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The Redwood Route Rail Bikes Might be the Most Unique Adventure in Northern California
Photo by Benjamin Bateman There’s no place on the planet like the giant redwoods of Northern California. Towering high above…
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The 10 Most Amazing Giant Redwood Trees of Northern California
A newly-formed group of former rangers, naturalists and other outdoor enthusiasts has ranked the “ten most amazing” trees of Northern…
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The Journey to Potem Falls – NorCal’s Most Blissful Waterfall
Sitting just east of Redding on a remote stretch of water near the Pit River is a 70-foot waterfall that…
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Find an Adrenaline-Pumping Adventure in Redding, California
As the Gateway to the Northern California Wilderness, it comes as no surprise that extreme athletes flock to Redding looking…
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A Brand-New $2.3 Million ‘Redwood Canopy Walk’ Coming to Humboldt Zoo
A canopy walk animation from the Sequoia Park Zoo The Eureka City Council is looking to approve a contractor and…
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The Perfect Road Trip for Outdoor Adventurers in Siskiyou County
We work hard all week and it’s important to spend our days off enjoying life. If you choose to enjoy…
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Ice Fishing at Mount Shasta’s Castle Lake
You typically won’t hear the words “ice fishing” and “Northern California” muttered in the same breath, but there’s a destination…
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Go Off-The-Grid in this Remote Treehouse in the Northern California Wilderness
Photo: AirBnB Some people prefer the luxuries of glamping compared to roughing it in the wilderness. If that’s the case,…
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The Trail to Whiskeytown Falls Reopens Following 19-Month Closure Due to the Carr Fire
Photo by David Wood The Carr Fire ripped through Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in July 2018, burning through 90 percent…
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Stay Overnight at a Historic Northern California Lighthouse
There are so many great adventures to be had in Northern California, but there may be none as relaxing and…
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Find 18 Waterfalls Surrounding a Massive Volcano in California’s Far North
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Photo by Ian Chen When many people think of California, they think of the beaches…
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Yosemite’s 2019 Visitor Statistics Show the Best Ways to Avoid the Crowds
Flickr/Taylor Davis Yosemite National Park released its 2019 attendance statistics and it shows another year of massive crowds. The National…
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Northern California is Home to the ‘World’s Smallest Mountain Range’
In Northern California, we have a lot going for us. We have multiple active volcanos, pristine National Parks, a beautiful…
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Sledding at Snowman’s Hill in Mt. Shasta
Right off Highway 89 between Mt. Shasta and McCloud sits a historic hill known to be one of the best…
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Hiking the Three Tiers of McCloud Falls in the Snow
Most people like to hike to Northern California’s amazing waterfalls in the spring or summer. That’s fair. There’s nothing wrong…
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20 Reasons Why Redding is the Gateway to California’s Breathtaking Wilderness
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: Turtle Bay If you look at Redding, California on a map, you’ll see…
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Bay Area
New Naturalist-Led Backpacking Trips in Santa Cruz Mountains Offered by California State Parks
Have you wanted to explore the Northern California wilderness but just don’t know where to start? Or maybe your brave…
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Yosemite’s Popular ‘Firefall’ Natural Phenomenon is Returning in February
Flickr/Wayne Hsieh Adventure seekers and photographers are preparing to flock to Yosemite National Park, trekking through the mounds of snow…
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National Parks are Free on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here’s Where You Should Go in NorCal.
