Nature parks in SOCAL

Nature parks & other leisure spots in SOCAL

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Mulholland Drive

http://ceres.ca.gov/smmc/overlooks.htm

Griffiths Park

http://www.griffithobs.org/gendirections.html

Santa Monica mountains

http://www.nps.gov/samo/

Palos Verdes Peninsula

http://www.pvca.net/

there are some big redwoods by the coast here

Big Bear Lake

http://www.bigbear.net/virtualbigbear.html

Anza Borrego Desert

http://www.anzaborrego.statepark.org/

Joshua Tree

http://www.nps.gov/jotr/

Death Valley

http://www.nps.gov/deva/

Mojave NP

http://www.nps.gov/moja/index.htm

Sequoia

http://www.nps.gov/seki/mainvc.htm

Owens Valley

Yosemite

http://www.nps.gov/yose/trip/where.htm

and

www.yosemite.com

state of roads into Yosemite

http://www.nps.gov/yose/now/conditions.htm

shuttle buses

http://www.nps.gov/yose/trip/shuttle.htm

other buses in Yosemite area

http://www.yarts.com/map2.html

Yosemite accommodation

http://www.yosemitepark.com/html/accommodation.html

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LA murder, crime and scandal sites

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/scandals/

Chinese theatre and the Hollywood sign

http://uk.search.msn.com/browse.aspx?ps=dp%3d1023395543.1017217773.1017222861.1017219759.1017224283.1017217613.4209206.1846778.1873075.0%26rn%3d1023395121%26&q=Owens+Valley&FORM=EQRB

hotel del Coronado, Coronado island, San Diego harbour

Hearst Castle

http://www.hearstcastle.org/

Solvang

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/dlr/index

Universal Studios

Palomar and Griffith observatories

http://www.griffithobs.org/satellite.html

Mulholland Drive

6 Flags Magic Mountain

Knotts Berry Farm

Catalina island

Trolleybus from SD to Mexican border

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San Diego Budget Hotels

http://www.a-zsandiegohotels.com/budget.htm