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 on 9-foot wingspans, volcanic rock spires rising hundreds of feet, and some of the most 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 packs this much camping variety into a single geographic area. Whether you’re planning a weekend 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 at 7,600 feet elevation, with stunning Sierra Nevada peaks visible from throughout the grounds. June 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 Joshua trees silhouetted against a pink desert sunrise. Joshua Tree National Park has 9 campgrounds 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 sky and boulder formations in a way that makes for extraordinary photographs. The arch rock 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 sandy beach in the Big Sur area. While Kirk Creek gets most of the attention 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 floods into a ribcage-like passage that genuinely looks like the inside of a dragon. It’s Read more…
June Lake Loop camping is one of the most scenic and undervisited camping experiences in the entire Eastern Sierra. The 16-mile loop off Highway 395 strings together four stunning mountain lakes — June Lake, Gull Lake, Silver Lake, and Grant Lake — all backed by 11,000 and 12,000-foot Sierra Nevada Read more…
The best campgrounds in Northern California cover more diverse terrain than almost any other region in the country — ancient redwood forests, volcanic landscapes, dramatic Pacific coastline, alpine lake shores, and desert-adjacent high desert all within a few hours of each other. Finding the best campgrounds in Northern California depends Read more…
The best time to visit Redwood National Park depends entirely on what kind of experience you’re after — and the honest answer is that every season offers something genuinely worth seeing. The towering coastal redwoods, some over 2,000 years old, look extraordinary in every light and every weather condition. But Read more…