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Big Tree Hikes of the Redwood Coast
Big Tree Hikes of the Redwood Coast
FUN001
$14.95  
Paperback, Tyler Williams, 95 pages, 8.6 x 5.5, 9780966491975
Big Tree Hikes of the Redwood Coast guides hikers to the last remaining tracts of old growth redwood forest along California's North Coast. Complimenting the hike descriptions, readers will find additional information on forest fires in old growth, big tree reiterations, preservation history of...
Big Tree Hikes of Sequoia Country
Big Tree Hikes of Sequoia Country
FUN003
$14.95  
Paperback, 6 x 9, 9780998477503
Fish-n-Map: Trinity Lake / Whiskeytown Lake
Fish-n-Map: Trinity Lake / Whiskeytown Lake
FMC023
$14.95  
Waterproof Map, 4 x 9 (Folded), 761428082732
Waterproof map   Contours:  20' Scale:  1:28,500 / 1:12,600 GPS Data:  No Water Type:  Fresh
California Visual Notebook
California Visual Notebook
IPS166
$14.95  
Hardcover, 144 pages, 4 x 7.5, 9788899180768
xplore California’s distinct beauty from the comfort of your favorite Adirondack chair. The California Visual Notebook is one part journal, one part sketchbook, and one part guidebook to the Golden State’s many natural treasures. Whether you call California your home state or your dream...
Backyard Science & Discovery Workbook: California: Fun Activities & Experiments That Get Kids Outdoors
Backyard Science & Discovery Workbook: California: Fun Activities & Experiments That Get Kids Outdoors
AVK112
$14.95  
Paperback, George Oxford Miller, 132 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9781647551681
Introduce children to nature in California through fun activities and hands-on science projects. With a wide range of habitats, plants, and animals, California is a wonderful region for getting outside and discovering nature. There is so much to see and appreciate―even in your backyard or...
10 Little Monsters Visit California 2ND EDITION
10 Little Monsters Visit California 2ND EDITION
FAM038
$14.99  
Hardcover, Jess Smart Smiley, 32 pages, 9 x 9, 9781641703161
Slightly smaller size and lower price. 10 Little Monsters discover some of the most unique and interesting things about California and what it has to offer. Silly, over-the-top fun, and a bit macabre,  10 Little Monsters Visit California  is the perfect counting and cultural book for...
The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious Resource
The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious Resource
HEY012
$15.00  
Paperback, Obi Kaufmann, 144 pages, 5 x 7, 9781597144698
Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling  California Field Atlas , turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and...
The Mountains of California
The Mountains of California
RAN639
$15.00  
Paperback, John Muir, 304 pages, 5 x 8, 9780375758195
When John Muir traveled to California in 1868, he found the pristine mountain ranges that would inspire his life’s work. The Mountains of California is the culmination of the ten years Muir spent in the Sierra Nevadas, studying every crag, crook, and valley with great care and contemplation....
Essential Muir (Revised): A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
Essential Muir (Revised): A Selection of John Muir’s Best (and Worst) Writings
HEY013
$16.00  
Paperback, John Muir, 168 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781597145503
A new edition of Muir’s writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir...
Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California, 2nd
Sea Kayaking Central and Northern California, 2nd
GPT146
$16.95  
Paperback, Roger Schumann and Jan Shriner, 288 pages, 9 x 6, 9780762782802
Describes the best sea kayaking trips in Central and Northern California, including whitewater, stillwater, and coastal excursions. Includes detailed maps with access points and landmarks; flow charts indicating optimum floating seasons on rivers; and tide information for the ocean trips
Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture
Tracks Along the Left Coast: Jaime de Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture
IPS057
$16.95  
Paperback, Andrew Schelling, 336 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781640090415
" Tracks Along the Left Coast  more than accomplishes its self-appointed task of celebrating de Angulo’s legacy." ― Rain Taxi "Schelling’s biography of Jaime de Angulo―'cattle puncher, medical doctor, bohemian, buckeroo,' among other things―presents a fascinating, full-bodied...