Hikers in the Redwood National and State Parks On Martin Luther King Jr. Day you can celebrate by visiting any…
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The Ultimate Bucket List for Winter in Siskiyou County
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou It’s wintertime in NorCal, with fresh snow draping the beautiful mountains of California’s Far…
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Mount Shasta Named One of the ‘Best Secret Ski Towns in North America’ by National Geographic
There are some great ski towns in Northern California that get a ton of national press. Places like Truckee, South…
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7 Hidden Outdoor Gems Near Redding, California
Brought to you by Visit Redding There are so many beautiful outdoor destinations that have put Redding, California on the…
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How You Can Snowshoe an Active Volcano for FREE in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: National Park Service With mounds of snow in the Northern California mountains, adventurers…
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How this Man’s ‘Hell’ Became One of Northern California’s Most Popular Destinations
Bumpass Hell is a popular destination for people traveling through Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen is chock-full of hydrothermal activity,…
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Two NorCal Destinations Make Forbes List of ‘Best Places to Visit in 2020’
Forbes has released it’s list of the 25 Best Places To Visit In 2020 and Northern California got a lot…
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3 Northern California Snowshoe Hikes with a Waterfall Payoff
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Lower McCloud Falls under a blanket of snow. It’s wintertime in Northern California, possibly…
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The Brand-New Trailhead to Mossbrae Falls is Coming Closer to Reality
Flickr/CheWei Chang Anyone that’s ever had the pleasure of visiting Northern California’s most unique waterfall, Mossbrae Falls, knows its well…
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Spending a Beautiful Winter Day in Mount Shasta
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou It’s winter in Northern California and one of our favorite ways to spend a…
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The NorCal Town Named ‘Rough and Ready’ Once Seceded from the United States
The only way you’ve probably heard of Rough and Ready, California is if you’ve driven on Highway 20 between Yuba…
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We Visited 5 Breweries in a Day on the Siskiyou Beer Trail
With Siskiyou County’s endless opportunity for outdoor adventure, it also packs with it some of the best craft beer in…
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This NorCal Town Transforms into a Victorian Christmas Wonderland Every Saturday in December
McCloud, California December has arrived, meaning people are donning their homes with Christmas lights, decorating their trees with ornaments and…
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7 Incredible Winter Adventures Near Redding, California
It’s officially winter in Northern California, which means we’ll be trading in our shorts and sun-tan lotion for scarves and…
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Visiting the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California
The areas surrounding Redding, California are world-renown for there incredible outdoor destinations. But if you’re looking for a great place…
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NorCal’s Frozen Gem – The Siskiyou Ice Rink is a Unique Winter Experience
Whether it’s a sunny day under the shadow of Mt. Shasta or a cold night under bright, illuminating stars, the…
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The Siskiyou Ice Rink is Open for the Winter Season!
The thrill of ice skating right beneath the majestic Mount Shasta while feeling the crisp winter air of Northern California…
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Take an Exhilarating Ride Down Heavenly Resort’s Mountain Coaster
You may not be a fan of skiing or snowboarding, but there are plenty of reasons to head up to…
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11 State and National Parks to Explore Near Redding, California
Brought to you by Visit Redding Castle Crags State Park It’s been said that Redding, California is the “Gateway to…
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The 10 Best Bike Rides in Tahoe
Photo: Bike Tahoe There are a lot of opportunities for a great bike ride in Northern California, but the best…
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Find America’s Oldest Juniper Tree in the Northern California Mountains
Photo: Save the Redwoods League Sitting about 160-miles southeast of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada mountains is a tree so…
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Sports
These Fishermen Traverse Class V Rapids to Catch BIG Trout on the American River
“To find the goods, you have to be willing to go to places where no one else is willing to…
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An Underground Adventure in Lassen’s Subway Cave
Sitting in the Lassen National Forest is the Subway Cave, a beautiful cave formed thousands of years ago by flowing…
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Celebrate Veteran’s Day at Living Memorial Sculpture Garden Near Mount Shasta
Photo: Discover Siskiyou Every year, Veteran’s Day sits as a reminder to all Americans about the sacrifice made by the…
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The Best View of Lake Tahoe? The Breathtaking Hike to Monkey Rock
View this post on Instagram Tahoe’s Monkey Rock enjoying the spring weather. 📷: @bueller.bueller . . . . . .…
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Falling for Redding: Your Ultimate Guide to Autumn Activities in Shasta County
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: Visit Redding It’s autumn in Northern California, with the foliage that grew all…
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Take a Walk Through History in this Ghost Town just Outside Redding, California
Brought to you by Visit Redding Shasta State Historic Park. Photo: Visit Redding In the mid-1800’s, the town of Shasta…
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The Best Places to Go Bird Watching in Siskiyou County
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife In a world with…
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Hiking into an Ancient Lava Tube at Mount Shasta’s Pluto’s Cave
Just on the north side of Mount Shasta sits Pluto’s Cave, an ancient lava tube that zig-zags in and out…
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Hiking to Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the best kept secrets in Northern California, as its a hotbed of volcanic…
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Falling for Siskiyou County: The Ultimate Autumn Bucket List for California’s True North
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou Flickr/D.O’Brien The season’s changing in Northern California. The days are getting shorter, the leaves…
