California National Parks Collection: Nine Complete Guides with History, Highlights, and Easy One- to Three-Day Adventures

Nine California parks, nine guides, one download, all at an easy pace. From the sea caves of Channel Islands and the salt flats of Death Valley to the giant sequoias and Yosemite Valley, this collection plans relaxed visits built around short walks, overlooks, scenic drives, and visitor centers, whether you're seeing one park or all nine.

What's inside

• Nine guides, to Channel Islands, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen Volcanic, Pinnacles, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite, each with its own cover art, seven chapters, maps, photographs, and indexes
• 27 easy itineraries: three per park, for one, two, and three days, each day with a backup plan for weather or closures
• History and highlights for every park, from Inspiration Point and Zabriskie Point to the General Sherman Tree, Bumpass Hell, and Glacier Point
• Nine wildlife chapters with 126 animal profiles, each with a photograph and notes on where and when to look
• Trip planning for seasons, getting there, fees and reservations, lodging, food and water, accessibility, and safety
• 308 photographs and 51 orientation maps placed beside the passages they illustrate

What you'll receive

• EPUB ebook (California_National_Parks_Collection_Brian_D_Russ.epub, about 28 MB) for Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, and most e-reader apps. Kindle readers can send it to their library with Amazon's Send to Kindle.
• PDF (California_National_Parks_Collection_Brian_D_Russ.pdf, 755 pages including the cover, about 137 MB) for any computer or tablet, and for printing the pages you want to carry. It opens on the illustrated cover, and its bookmarks jump to each park and chapter.

Your download link arrives by email right after purchase.

Edition

First edition of the collection, October 2026, collecting the October 2026 editions of all nine guides. Research completed October 16 and 17, 2026. Trails, roads, and schedules change, so check each park's current alerts before you travel.

Pick a park, take your time, and let California do the rest.

This is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service.