Hike the Parks: Redwood National & State Parks: Best Day Hikes, Walks, and Sights
Hike the Parks: Redwood National & State Parks: Best Day Hikes, Walks, and Sights
MOU108
$16.95  
Paperback, John Soares, 208 pages, 4 x 7, 9781680512090
Features hikes everyone, including children and seniors, can enjoy Highlights must-see park sights and activities beyond hiking Full-color maps and photos throughout Hike the Parks: Redwood National & State Parks  is the first in a new series of national park hiking guides...
Humboldt State University
Humboldt State University
ARC072
$17.50  
Paperback, Katy M. Tahja, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738580159
Perched high atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the northernmost campus of the California State University system is celebrating its centennial. . The natural environment of forests and oceans provide the perfect setting for hands-on research in forestry, oceanography, wildlife, natural...
Yosemite National Park Adventure Set Yosemite National Park Adventure Set
Yosemite National Park Adventure Set
WFP124
$17.95  
Folding Pocket Guide with Map, 14 pages, 5 x 9, 9781583559192
The Yosemite National Park Adventure Set consists of a Pocket Naturalist Guide and National Geographic map, ideal, lightweight references to take hiking or driving while exploring this spectacular region. Waterford's folding pocket-sized Yosemite Wildlife guide is a beautifully illustrated...
California Nature Set: Field Guides to Wildlife, Birds, Trees & Wildflowers of California
California Nature Set: Field Guides to Wildlife, Birds, Trees & Wildflowers of California
WFP137
$17.95  
Folding Pocket Guide with Map, 4.5 x 9.5, 9781620051306
waterford press The California Nature Set offers the best in wildlife and plant identification for the Golden State. The beautifully illustrated folding guides highlight well over 300 familiar and unique species There are Nature guide in this package A Birds identificationguide Wildlife...
Spooky California
Spooky California
GPT252
$17.95  
Paperback, S. E. Schlosser, 264 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781493040773
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California. Set in the Golden State's big cities, oceanside towns, rugged mountains, and sparsely populated deserts, the stories in this...
California (Northern) Gold and Gems Map, Then and Now
California (Northern) Gold and Gems Map, Then and Now
NWD002
$17.95  
Maps, 6.5 x 9.5, 9780965755894
This package, measuring 6.5″ x 9.5″, contains five maps printed on both sides . The very readable historical maps measure 17.5″ x 23″ when unfolded.   Maps have been reproduced from authentic documents on file from archival sources — 100 years of reported gold and gems occurrences listed; red...
Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools
Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools
HEY003
$18.00  
Paperback, Marni Fylling, 96 pages, 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.1, 9781597143028
A new field guide with delightfully old-fashioned illustrations  This scientifically accurate yet utterly charming field guide to the Pacific coast intertidal zone introduces readers to a world populated by spectacular wildlife: 150-year-old giant green anemones that paralyze their prey...
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area
HEY011
$18.00  
Paperback, Malcolm Margolin, 182 pages, 6 x 9, 9780930588014
Two hundred years ago, herds of elk and antelope dotted the hills of the San Francisco–Monterey Bay area. Grizzly bears lumbered down to the creeks to fish for silver salmon and steelhead trout. From vast marshlands geese, ducks, and other birds rose in thick clouds “with a sound like that of a...
Green Trails Maps: Big Sur, CA: Ventana Wilderness
Green Trails Maps: Big Sur, CA: Ventana Wilderness
MOU129
$18.00  
Folded Waterproof Map, 6 x 9, 9781680513516
Original Edition 2014; Updated Edition 2017 Green Trails Maps show the most current trail, road, and access information to national forests, national parks, state and local parks and other public lands. Discover Big Sur and the Ventana Wilderness. Printed on a rugged Waterproof - Tear...
Big Sur
Big Sur
PGN391
$18.00  
Paperback, Jack Kerouac, 256 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9780140168129
A poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums In this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California...
Off the Hook: Essential West Coast Seafood Recipes
Off the Hook: Essential West Coast Seafood Recipes
PER219
$18.00  
Paperback, DL Acken & Aurelia Louvet, 168 pages, 6 x 9, 9781771512763
Fresh, fast, and delicious, these are the quintessential recipes every West Coast fish and seafood lover must have. The islands of Canada’s West Coast are home to some of the freshest and most sustainable seafood in the world. In this exquisitely photographed and curated cookbook you’ll...
