Trips & Tours

California Trips Biking - The Napa Valley wine country is always a hit, but don''t overlook the coast, or Tahoe, or the redwoods. Hiking - Want a scenic trail? California has plenty of ''em. Paddling - From surging whitewater to placid wetlands.

Lodging

Books

GORP is fortunate to have two content partners who are based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Foghorn Press specializes in outdoor recreation of every stripe.

Penngrove Publications covers biking—see our San Francisco Bay Area Biking Guide for some representative excerpts from their handy books.

Stores

Berkeley REI - Dependable source for gear, maps, and knowledgable staff people.
1338 San Pablo Ave. (near Gilman)
Berkeley, CA 94702-1094
(510) 527-4140

Other Internet Resources

East Bay Regional Park District - Web site for the administrative agency of 55 parks and 26 interpark trails covering vore than 85,000 acres in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

San Francisco Recreation and Parks - Home page for city''s parks: directory, maps, events and history. Interesting and useful information, but warning: slow, top-heavy design.

Outdoors Unlimited- A cooperative center for outdoors adventure and recreation, based at the University of California San Francisco.

Bay Area Ridge Trail Council -"Imagine a 400-mile ridgeline trail connecting the Bay Area''s precious greenbelt of parks and open space, linking hundreds of communities region-wide."

Bay Area Sea Kayakers (BASK) - A cooperative sea kayak club, providing a forum for people to meet other paddlers, generate ideas for new trips, and promote safe sea kayaking.

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary - Excellent, interactive site on the extensive marine environment north and south of San Francisco.

Mount Diablo Interpretive Association - Covering the ecology of East Bay''s towering treasure.

Bay Area Backcountry - Fun site on nice places to hike and camp in the San Francisco Bay Area—good sense of humor.