Shelter Cove 266 shopping 28, see also individual locations Shoshone 534 Sierra City Sierra Nevada 74, , INDEX P-S

11 796 INDEX S accommodations 675 climate 675 food 675 highlights travel seasons 675 Sierra Vista Scenic Byway 696 Silicon Valley 160, 735, 744, 751 Silver Lake 392-3, 408 Simpson-Reed Grove 281 Sinkyone Wilderness State Park 265 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard 130 Siskiyou Mountains 581 skating Mt Shasta 568 Newport Beach 445 San Francisco Santa Rosa 223 Venice skiing, snowboarding & snowshoeing 58 Big Bear Lake Almanor 560 Lake Tahoe 641, 647, 649, 57 Mammoth Lakes 718 Mono Lake 717 Mt Shasta 567 South Lake Tahoe Squaw Valley 661 Tahoe City Truckee & Donner Lake Smith River National Recreation Area 281 smoking 775 snorkeling, see diving & snorkeling snow sports, see skiing, snowboarding & snowshoeing Solana Beach Solvang Sonoma 200-6, 202 Sonoma Coast State Beach Sonoma Valley 72, 171, , 172, 198, see also Wine Country Sonora South Lake Tahoe , 644 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 South Yuba River State Park 622 spas, see also hot springs Calistoga Finnish Country Sauna & Tubs Osmosis 216 Palm Springs 502 San Francisco 100 Sonoma 203 Spa Gregorie s 444 Spa Ojai 380 Spider-Man 401 sports 748 Squaw Valley St Helena Stanford University state parks & reserves 26-7, 765 Andrew Molera State Park 315 An o Nuevo State Park Anza-Borrego Desert State Park , 518 Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve 217 Auburn State Recreation Area Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park 192 Big Basin Redwoods State Park 297 Bodie State Historic Park Bothe-Napa Valley State Park 193 Brannan Island State Recreation Area 593 Butano State Park 168 Calaveras Big Trees State Park 635 Castle Crags State Park 573 China Camp State Park 131 Clear Lake State Park 253 Columbia State Historic Park 636 Crystal Cove State Park 350, , 351 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park 281 DL Bliss State Park 656 Donner Memorial State Park 662 Ed Z berg Sugar Pine Point State Park Emerald Bay State Park Empire Mine State Historic Park 618 Estero Bluffs State Park 324 Fort Ross State Historic Park 237 Garrapata State Park 313 Harmony Headlands State Park 323 Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park 297 Humboldt Lagoons State Park 279 Humboldt Redwoods State Park Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park 632 Jack London State Historic Park Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park 281 Jug Handle State Reserve 247 Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park 316 Kruse Rhododendron State Reserve 237 La Purísima Mission State Historic Park 343 Lake Oroville State Recreation Area 596 Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park 670 Limekiln State Park 316 MacKerricher State Park 250 Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park 575 Montan a de Oro State Park 328 Monterey State Historic Park 300 Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve 260 Mt Diablo State Park Mt San Jacinto State Park 500 Mt Tamalpais State Park Old Town San Diego State Historic Park 463 Patrick s Point State Park Pescadero State Beach & Marsh Natural Preserve Petrified Forest 193 Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Point Lobos State Natural Reserve 310 Praire Creek Redwoods State Park Railtown 1897 State Historic Park 637 Richardson Grove State Park 263 Robert Louis Stevenson State Park Salt Point State Park San Juan Bautista State Historic Park 329 Shasta State Historic Park 554 Sinkyone Wilderness State Park 265 South Yuba River State Park 622 Sugarloaf Ridge State Park 207 Sutter s Fort State Historic Park 586 Tolowa Dunes State Park Torrey Pines State Natural Preserve Van Damme State Park Will Rogers State Historic Park 397 William B Ide Adobe State Historic Park 600 Stateline Steinbeck, John 329 Stevenson, Robert Louis 192, 300 Stewart Mineral Springs 571 Stinson Beach 136 Stockton Summerland Sunnyside surfing 19, 45-8, 748, 19 Bodega Bay 234 Bolinas 137 California Surf Museum 493 Cardiff-by-the-Sea 488 Encinitas 488 Half Moon Bay 168 Huntington Beach 442 Monterey Newport Beach 444 Oceanside 494 Pacifica 166 San Diego 465 Santa Barbara 353 Santa Cruz 291-2, 297 Trestles 456 Trinidad 277 Susanville Sutter Creek swimming 44-6