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
RAN461
$18.00  
Paperback, Richard Preston, 320 pages, 5.2 x 0.7 x 8, 9780812975598
Hidden away in foggy, uncharted rain forest valleys in Northern California are the largest and tallest organisms the world has ever sustained–the coast redwood trees,   Sequoia sempervirens. Ninety-six percent of the ancient redwood forests have been destroyed by logging, but the untouched...
Birds of California Field Guide 2nd Edition
Birds of California Field Guide 2nd Edition
AVK124
$18.95  
Paperback, Stan Tekiela, 448 pages, 5 x 6, 9781647551988
Make bird watching in California even more enjoyable! With  Stan Tekiela 's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in California. This book features 170 species of California birds, organized...
Rockhounding California: A Guide To The State's Best Rockhounding Sites
Rockhounding California: A Guide To The State's Best Rockhounding Sites
GPT229
$18.95  
Paperback, Gail A. Butler, 200 pages, 6 x 9, 9780762771417
Although known for its gold production, California is a virtual haven for rock and gem collectors. With this fully revised and upated edition, you can explore the mineral-rich desert regions, comb tide-washed beaches for jade, agate, abalone, fossilized whale bone, and prospect in the mountains...
Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity: Alps Regions, Redding, Castle Crags, Marble Mountains, Lava Beds
Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity: Alps Regions, Redding, Castle Crags, Marble Mountains, Lava Beds
MOU105
$18.95  
Paperback, John Soares, 288 pages, 7 x 9, 9781680510584
125 day hikes aimed at a variety of skill levels * A popular outdoor sports destination of rivers, lakes, foothills, mountains, and peaks Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions  covers the expansive and beautiful region of interior Northern California from the Redding...
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales California: Hiking the Golden State's Legends, Hauntings, and History
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales California: Hiking the Golden State's Legends, Hauntings, and History
NBN051
$18.95  
Paperback, Tom Ogden, 256 pages, 6 x 9, 9781493042456
California is home to Hollywood stars, gorgeous vineyards, and some of the most haunted areas of the country. Its immense wilderness has been the setting for mysterious disappearances, unsolved murders, and bone-chilling supernatural occurrences. Exploring all the spookiness the state has to...
Day Hikes Around Big Sur: 99 Great Hikes
Day Hikes Around Big Sur: 99 Great Hikes
NBN053
$18.95  
Paperback, Robert Stone, 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781573420686
Big Sur is an awesome stretch of spectacular coastline in Central California. The Santa Lucia Mountains quickly rise over 5,000 feet from the ocean. This magnificent landscape begins near Carmel at Point Lobos State Reserve and extends 75 miles south to Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County,...
California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs
California Disasters: True Stories of Golden State Tragedies and Triumphs
FAR030
$18.95  
Paperback, Phyllis Perry, 238 pages, 6 x 9, 9781560377757
CALIFORNIA DISASTERS highlights some of the major catastrophic events from pre-statehood to the 21st Century. It is said that California has four seasons: drought, flood, fire, and earthquakes. California Disasters covers all these categories and many more. Readers will discover the stories...
Hiking & Backpacking Big Sur: Your complete guide to the trails of Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness, and Silver Peak Wilderness
Hiking & Backpacking Big Sur: Your complete guide to the trails of Big Sur, Ventana Wilderness, and Silver Peak Wilderness
MOU127
$19.95  
Paperback, Analise Elliot Heid, 328 pages, 6 x 9, 9780899977270
The most detailed guide to hiking and backpacking in Big Sur California’s Big Sur Country hugs the Central Coast some 90 miles, from Carmel south toward San Simeon. And it stretches east and southeast, to the lesser-known Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness areas. On 74 diverse trips,...
