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* Lassen Volcanic National Park (B2). 

 Area, 124 sq. mi. Only active volcano 

 in United States proper— Lassen Peak 

 10,465 ft.; Cinder Cone 6879 ft.; Hot 

 Springs; mud geysers. Lakes, streams, 

 forests of western yellow and white 

 pine and lodgepole pine. 



Southern Pacific R. R. to Red Bluff 

 or Western Pacific R. R. to Paxton. 



West Central California 



*Pinnncles National Monument (B2). 

 Area, 2080 acres; mountain coniferous 

 forest, chaparral; waterfall, mountain- 

 ous and rocky conditions; caves, spring, 

 excellent canyon. Deer present. In- 

 cluded in State Game Refuge 3 B. 



Entrance via HoUister, California, 

 91 mi. south of San Francisco, or Sole- 

 dad, Monterey Co., 140 mi. south of 

 San Francisco. — Eliot Blackivelder. 



*Mount Diablo State Park (B2). 

 Mountain 4000 ft. high giving a com- 

 manding view of the entire center of the 

 state, embracing mountains, rivers, 

 valleys, bays and cities. 320 acres have 

 been set aside ; the purchase of 4000 more 

 is contemplated. Typical sample of 

 California foothill country including 

 groves of live oak, California laurel, 

 chaparral, and so forth. The region 

 and fauna little disturbed by civilizing 

 influences save that deer and other 

 larger mammals are less abundant than 

 under original conditions. 



West base of mountain reached by 

 branch of San Francisco-Sacramento 

 R. R. at Walwood, or by Southern Pacific 

 Railroad at Walnut Creek. San Fran- 

 cisco 35 mi, west. Reached by auto 

 over paved roads. — E. N. Munns. 



Spring Valley Water Company Proper- 

 ties (C3). Typical humid coast flora 

 and fauna, including redwoods; modified 

 by storage reservoirs and predatory 

 mammal control with some grazing. 

 No hunting allowed. 



San Mateo County. 30 mi. south of 

 San Francisco. Southern Pacific R. R. 

 or over good roads. 



Redwood Preserves.^ (The Redwood 



'Information from N. B. Drury, Sec, Save the 

 Redwoods League, July, 1923. Annual Report of the 

 League for 1922 and publicity material issued by the 

 League in July, 1923. 



Belt is a strip of forest which averages 

 20 mi. in width and extends some 450 

 mi. from Monterey County, California, 

 to just above the Oregon line.) 



*California State Redwood Park (B2). 

 An area of 2500 acres of redwood in the 

 region known as "The Big Basin." 

 In addition to the redwood forest, 

 scattered areas surrounding the park 

 have been purchased by the state and 

 set aside by the National Government, 

 making a total of some 9000 acres in the 

 entire reservation. Facilities have been 

 provided for campers in the park, and a 

 central dining hall and cabins have been 

 erected which are run as a hotel. As 

 far as possible, the park is to be main- 

 tained in a state of nature. Santa 

 Cruz County. 



33 mi. southwest of San Jose on high- 

 way. Stages from Boulder Creek, 11 mi. 



25 mi. northwest of Santa Cruz on 

 highway. 



*Muir Woods National Monument 

 (B2). Area, 295 acres. Virgin stand of 

 Sequoia sempervirens and associated 

 vegetation. The whole Mt. Tamalpais 

 region is a game refuge and all life is 

 protected inside the monument. 



Marin County. 8 mi. north of San 

 Francisco; reached by Northwestern 

 Pacific R. R. and Mt. Tamalpais R. R. 



*Armstrong Grove. An area of 419 

 acres of Sequoia sempervirens, located 

 near Guerneville and owned and ad- 

 ministered by Sonoma County. A care- 

 taker is in charge and all life is 

 preserved. 



Guerneville, 3 mi. south on county 

 road. Guerneville reached by North- 

 western Pacific R. R. from San Francisco. 



* Bohemian Grove (B2). A stand of 

 redwoods preserved and owned by the 

 Bohemian Club of California. 



Sonoma County. 85 mi. north of 

 San Francisco on N. W. P. R. R. 



*Edward R. Hickey Memorial Grove 

 (B2). An area of 40 acres of redwoods. 

 Mendocino County. 



On State Highway, north of Willits. 

 N. W. P. R. R. 



*Humboldt State Redwood Park (B2) 

 An area of 2216 acres of virgin redwood 

 in Humboldt County bordering the 



