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Backcountry
ADVENTURES
NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
by Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE BACKCOUNTRY FOR ANYONE
WITH A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE
This huge guide covers
152 backcountry roads totaling 2,653 miles!
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The
award-winning Adventures series provides all the
information you need to guide you along Northern California's most
remote backcountry roads and 4WD trails:
- A broad range of trails suitable for anyone with a sport
utility vehicle
- Comprehensive maps to help you plan and navigate your route
- Detailed, step-by-step route directions
- Ratings for the degree of difficulty and scenic beauty of
each trail
- Driving times and distances for each trail
- GPS coordinates for each trail
- Tips on four-wheel driving techniques
- Histories of ghost towns and old mining camps
- Profiles of colorful characters who have played a part in
Northern California's history
- Information and photographs to identify animals and
wildflowers
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Explore 2,653
miles of backcountry in your SUV
Backcountry Adventures: Northern California provides detailed
directions for 152 backcountry roads
throughout Southern California, all suitable for stock sport utility
vehicles. All you need is an SUV, a sense of adventure, and your
copy of Backcountry Adventures: Northern California.
Adventures
galore!
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See Northern California's natural wonders up
close. Gaze over the state from atop the Sierra Nevada.
Explore the vast dry expanse of Pacific Coast.
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View Northern California's abundant wildlife in
its natural habitat.
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Walk the silent streets of ghost towns.
Imagine the explosive report of six-guns as Wild West lawmen and
gunslingers faced each other.
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Discover mines and mining camps that once
reverberated with the sounds of machines, and men hoping to find the
Mother Load.
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Follow in the footsteps of pioneers and early
settlers.
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Marvel at the artwork ancient Indian tribes,
preserved as petroglyphs, and pictographs.
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Drive along abandoned railroad beds where
thousands labored to lay the first tracks across the continent.
Follow the route taken by the Pony Express and Overland Stage.
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Access the best locations for backcountry
camping, hiking, snowmobiling, mountain-bike and trail-bike riding,
hunting and fishing.
Winner of Four
Prestigious Awards
"With the impressive amount of detail that is given
to every aspect of this travel guide, you would expect the trail coverage
to be better still - and it is." ..."The wealth of information
makes it second to none, and the presentation makes it a pleasure to
read." 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine
8 1/2" x 10 7/8" Soft Cover
634 pages, four-color throughout
Samples of Graphics and Directions Provided
for each of the 152 Trails
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Typical map provided for every
trail.
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Typical table of key features
(partial) of the trail include:
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Typical Route Directions
(partial)
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Ratings for the
degree of difficulty and scenic beauty · Driving times and
distances · Detailed notes on the history, features, and driving
conditions · Contact phone numbers to get up to the minute
information on trail conditions · Map references · Special
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Detailed step-by-step
directions to navigate the trail in either direction including GPS
coordinates. |
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