Lassen Volcanic National Park: Your Complete Hiking Guide
Lassen Volcanic National Park: Your Complete Hiking Guide
AVK006
$19.95  
Paperback, Mike White, 528 pages, 6 x 9, 9780899977997
Discover some of Northern California's best-kept secrets in the most comprehensive guide to  Lassen Volcanic National Park,  by experienced author  Mike White . Explore bubbling mudpots, wildflower-carpeted meadows, forest-rimmed lakes, and view-packed summits on trails ranging from easy to...
The Creaky Knees Guide Northern California, 2nd Edition: The 80 Best Easy Hikes
The Creaky Knees Guide Northern California, 2nd Edition: The 80 Best Easy Hikes
RAN638
$19.95  
Paperback, Ann Marie Brown, 320 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781632173584
Here are the 80 best low-impact day hikes in Northern California, perfect for aging baby boomers, seniors, those traveling with small children, and anyone else interested more in a stroll than a climb. From hikes just outside of San Francisco to long strolls in the Sierra Nevada, this book...
Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Book Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Book - Paracay Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Book - Paracay Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Book - Paracay
Pacific Coasting: A Guide to the Ultimate Road Trip, from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest - Book
HCT072
$19.95  
Danielle Kroll , 224 pages, 6.63 x 9.5, 9781579658717
Roll down the windows, turn up the radio, and take a drive up the world’s most magical coastline. It’s a beautiful and practical travel guide. An illustrated keepsake. An inspiration to get out and visit. And a celebration of the wild, lush, larger-than-life 2,000 miles that run along the edge...
On This Day in Arcata
On This Day in Arcata
ARC114
$19.99  
Paperback, Arcata Union, Arcata Eye, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738556826
Founded in 1858 as the town of Union, the city of Arcata is the cultural capital of Humboldt County. Historically known for its logging, fishing and dairy traditions, modern-day Arcata has evolved into a place where the artistic, the politically and environmentally active and those looking for...
Shipwrecks of the California Coast
Shipwrecks of the California Coast
ARC166
$19.99  
Paperback, Michael D. White, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781609499242
More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog...
Scenic Routes & Byways California's Pacific Coast, 7th Ed.
Scenic Routes & Byways California's Pacific Coast, 7th Ed.
GPT153
$21.95  
Paperback, Stewart M. Green, 288 pages, 9 x 6, 9780762781058
The best way to enjoy California’s spectacular coastline is to drive it! Packed with information about charming seaside communities and featuring all new photographs, this beautiful four-color guide explores the rugged coast following US 101 and CA 1, from Santa Barbara to the OR border....
100 Classic Hikes: Northern California: Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Klamath Mountains, North Coast and Wine Country, San Francisco Bay Area
100 Classic Hikes: Northern California: Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Klamath Mountains, North Coast and Wine Country, San Francisco Bay Area
MOU103
$21.95  
Paperback, John Soares, 288 pages, 7 x 10, 9781680510560
*  Completely revised and updated * All trails thoroughly researched, with 13 new hikes and 80 new color photos * detailed driving directions to every trailhead, including GPS coordinates No one knows this premier hiking region better than long-time author JohnSoares, who now offers...
Northern California Nature Guide
Northern California Nature Guide
LPP049
$21.95  
Paperback, Erin McCloskey, 224 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781774511718
From Monterey Bay in the south to the Klamath Mountains on the Oregon border, Northern California has some of the most iconic natural wonders in the US: redwood forests, San Francisco Bay, Yosemite, the Sierra Nevada mountains, and Lake Tahoe. Both beginning and more experienced naturalists will...
The Humboldt Wagon Road
The Humboldt Wagon Road
ARC055
$21.99  
Paperback, Marti Leicester, David Nopel, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738576435
This book offers readers an opportunity to ride the historic Humboldt Wagon Road from Chico to Susanville through images that have been collected since the 1860s. Many never-before-published photographs and oral histories tell a story of people who established what has been called this "small...
Trinidad
Trinidad
ARC074
$21.99  
Paperback, Dione F. Armand, Foreword by Ned Simmons, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738571614
When Spanish explorers turned their ships north in the summer of 1775, they were searching for new territory for the Spanish crown. Nearly 300 miles north of San Francisco, they found safe harbor in a small but beautiful bay they called Trinidad. . The Spaniards erected a large cross on Trinidad...
