California's Highway 395 Windshield Adventuring

California's Highway 395 Windshield Adventuring

Author: Russell Spencer

Publisher:

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781889786469

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A guide to attractions found along, and accessible from, the 385 miles of Highway 395 in California from Highway I-15 in the south to the Nevada border. A trip that takes you from the high desert in the south through the High Sierras, with loop trips and side trips that take the traveler into the less-traveled areas near the highway. Attractions include ghost towns, hot springs, spectacular fishing areas and hiking and skiiing locatiions. Includes all the helpful info needed for a successful trip. Mile-by-mile descriptions, maps, photos, web-site addresses, phone numbers, RV parks, camping info., museums and nearby attractions.


California's Highway 395 Windshield Adventures

California's Highway 395 Windshield Adventures

Author: Russell Spencer

Publisher:

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780966405590

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Updated for the 2007 printing, this unique guidebook for Windshield Adventures along California's Highway 395 has mile-by-mile descriptions of attractions found along the 385 miles from Highway I-15 in the south to the Nevada border. Includes services and information centers, dozens of pictures and maps, RV parks, camping facilities, website addresses and more.


Legends & Lore Along California's Highway 395

Legends & Lore Along California's Highway 395

Author: Brian Clune

Publisher: History Press

Published: 2022-01-24

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781540250872

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Stretching from Victorville to Carson City, Highway 395 offers a snapshot of California's diverse landscapes and oddities. Tales of skinwalkers and Sasquatch sightings flourish among the bones of ghost towns, and stories of the elusive Lone Pine Mountain Devil ignite the curiosity. Far from fiction, the Sierra Phantom lived among the hills for fifty years, and mountaineer Norman Clyde used his skills to find lost hikers and climbers. Rumors of the Lost Cement Mine, with a rich vein of gold, lure people in, and the Tuttle Creek Ashram, built high above Lone Pine, offers peace. Author Brian Clune explores the strange and fascinating side of the majestic mountains and lonely deserts along US 395.


Highway 395 - Day Hikes and Diversions

Highway 395 - Day Hikes and Diversions

Author: Ron Haggett

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-21

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781790168903

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This guide is meant to give travelers of Highway 395, whether it be by car, RV or motorcycle, those planning vacations in areas along 395, and others interested in what this iconic highway has to offer, an assortment of short hikes and walks and other nearby diversions to serve as a starting point for their adventures. By giving enough information to introduce some of the more easily accessible countryside, my goal is to get people out of their cars and hurried mindsets, and give them a reason to 'stop and smell the pavement'! Hopefully this will also serve the purpose of, as Elmer Fudd would say, "getting a wittle west and wewaxation", and maybe a story or two to tell once the adventure is over.These are not the only stops a traveler can make but I believe they are a good representation of what 395 has to offer in the way of history, geography and wildlife viewing opportunities. I encourage all who adventure along the highway to stop and explore other areas that they find interesting. To quote Buddha, "It is better to travel well than to arrive".This guide tries to explore stops and features along the highway that are of likely interest to the passing motorist. Historic stops, if there is a trail or area large enough to wander around in, a couple of National Parks within a reasonable distance of the highway, obvious geographic phenomena that just demand your attention, and stops for possible wildlife sightings are the main focus of these guides.


California Roadtrip 395

California Roadtrip 395

Author: James Wise

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9781440494185

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When other publishers are subdividing the Sierra Nevada into overly detailed miniature guides to increase the number of books for sale, California Roadtrip 395 brings everything into one source. California Roadtrip 395 explores the east side of the Sierra Nevada, covering activities along Highway 395 starting at the Mojave Desert and ending at the Oregon Border. Activities described include mountain biking, rock climbing, peak bagging, day hiking, fishing, geology, historic mining camps, hot springs, and camping. This guide serves as a first pass introduction to the region with special focus in Owens Valley, Mammoth Lakes, Mono Lake area, Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Mount Lassen. Most activities can be done in a single day, are accessible from Highway 395, and are accompanied by maps and photographs. These trips represent some of the most classic or high quality rides, hikes, climbs, and camping available.


Sierra Highway

Sierra Highway

Author: Stephen H. Provost

Publisher:

Published: 2023-08-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781949971385

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They called it the Three Flags Highway because it stretched all the way from Canada south to Mexico. But one section of this road stood out for its singular beauty: the section that ran through and along the eastern base of the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains. It was here where U.S. Highway 395 followed a course set forth to showcase the most scenic lands in all the West. El Camino Sierra, they called it, in homage to the older Spanish trail called El Camino Real. Yet what this highway lacked in historic significance among the Spaniards, it more than made up for in its beauty. To travel U.S. 395 in California and Nevada meant to marvel at snow-capped peaks soaring toward heaven; to revel in the smell of pine that permeated the air; to gaze out on desert sunsets of red and orange and yellow; to fish in clear, tranquil lakes; to bathe in healing hot springs; and to brave the rapids of cold, rushing rivers. It still means those things today, and so much more. There's history to discover along this road. Cities have grown up around it, and boomtowns have become ghost towns beside it. Discover the majesty and history of the Three Flags Highway and El Camino Sierra from the timber country near the Oregon border south through Reno, Carson City, and Nevada's oldest town. Climb toward the crest of the range and explore haunting Mono and breathtaking Mammoth Lakes, then descend to the edge of the Mojave Desert and witness a wholly different kind of beauty. Revisit old 395 where it once continued down all the way to San Diego, the only highway to share part of its length with both the Lincoln Highway and Route 66. Travelers by the millions have followed this path before you, and their stories echo through more than 350 pages in this historical travelogue. Illustrated by more than 550 images, Sierra Highway is the definitive companion for travelers who want to explore the road as it is now-and as it was then. Join us on this fascinating journey.


Tales Along El Camino Sierra

Tales Along El Camino Sierra

Author: David Woodruff

Publisher:

Published: 2017-01-14

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780692680735

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Little known and interesting true stories from California's favorite Highway-395.