California Desert - Wink Travel Guide


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The California Desert is composed of California's entire southeast corner and offers excellent opportunities for hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts. For many travelers the California desert is merely experienced on the other side of their car windows on their way to more popular destinations. However, for the adventurous few that take an exit and their supplies, the rewards are unforgettable. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Riverside County (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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Riverside County is a county in Southern California which extends east into the California Desert. Home to the Joshua Tree National Park. The resort cities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, and Desert Hot Springs are all located in the Coachella Valley region of central Riverside County. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Death Valley National Park (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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Death Valley National Park is a United States National Park that is mostly in the Southern California Desert, with a small portion extending into Nevada. Many potential visitors ignore the park due to the misconception that it is a lifeless, empty landscape, but this park covers 3.4 million acres (14,000 km2). It is the largest national park in the contiguous 48 states of the USA. A land of extremes and superlatives, there are locations within the park that allow the visitor to see both the lowest and highest elevations in the 48 contiguous United States on a clear day. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Southern California - Wink Travel Guide


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Southern California is a megapolitan area in the southern region of the U.S. state of California. It is a culturally diverse and well known area worldwide. Many tourists frequently travel to South Coast for its popular beaches, and to the eastern Desert for its dramatic open spaces. It, along with the San Francisco Bay Area, is a major cultural and economic center for the State of California and beyond. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




California (USA) - Wink Travel Guide


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Located on the west coast of the United States, California is a huge and diverse state, with culture ranging from the easygoing surf spots on the beaches of Southern California to the glamour of Hollywood to the counterculture and thriving businesses of the Bay Area. The state's nature is varied too, including the redwood forests of the North Coast, the ski resorts of the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains, and the harsh desert of Death Valley. The largest state in the U.S. by population and one of the largest by area, California boasts world-famous attractions and sights: Disneyland, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Napa Valley wine country, and the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, can all be found here. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




San Diego County (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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San Diego County is the southern-most region of Southern California. It encompasses the city of San Diego and its large metropolitan area, which includes many smaller cities and communities. The western half of the county is mostly urbanized, and includes the city of San Diego and its many suburbs to the south, east, and north. The eastern half is mostly uninhabited or rural, contains snow-capped mountains, forests, and barren desert, and is prone to more extreme weather. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Imperial County (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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Imperial County is in the California Desert at the extreme southeast corner of the state. Locally this area is known as the Imperial Valley. The Imperial Valley was settled as a farming community in the early 1900s, and has remained a primary producer of winter vegetables and an area filled with cattle feedlots. Slab City is located here - a community of mostly snow birds, military veterans, anarchists, and neo-libertarians squatting off-grid. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Kern County (Los Angeles) - Wink Travel Guide


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Kern County is in San Joaquin Valley, California. This huge county extends across a number of geographic regions in California. The majority western portion is in the San Joaquin Valley, the northeastern portion is in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the southeastern part is in the Desert and the southwest inti the Antelope Valley. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




San Bernardino County (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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San Bernardino County is a county that spans the Southern California and Desert regions of the state of California. It is the largest county in the state at 20,105 square miles - an area larger than nine of the US states, and about the same size as Costa Rica! Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




Mono County (California) - Wink Travel Guide


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This is High Plains Drifter country, made famous by Clint Eastwood's motion picture. It is a land of sage-brush-covered plains leading to towering, snow-flecked sawtooth ranges and dormant volcanoes. Two national forests, the Inyo National Forest and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, as well as three wilderness areas, the Hoover Wilderness, Ansel Adams Wilderness and John Muir Wilderness can be explored in Mono County. Mono Lake, the largest natural lake entirely within California, attracts millions of migratory birds including 90 percent of the California Gull population to nest there. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.