Moon California Camping The Complete Guide to More Than 1 400 Tent and RV Campgrounds

Moon California Camping The Complete Guide to More Than 1 400 Tent and RV Campgrounds

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5 Stars A must for camping
This gives valuable information on camp grounds you might not hear of. I needed more campgrounds around the Big Sur than the travel sites were telling me. Most of the popular ones are filled way ahead of time. So this book is needed. He also gives great advise on camping and survival. A must book to have.

5 Stars Nicely Done
We drive a 700 mile radius from beautiful Astoria Oregon and found that the climate in the San Francisco area is the best on the coast, as our temp range is from 35 low to 70 high, and it only rains 22 inches a year. We use our Vanagon to STAY FREE in rest areas and casinos, and almost free in state and federal camping spots. We use REST AREA REVIEW and AMERICAN CASINO GUIDE and this camping book filled in the blank spots.

5 Stars Great Book!
I have no questions and hesitations when it comes to Tom Strienstra. I regard his ratings highly and the information provided are very helpful.

5 Stars California Camping Book
I love this camping guide! I have purchased several (4+) editions of this book to have the most up-to-date info available. I refer to it often and highly recommend it to all campers as a great resource guide.

3 Stars Moon publishing versus Foghorn Press
I have been a fan of Tom Stienstra’s California Camping book for over 12 years. First purchased the 8th Edition from Foghorn Press. This particular edition from Moon is not nearly as well set up as the Foghorn Press editions.

The individuals maps are not as detailed, and much smaller print is used. The gridded “Chapter Reference Map” at the beginning of the Foghorn edition has now been replaced by a “California Regions” map not as useful. Foghorn edition also had a “Chapter Features” list of each numbered and named campground on each map, this is missing in the Moon edition. The foghorn edition also had a foldout California map in the back, quite useful if you forget to bring a map and this is also missing in the Moon edition.

As the previous reviewer took exception to the “Scenic ratings” this was not an issue for me personally as this is only a subjective classification. What might be a 5 for some, might be a 10 for someone else. Beauty after all IS in the eye of the beholder. Over the years I have seen many classify McArthur Burney Falls as a beautiful place. I was there once it was hot, dusty, not much of a falls and in my humble opinion not very pretty at all. Anyway, you get my point on that, I would never visit a place solely based on someones view of it.

All in all the Moon edition is useful if you have nothing else, but I for one am glad I retained my old Foghorn Press 11th edition, and oh Tom, if you happen to read this, please go back to Foghorn, and that format for the next edition

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