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State and National Parks in California
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- California State Parks -- Official website of California - This official website provides extensive state park information, including a searchable "Find a Park" directory and information about events.
- National Park Service -- Official website - This is the official website of the National Park Service of the US Dept. of Interior. It has detailed information for all US national parks and recreation, searchable by geographic area and/or topic. Information for purchasing passes is also provided.
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Maps
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- MapQuest - FIND IT: Look up your desired destination. Look up addresses and phone numbers. Find airports, hotels, restaurants and more.
MAPS: Look up specific addresses, cities, etc.
DIRECTIONS: Find your routes from here to there.
- Total Escape's Searchable Maps for California Destinations - A unique, online searchable-maps website for California destinations. Search and view maps by region or type of environment. This site also is an excellent sourse of maps for sale online.
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Weather and Road Conditions
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- Current and Forecasted Weather - This site provides current and forecasted weather information for key cities and regions in the San Francisco bay area, Northern California and other key cities in California.
- Current Highway Conditions - This website of the California Dept. of Transportation provides information for current highway and travel conditions throughout the state. It includes a toll-free number that can be called at any time.
- National Weather Service -- Current Conditions, Forecast, Watches and Warnings - This official site of the US National Weather Service provides a search ability for Current Weather Conditions, Forecasts, Watches and Warnings for most of the larger cities, metro areas and regions in California.
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Travel and Tourist Information
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- California Missions -- State Map and Information - This website provides a California map showing the location of all the missions, with a photo, history and description of each mission. Every one of the California missions tell a story about the history of California. All have been, to some extent, restored and can be visited today.
- California Welcome Centers -- Official California Visitor Information Centers - This is the official website for the California Welcome Centers throughout the state. Travelers are invited to stop at these centers and receive helpful travel information, including maps, brochures, guides and information about regional events and attractions.
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Wine Tasting
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- Tastings -The Beverage Testing Institutes's Online Wine Selector - Tastings, the renowned Beverage Testing Institute, was founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial wine reviews for consumers. This is a unique website that allows you to input the locality, vintage, type, testing score range, features, characteristics and/or price range of the wines you want to search for, and it will show you the search results with their ratings explained. A great website.
- Wine Tasting Notes and Ratings by Vineyard - An extensive wine tasters guide of ratings for USA wines, searchable by winery. Wine ratings are explained.
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Nature Sites
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California Culture and History
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Miscellaneous
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- The California Coastline Photo Documentary Project - This is a most unique website of the highly publicized project by Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman to photograph every mile of the California coastline from the air by helicopter. Visitors to this site can select a location on the coast and see the photographs of it. A very unique and interesting website.
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