Looking for the best beaches in San Diego for families? Here are 10 kid-approved spots with calm water, parking, restrooms, and everything you need for a stress-free beach day.
Big Sur camping reservations are the single biggest obstacle between you and one of the most beautiful camping experiences in California. Every major campground along the 90-mile Highway 1 corridor books up within minutes of Read more…
Things to do in Pinnacles National Park surprise almost everyone who visits — this small Central California park punches well above its weight with talus caves you crawl through by headlamp, California condors soaring overhead Read more…
Camping Northern California means choosing between ancient redwood forests, volcanic landscapes, wild Pacific coastline, alpine lake shores, and high desert — all within a few hours of each other. No other region in the country Read more…
June Lake Campground is one of the most beautiful and undervisited lakeside campgrounds in the Eastern Sierra — 28 sites nestled in a mixed aspen and pine forest directly on the shore of June Lake Read more…
Car camping Joshua Tree California is one of the most extraordinary desert experiences in the entire country — sleeping among ancient boulder formations under some of the darkest skies in Southern California, waking up to Read more…
Arch Rock Joshua Tree is one of the most popular and photogenic easy hikes in Joshua Tree National Park — a 1.4-mile lollipop loop leading to a dramatic 30-foot natural granite arch that frames desert Read more…
Plaskett Creek Campground is one of the most underrated camping destinations on the entire Big Sur coast — a spacious grassy campground in Los Padres National Forest just steps from Sand Dollar Beach, the largest Read more…
The belly of the dragon is one of the most unique and easy hikes in Southern Utah — a man-made drainage tunnel beneath Highway 89 whose sandstone walls have been carved by decades of flash Read more…