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Hike Underneath a Waterfall at Dunsmuir’s Hedge Creek Falls
Similar to hideout entrances seen in Batman movies and the Legend of Zorro, Hedge Creek Falls cascades in front of…
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Discover a Captivating Underground World at Lake Shasta Caverns
It was a foregone conclusion that I would love the Shasta Caverns tour. First, you find it off the O’Brien…
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Exploring Redding’s Great Outdoors on the Sacramento River Trail
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: Visit Redding We’ve all felt like we were going in circles at some…
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Outside Magazine Lists the Best Hikes in Northern California National Parks
A list of the best hikes in every National Park in America was recently compiled by Outside Magazine, including the…
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Tapping California’s North: The Siskiyou Beer Trail
Brought to you by Discover Siskiyou There are few things that hand-in-hand with the outdoors, but as we’ve learned over…
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Following 17-Month Closure, Lassen’s Bumpass Hell Trailhead Reopens to the Public
Bumpass Hell, Lassen Volcanic National Park. Flickr/J. Philipp Krone On Friday, September 13th, Lassen Volcanic National Park officials brought joy…
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Hiking the Three Tiers of McCloud Falls
In McCloud, California sits one of the premiere outdoor destinations in Northern California. The three tiers of McCloud Falls offers…
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Lassen’s Famed Bumpass Hell Trailhead Set to Reopen to the Public
Photo: Lassen Volcanic National Park In April of 2018, Lassen Volcanic National Park officials closed the trailhead for its famed…
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The History of the McCloud River and its World-Famous Fish
Photo: California Trout It’s the strangest feeling. I can be standing for hours in a rushing trout stream totally absorbed…
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The 8 Best Places for a Kayaking Adventure Near Redding, California
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: Visit Redding In 2014, Time Magazine created a list of American cities and…
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The Stunning Hike to Kings Creek Falls in Lassen Volcanic National Park
We made the short trek from Redding, California to Lassen Volcanic National park to see one of the premiere destinations…
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7 Exhilarating Summit Hikes Around Redding, California
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo of Chip O’Brien on the Summit of Mt. Shasta “Doubly happy,” said John…
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Lassen Volcanic National Park Named ‘Yosemite Without the Crowds’ by Reader’s Digest
You don’t hear about Lassen Volcanic National Park when the top national parks in the United States are discussed, and…
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The Best Places to See the Perseid Meteor Shower in Northern California
Photo by Michael Andrews On the nights of August 12th and 13th, the Swift-Tuttle comet will put on an extraordinary…
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Celebrate Lassen’s Birthday with 2-Day Event in the Park – Discover Lassen
Lassen Volcanic National Park turns 103-years-old this week and the only way to celebrate this milestone is to head up…
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The Historic Hike To Faery Falls
Combining history and nature, the Ney Springs Canyon Trail near Siskiyou Lake in Mount Shasta City is an easy hike…
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An Unforgettable Summer Day on Shasta Lake
Brought to you by Visit Redding I had some good friends looking to come up from Los Angeles for the…
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Discover a Wildlife Utopia at Lassen’s Manzanita Lake
Sitting right outside Redding, California is one of the most underrated National Parks in the United States – Lassen Volcanic National Park.…
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The 8 Best Adventures in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Brought to you by Visit Redding Photo: Joe Parks Sitting right outside Redding, California is one of the most underrated…
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Best View in NorCal? The Unforgettable Hike to Heart Lake
We don’t take the designation of “Best View in NorCal” lightly. Northern California is full of beautiful destinations, and Mount…
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5 Awesome Adventures in the Lava Beds National Monument
Sitting in the the tippy-top of Northern California is one of the most beautiful, historical parks in all of California.…
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NorCal Destination Makes Outside Magazine’s List of ‘Best Campsites in the U.S.’
Flickr/daveynin When it comes to some of the best camping in the United States, Outside Magazine knows its stuff. That’s…
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Mt. Shasta Ski Park Prepares Mountain Biking Course for Opening Day
View this post on Instagram It's what we've been waiting for. As the snow melts and the sun comes out,…
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Steal My Northern California Summer Bucket List
The sun has inspired me to start thinking more about summer. In case you missed it, one of the activities…
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Whiskeytown NRA Celebrates the Reopening of Brandy Creek
Following a 10-month closure at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area due to the Carr Fire, park officials today reopened the lake’s popular…
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The 8 Best Places to Catch BIG Fish Near Mt. Shasta
Photo: Wild Waters Fly Fishing When it comes to fishing, there aren’t many areas in the world like Northern California.…
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The 5 Best Northern California Swim Holes to Beat the Heat
The excessive heat is about to hit Northern California for the duration of the summer and I’ll be spending a…
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5 Places to Find Blooming Wildflowers in Siskiyou County
As the long winter of 2019 finally comes to a close, the wildflowers of Northern California will be coming later…
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Mt. Shasta’s Underground Adventure – Going Deep in Pluto’s Cave
After exploring Lassen’s Subway Cave, my spelunking desire wasn’t quite satiated. Subway Cave in Lassen was wild, eerie, and strangely…
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The Ultimate Northern California Summer Bucket List
It’s time to prepare for summer in Northern California, meaning we put away our rain coats and boots and switch…
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The Stunning Drive Through Northern California’s Avenue of the Giants
Sitting in in the middle of the Humboldt Redwoods State Park is the Avenue of the Giants, a 31-mile two…
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NorCal Mountain Biking Trail Rated One of the Most Popular in the U.S.
