From the aromatic pine woods and cascading streams of the southern Sierra Nevada to the starkly beautiful desert landscapes of Death Valley, The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs. Whether you are a Southern California native in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book will help you unlock the secrets to the best tent camping that Southern California has to offer.
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...excellent guide...find places to pitch your tent near desert wildflowers, pine woods, southern Sierra streams or ocean breezes. -- Daily News, November 4, 1004
Campgrounds are rated on overall beauty, privacy, quiet, security, peacefulness. Detailed write-ups include area highlights and personal anecdotes. -- Marek Warszawski, The Fresno Bee, December 6, 2004
Campgrounds are rated on overall beauty, privacy, quiet, security, peacefulness. Detailed write-ups include area highlights and personal anecdotes. -- Marek Warszawski, The Fresno Bee, December 6, 2004
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If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, The Best in Tent Camping should be your constant companion.
Each campground profile includes:
Detailed campground maps
Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation
Driving directions to the campground
Ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness
From the aromatic pine woods and cascading streams of the southern Sierra Nevada to the starkly beautiful desert landscapes of Death Valley, The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
Whether you are a Southern California native in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book will help you unlock the secrets to the best tent camping that Southern California has to offer.
Each campground profile includes:
Detailed campground maps
Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation
Driving directions to the campground
Ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness
From the aromatic pine woods and cascading streams of the southern Sierra Nevada to the starkly beautiful desert landscapes of Death Valley, The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California is a guidebook for tent campers who like quiet, scenic, and serene campsites. It's the perfect resource if you blanch at the thought of pitching a tent on a concrete slab, trying to sleep through the blare of another camper's boombox, or waking to find your tent surrounded by a convoy of RVs.
Whether you are a Southern California native in search of new territory or a vacationer on the lookout for that dream campground, this book will help you unlock the secrets to the best tent camping that Southern California has to offer.
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So you want to go camping...,
By H.M. Fonseca (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)
So you want to go camping and you don't know where to go. Maybe you have tried camping and found yourself on a parking lot surrounded by the lovely sound of multiple RV generators. This has happened to me so many times that I decided to buy this book to help out with campground choices. One of the first recommended campsites is the beautiful "Montana de Oro", which is just as nice as the author says it is. Each campsite has a two page description with some background and historical information. It also has a list of ammenities, who to call to make reservations and what time of year is best for visiting the campsite. The prose is entertaining enough to just read for fun.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Good info but, not easy reference.,
By Tom Sneath (Long Beach, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)
This book provides a pretty solid system of rating for the campgrounds listed. The major flaw in this book however, is that the map has the campgrounds shown by an assigned number. The listed campgrounds are not numbered in the table of contents, or on the pages they are reviewed on. Some may be hundreds of miles apart on the map but listed sequentially. I find myself counting out in the table of contents. Review quality would rate a five because of the detail and personal character given by the author but, the ease of use was lacking.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A pearl of tent camping wisdom!,
By Renaissance Girl (Ventura, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best in Tent Camping: Southern California: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping) (Paperback)
Okay, this book is actually so great I almost didn't want to write a review because then other people might buy the book and take up spaces at these awesome campgrounds. But I decided not to be selfish and give you the low down. Before I do, I will caution that this book is not for the faint of heart. If pit toilets and no running water aren't your cup of tea, don't buy this. Also, note the title. Don't get this unless you tent camp...some of the places listed don't even allow RVs.
This summer, we've been on three great camping trips that were inspired by this book. The campgrounds in it are well off the beaten path...I doubt I would ever have discovered them on my own. If you're new to southern California like me, this book is essential. Also, the information on the different campgrounds is very reliable and useful, sometimes even better than that on state park websites. P.S. The map of the different campgrounds does have a key on the prior page page (just clarifying a point someone else brought up).
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