One volume covers all 18 of California’s national forests.
Exploring California’s National Forests: The Complete Backcountry Guidebook Collection brings the four-volume regional series together in a single book covering California’s entire national forest system.
The original series was divided into Northern California, the Sierra Nevada, the Central Coast, and Southern California. This new edition brings all four regions together and consolidates the reference information into a single easy-to-read volume.
The result is one book covering California’s 18 national forests, from the Oregon border to the mountains of Southern California.
The book is built around the things people actually go into these forests to do. Camping, hiking and backpacking, fishing, hunting, off-road travel and forest roads, scenic drives, winter recreation, ranger districts, wilderness areas, and the practical information needed to get into the backcountry and back out again.
There is plenty of history, too. California’s national forests carry the stories of Indigenous people, miners, settlers, transportation routes, conservation efforts, fires, and generations of people who have used these lands for work and recreation. That history is part of understanding the forests themselves.
The four regional editions are still available for readers who want to concentrate on one part of the state. The new collection is for the reader who wants the entire system in one volume.
Exploring California’s National Forests: The Complete Backcountry Guidebook Collection is available now on Amazon HERE.