Top Attractions – Sights in California

Some of the most famous sights in California

  • Los Angeles: World-famous Hollywood sign, the Walk of Fame, the Graumann’s Chinese Theater, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive and sandy beaches.
  • San Francisco: Iconic Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz (USA’s toughest maximum security prison and now a national park), Chinatown, Italian North Beach, ride a cable car up and down the steep hills of San Francisco, and a lot of hills.
  • San Diego: A world famous zoo, wild animal park, the Sea World marine theme park, and a vibrant, renovated downtown core complete with major league baseball stadium
  • Anaheim, modern theme parks and Disneyland
  • Santa Barbara, city on a south-facing coast, with some justification, as “the American Riviera.”
  • Visit the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, and The Route 66 Museum.
  • Enjoy the San Diego Maritime Museum.
  • View the famous 1920s sardine factory, Cannery Row and Old Fisherman’s Wharf.
  • Yosemite National Park ( world’s best-known glacier-carved valley,  Hiking – camping)
  • Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
  • Joshua Tree National Park ( Hiking – rock climbing )
  • Mojave Desert – Death Valley ( the hottest and lowest place in the continental US at 86m (282 ft) below the sea level)
  • Visit Hearst Castle

National Parks

  • Channel Islands National Park – five remarkable islands (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara).
  • Death Valley National Park – A place of legend and a place of trial.
  • Joshua Tree National Park
  • Lassen Volcanic National Park – witness a brief moment in the ancient battle between the earth shaping forces of creation and destruction
  • Redwood National Park - Stand at the base of a coast redwood and even the huckleberry bushes tower over you
  • Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks – These twin parks hold monuments to nature’s size, beauty, and diversity
  • Yosemite National Park – one of the first wilderness parks in the United States

California State Parks

Actually California has many state parks. We listed some of them below;

  • Big Basin Redwoods State Park
  • Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
  • Richardson Grove State Park
  • Calaveras Big Trees

Other Destinations in CA

  • Disneyland
  • Lake Tahoe — A large, gorgeous lake great for water sports and excellent skiing in the winter.
  • Napa Valley — Spas, wine tasting, wine tours.
  • Big Sur — one of the most scenic spots along the Pacific Coast Highway
  • California National Historic Trail - road to California carried over 250,000 gold-seekers & farmers to the gold fields & rich farmlands of California during the 1840′s and 1850′s
  • Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail – first overland route established to connect New Spain with San Francisco
  • Old Spanish National Historic Trail – journey across the Southwest between Santa Fe and Los Angeles for history, culture, and scenic beauty
  • Pony Express National Historic Trail – used by young men on fast horses to carry the nation’s mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only ten days

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