Based on the Bay Area's television show Bay Area backroads, these cards offer fifty Northern California adventures. Each card is illustrated with a full color photograph on one side. The other side features a description of the place to visit and detailed directions as to how to get there.

Every week, hundreds of thousands of Northern Californians tune in to Bay Area Backroads for the best ideas on day trips, weekend getaways, and other adventuresit's the highest-rated local TV program in the San Francisco Bay Area. This first book from host Doug McConnell features 50 of his best backroad explorations, primarily in the immediate San Francisco Bay Area, but also extending to the northern redwoods, east to the Sierra Nevada, and south to San Luis Obispo. Each destination features gorgeous color photographs by Stacy Geiken. Including both unique approaches to popular destinations and a wide variety of lesser-known sights, Bay Area Backroads provides adventurers and armchair travelers alike with a fun new way to see Northern California.

California's most authoritative and dynamic travelers have combined tried-and-true favorite entries from their three bestselling Bay Area Backroads books with their latest discoveries to present this completely up-to-date guide to out-of-the-way sights in Northern California. Illustrations. Index.

A completely new volume of backroad sites and attractions, with hundreds of places never before listed.

From Sonoma to Santa Cruz, east to Solono and beyond, this unique guide surpasses any other in placing the best and most unusual Bay Area dining and lodging at the reader's fingertips.

A guide to exploring the natural beauty and historic sites of the Pacific coast via a selection of lesser-known scenic routes throughout California. From sprawling beaches to dramatic cliffs, the landscapes carved out by the mighty Pacific Ocean have been a destination for adventure and discovery since the earliest Spanish explorers arrived in the 1600s. While here and there the coastal wilderness has given way to California’s largest and most cosmopolitan cities, the backroads and mountain lanes afford countless opportunities to experience the quiet of nature or explore the history of centuries-old communities. Visit sleepy fishing villages and historic landmarks of the Old West; hike through lush wilderness and fish in clear mountain streams; or catch some waves at one of the many pristine beaches along California’s glorious coastline. With glorious color photography and detailed descriptions, maps, and directions, Backroads of the California Coast offers two dozen fascinating and scenic journeys through some of the nation’s most glorious landscapes.

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