Photo: Yuba Expeditions Singletracks, a popular mountain biking website, recently named the most popular mountain biking trails in the U.S.…
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We Stayed in a Railroad Caboose in Northern California
We were in Dunsmuir, California and decided to stay at the Railroad Park Resort nestled right under the majestic Castle…
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17 Breathtaking Waterfalls Just Outside of Redding, California
Photo by Matthias Rossini It’s springtime in California, which means it’s waterfall chasing season for any outdoor adventurer. Finding great…
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A Day at The Eighth Wonder of the World – Burney Falls
Brought to you by Visit Redding We drove an hour northeast of Redding, California to see what President Theodore Roosevelt…
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The 12 Most Instagrammable Destinations in Northern California
There are just so many beautiful destinations in Northern California that everyone should see once in their lifetime, and what…
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A Weekend in Redding, California – The Gateway to Northern California’s Outdoor Mecca
The Sundial Bridge, Burney Falls, Shasta Dam and Lassen Peak are all located within a short drive from Redding, California…
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To Glamp or Not to Glamp? Luxury Airstream Campsite Opens in Yosemite
Camping is great but if you prefer the comfort of glamping, you can stay in an iconic silver bullet Airstream…
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Hiking Lassen’s Cinder Cone is Hard but the Views are Incredible
My first attempt to hike Cinder Cone this summer did not go as planned, as I ended up getting stuck…
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Where the Wildflowers Are: See NorCal’s Super Bloom at Table Mountain
Flickr/Sathish J Spring has arrived and that means wildflowers have begun to embellish many of our favorite trails. Strolling through…
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Hiking to the Isolated Toad and Porcupine Lakes
“The trail has got to be around here somewhere….” was our refrain for the day. After the long, windy, and…
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Explore the Diverse Wildlife of Tule Lake in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge
Tule Lake Refuge, established in 1928, rests in the fertile and intensely farmed Tule Lake Basin in Modoc County. The almost 40-thousand-acre refuge…
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10 Destinations To Mark Off Your Shasta Cascade Bucket List
The Shasta Cascade region is one of a kind. The collection of waterfalls, trails, mountains, caves, rivers, museums and other…
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Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove to Reopen Soon with Winter Conditions
Photo: National Park Service The Mariposa Grove Road will reopen to automobiles on Friday, Apr. 12, officials in Yosemite National…
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Find a Biking Utopia in Siskiyou County
Northern California’s Siskiyou County is one of the most popular biking destinations in the world. From relaxed rides with stellar…
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Finding Mossbrae Falls – Northern California’s Forbidden Waterfall
Flickr/Michael Moore By Zach O’Brien Northern California is full of incredible waterfalls, many of which sit in the Shasta-Cascade region.…
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Eating
Cook Your Own Steak at this Under-the-Radar NorCal Restaurant
What would you do to get a good price on a steak dinner? A steak dinner that comes with a…
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Crystal Ice Cave Tours at Lava Beds National Monument
Crystal Ice Cave contains some of the most spectacular ice formations among Lava Beds’ many caves. Because of the sensitive…
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The Frozen Lake of Mt. Shasta – Ice Skating Castle Lake
Castle Lake is one of those destinations in Northern California that the visitors will rave about. In the summer, it’s…
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Bay Area
Eat the Burger That Wears A Skirt at Napa’s Squeeze Inn
Their popular "Squeezeburger w/Cheese" comes with it's own unique "Cheese Skirt" that always astonishes and satisfy's guests...
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Stories
Hunting for the Best Olives in Northern California
Rarely does Northern California come into the conversation of great olive producing regions, but maybe it should!
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