Legendary Locals of the Mendonoma Coast
Legendary Locals of the Mendonoma Coast
ARC076
$21.99  
Paperback, Tammy Durston, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467100137
The Sonoma Mendocino coastline, famous for jagged cliffs, timber-filled ridges, and pounding surf, has been home to many people from varying histories and backgrounds. Pomo tribes, renowned for basketmaking, who were the first settlers and descendants, still live in the area. From early pioneers...
The 1964 Flood of Humboldt and Del Norte
The 1964 Flood of Humboldt and Del Norte
ARC095
$21.99  
Paperback, Greg Rumney, Dave Stockton Jr., 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467130882
The 1964 flood in the Eel and Klamath Rivers drainages represents an extreme weather event. Both the Northern California and Southern OR coasts are host to many floods, but the 1964 flood stands out as a representation of the "perfect storm." Three events occurred that led to the flood. First, a...
Point Arena Lighthouse
Point Arena Lighthouse
ARC097
$21.99  
Paperback, Merita S. Whatley, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738599663
The low rumbles of the fog signal and flashing beam of light from the powerful lens have guided mariners away from the perilous waters surrounding Point Arena Lighthouse since 1870. After the great earthquake in 1906 and the rebuilding of the tower in 1908, Point Arenas navigational aids...
San Diego Harbor Police
San Diego Harbor Police
ARC120
$21.99  
Paperback, Michael P. Rich, 128 pages, 6.5 x 95, 9781467132428
The San Diego Harbor Police Department has proudly provided more than 50 years of law enforcement. From its humble beginnings as a small security force formed after World War II to protect San Diego imports to the modern and sophisticated police force it is today, the San Diego Harbor Police...
St. George Reef Lighthouse
St. George Reef Lighthouse
ARC123
$21.99  
Paperback, GUY TOWERS, 128 pages, 6.5 x 0.3 x 9, 9781467133173
Situated at the end of a reef six miles offshore of Crescent City, California, stands St. George Reef Lighthouse. Constructed after the wreck of the coastal steamer Brother Jonathan in 1865, the beacon warned mariners of the dreaded Dragon Rocks of St. George Reef for nearly a century. This book...
The State of Jefferson
The State of Jefferson
ARC131
$21.99  
Paperback, Bernita Tickner & Gail Fiorini-Jenner, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738530963
The State of Jefferson was born in the hearts of pioneers who crossed craggy peaks and treacherous canyons to settle near northern California border. Isolated and feeling neglected by both state governments, they tried to create a new state as early as 1852. The persistent State of Jefferson...
Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
Stories of the Humboldt Wagon Road
ARC170
$21.99  
Paperback, Andy Mark, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467145268
Before the completion of the transcontinental railroad, there was the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road, meant to connect California with the burgeoning mining industries of Nevada and Idaho. The ambitious plan to make Chico a major Northern California transportation hub was spearheaded by John...
Northern California Coast Note Card Box
Northern California Coast Note Card Box
IPS125
$22.00  
Note Cards, Tom Killion, 12 pages, 6 x 8, 9781597144889
Heyday is proud to present two new note card sets that honor the Northern California coast and wooded mountains of Marin County near Tom Killion’s studio. Both boxes contain twelve white envelopes and twelve blank cards printed on fine white stock (3 each of 4 designs). Northern California...
A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us: Expanded and Updated
A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us: Expanded and Updated
IPS229
$22.00  
Paperback, Matt Ritter, 216 pages, 6 x 9, 9781597145602
Now expanded and updated: Californians’ favorite reference book to trees in our everyday lives “Anyone who is curious about trees is sure to find education and inspiration in these pages.”—David Allen Sibley, author of  The Sibley Guide to Trees  and  The Sibley Guide to Birds For more...
The Trees of California Note Card Box
The Trees of California Note Card Box
HEY014
$22.00  
Cards, Tom Killion, 12 pages, 6 x 7, 9781597145923
New from renowned printmaker Tom Killion With this stunning note card set, celebrated woodblock printmaker Tom Killion presents a series of his artworks that delight in the enchantment and majesty of California’s forests. Printed on fine white stock, these faithful reproductions of...
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