Curl up off-season in a dog-friendly cabin
Cabin resorts—some rustic, some luxurious—have been hosting High Sierra vacationers for a century, and many are so popular in summer they can only be booked…
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Sierra county
Historic Highway 49 in the north starts in the Sierra County town of Vinton and winds south through a mountainous region where the rivers still…
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Snouts out the window
Fall is a great time for a scenic-drive vacation, and it would be hard to find more options than in the Shasta Cascade region, which boasts…
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Get your Buttes in gear
The Lakes Basin Recreation Area straddles Plumas and Sierra counties about 70 miles north of Lake Tahoe. It's truly a land of lakes, with more than four dozen…
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Dogs love Downieville
Do you like to fish, hike, get away from it all? Plan a spring getaway to Downieville, a historic community set amidst some of the…
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Sniffing out scenery in Sierra County
Even during the summer high season, Sierra County, home to fewer than 4,000 souls, is off the beaten track for most Northern California travelers. In…
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