12 797 Agua Caliente Regional Park Chico 598 Furnace Creek 530 Gold Country 622 Groveland 698 Quincy 563 South Lake Tahoe 646 South Yuba River T Tahoe City Tahoe Vista 667 Tahoma 657 Tecopa telephone services 22-3, 776 Temecula 493 temples City of Ten Thousand Buddhas 260 Kwan Tai Temple Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple 603 theater 757 theme parks, see amusement parks Tiburon Tijuana time 22, 276 Tioga Pass 685 Tioga Road toilets 776 Tolowa Dunes State Park tortoises 708, 708 tourist information , 776 train travel Amtrak 21, 780-1, 785-6, 21 historic trains 248, 261 scenic railways 786 travel to/from California travel within California 781 Treasure Island 300 Trees of Mystery 282 trekking, see hiking Trestles 456 Trinidad Trinity Lake Truckee Tuolumne Meadows tule fog 595 TV 770, see also film & TV Twin Lakes U Ukiah Universal Studios 393 Upper Mojave Desert Urban Light 394 USS Midway 464 USS Pampanito 95 USS Potomac 143 V vacations Van Damme State Park vegetarian travelers 71 Venice 13, 398, 420, 13 Ventana Wilderness 317 Ventura Vichy Springs Resort 259 vineyards, see wineries Virginia Lakes 715 Visalia visas 22 visual arts Volcano volunteering 778 W walking, see hiking walking tours Los Angeles 407, 407 San Francisco 96, 96 Santa Barbara 352 Walt Disney Concert Hall 389 water 602 water sports 44-8, 56-8, see also individual water sports Wawona 683 weather 29-31, see also individual locations Weaverville Weedpatch Camp 611 weights 770 West Hollywood 393-5, 412 Westport 251 Westside 416 Westwood whale-watching 29, 58, 241, 708, 708 Bodega Head 233 Fort Bragg 248 Klamath 282 Mendocino 244 Monterey 301, 17 Morro Bay 326 Point Reyes 140 San Diego 467 San Francisco 100 Santa Cruz 292 whaling 321 Whiskeytown Lake white-water rafting 56-8 Auburn Coloma-Lotus Valley 626 Kern River Merced River Canyon 696 Mt Shasta 568 Sonora 637 Truckee 659, 664 Willow Creek , 696 Wiesenthal, Simon 396 wildflowers 764, 766 wildlife 269, 590, 708-9, 762-4, 775-6, wildlife reserves, see also marine reserves Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary 273 Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge 269 Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Lake Earl Wildlife Area Martin Griffin Preserve 136 Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge 596 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve 444 Wild Horse Sanctuary 560 Willits Winchester Mystery House 163 windsurfing 52, 155, 161, 664 wine 66-8, 201, 206 Wine Country 72, , 172 accommodations 171 climate 171 food 171 highlights 172 tours 175, 179 travel seasons 171 wine tasting 189 wineries Alexander Valley Alpen Cellars 578 Amador County 630 Anderson Valley 256 Avenue of the Giants 267 Boeger Winery 628 Bogle 592 Bonny Doon Vineyard 252 Calistoga 193 Carmel Valley 312 Clear Lake 253 Dry Creek Valley Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery 605 Hopland 252 Ironstone Vineyards 635 Lodi 603 Napa Valley Nevada City Winery 620 Occidental 215 Ojai Vineyard Tasting Room 379 Pacific Star Winery 251 Paso Robles 332 Placerville 628 Riaza Wines 603 Russian River Valley Santa Barbara , 368 Santa Cruz Mountains 297 Santa Rina Hills Santa Ynez Valley Sonoma Valley , 208 Temecula 493 Ukiah 260 Yountville 184 Y Yogananda, Paramahansa 488 Yosemite Falls 678 Yosemite High Sierra Camps , 74, , 676-7, 680-1, 12, 26 accommodations 675 climate 675 food 675 highlights travel seasons 675, Yosemite Valley 678-9, 682-3, 695 Yountville Yreka 582 Z zoos California Academy of Sciences 98 Living Desert Zoo & Gardens 500 Micke Grove Regional Park & Zoo Safari West 192 San Diego Safari Park 489 San Diego Zoo 460 Santa Barbara Zoo 348 Sequoia Park 270 INDEX S-Z

13 798 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Map Legend Sights Beach Bird Sanctuary Buddhist Castle/Palace Christian Confucian Hindu Islamic Jain Jewish Monument Museum/Gallery/Historic Building Ruin Shinto Sikh Taoist Winery/Vineyard Zoo/Wildlife Sanctuary Other Sight Activities, Courses & Tours Bodysurfing Diving Canoeing/Kayaking Course/Tour Sento Hot Baths/Onsen Skiing Snorkeling Surfing Swimming/Pool Walking Windsurfing Other Activity Sleeping Eating Sleeping Camping Eating Drinking & Nightlife Drinking & Nightlife Cafe Entertainment Entertainment Shopping Shopping Information Bank Embassy/Consulate Hospital/Medical Internet Police Post Office Telephone Toilet Tourist Information Other Information Geographic Beach Gate Hut/Shelter Lighthouse Lookout Mountain/Volcano Oasis Park Pass Picnic Area Waterfall Population Capital (National) Capital (State/Province) City/Large Town Town/Village Transport Airport BART station Border crossing Boston T station Bus Cable car/funicular Cycling Ferry Metro/Muni station Monorail Parking Petrol station Subway/SkyTrain station Taxi Train station/railway Tram Underground station Other Transport Note: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book Routes Tollway Freeway Primary Secondary Tertiary Lane Unsealed road Road under construction Plaza/Mall Steps Tunnel Pedestrian overpass Walking Tour Walking Tour detour Path/Walking Trail Boundaries International State/Province Disputed Regional/Suburb Marine Park Cliff Wall Hydrography River, Creek Intermittent River Canal Water Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake Reef Areas Airport/Runway Beach/Desert Cemetery (Christian) Cemetery (Other) Glacier Mudflat Park/Forest Sight (Building) Sportsground Swamp/Mangrove

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