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The Best in Tent Camping: Northern California (Best in Tent Camping) | 
 enlarge | Author: Cindy Coloma
Creator: Bill Mai
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
Buy New: $10.17
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 162728
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 178
ISBN: 0897326741
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780897326742
ASIN: 0897326741
Publication Date: September 1, 2008 (In 3 Days)
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Product Description
From Santa Cruz to Yosemite National Park, from the coastal bluffs to the Nevada border, Northern California is a spectacular location for tent camping. With such a staggering list of possibilities, a guide like The Best in Tent Camping: Northern California is a must-have. Offering at-a-glance information organized with a five-star rating system, the book lets outdoor enthusiasts quickly gauge the beauty, site privacy, and security of each listing. In addition, each write-up includes suggestions on the right time of year to visit, local amenities, and natural attractions. Whether pitching that tent in sandy beaches or the mountainous Sierra Nevada, this is the guide to consult.
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Why two books for the Sierra Nevada? July 11, 2008
Pros:
(1) Clean presentation and well organized information for each campground
(2) Reliable recommendations
Cons:
(1) This is pointed out by other reviewers too: the cross reference of map, index page and the actually location of the campground information is cumbersome. Simply reverse the order of index page vs map, and prefix the campground index to each campground name in the description pages will help a lot with navigation.
(2) My main complaint: dividing the Sierra Nevada by CA 108 seems quite arbitrary. I hope it is not done to making buying the Southern California Tent Camping book necessary. Note to author and publisher: why not combining the two books? The combined book can still be very handy field guide if the fonts and
layouts are made more compact. This also makes perfect business sense: every reader pays a bit more to get the benefit of a combined book.
 eh. May 15, 2007
This book was just "okay." Only 50 sites were reviewed, and really, for Northern California, that's not even a drop in the bucket. Still, the layout is easy to read.
Great Insider Information February 26, 2007
Overall, this book is definitly worth buying. I wish it had better maps. Perhaps an area map next to each campsite listing. That would help with planning.
Good guide, poor index December 22, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Overall I really appreciate this guide book but it's continually frustrating to try to match up the map page to the actual index and chapters- there's no logical connection, very annoying. But the overall content is great, recommend this one!
 made our camping vacation September 29, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
We just got back from a car camping vacation transversing the Northern Sierras from North to South. We used this book exclusively and it was spot on. We stayed at Warner Valley in Lassen National park by hot springs of Drakesbad,Salmon Creek by the unbelievably dramatic Sardine lake in the Gold lakes region, Woods lake by Carson pass: a true Gem in the high country with wildflowers, and Wahakaluuhepyou on the Stanislaus river where it was hot and the swimming holes were refreshing. It was a perfect vacation with especially nice campgrounds in remarkably scenic areas.
I liked the fact that only the authors favorites were included in this guide. I have another camping book which lists all the California campgrounds which is just too confusing. This book has a focus."Proof is in the pudding" applies to this invaluable guide to the "Best in tent camping": we used it and discovered places that exceeded our best dreams.
Highly recommended!
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