Top 10 Places in Northern California + NorCal Road Trip Itinerary (2023) 

Well thank you! I can understand that. It’s your “normal.” A wonderful place to grow up tho!

I grew up in Sacramento and now live in the beautiful foothills in Auburn, California.

Mine too! Avenue of the giants is one of the most scenic drives in the world! You’ll love Lassen 😃

The floods of 1964 made the Eel River rise high above flood stage and it wiped out several towns. We just drove through Weott on the Avenue of the Giants and noticed a sign up in a tree showing the ''high water mark''. My guess is that the sign was 50 feet above the road. The rains scared me and I have never seen it come down so hard since 1964.

@@kimmer6 unreal!

Northern California is huge! There’s so much to see. You can travel for a lifetime in California 😁

Thank you so much! And yes - you are definitely spoiled to live in Norcal!

That’s awesome! Is the list in line with your opinion?

I have the footage! I could make another. It’s just a matter of finding the time to edit. You are so welcome!

You’re so welcome! Yes Lassen is a very underrated NP! Who doesn’t want to see boiling mud pots and acid rivers? It has beautiful blue lakes and rocky peaks too. Love it 😊

That sums it up 😃

Thank you so much!! NorCal makes it easy to produce beautiful videos 😁😍

Such a great place to live if you love nature. Honestly I don’t know why people pay the price to live in California if they just sit at home and watch Netflix lol

@@PeterOwenFilms Humboldt is a great place. I used to go there alot to escape people. But I left because of Californias horrible political stances.

@@mr.joshua204ahh that’s too bad. California is gorgeous! I don’t really feel like the political stance is that bad. I don’t like the cost of living, but I don’t really like the issues other states have either…

@@PeterOwenFilms in California, you're not allowed to stand your ground, and of you do, you can be arrested and sent to prison, a criminal can hurt themselves on your property while stealing, and sue you for it. The gun laws are ridiculous, the new 20 dollars an hour will make the cost of living even worse, and will kill jobs, crime is horrible, tweakers are all over, and the list goes on. I loved northern California, but I couldn't raise my family in that kind of environment. My last straw was when sx traffickers followed my wife while she was jogging, luckily she got home before they caught up to her, but They caught the traffickers at a near Walmart when they tried to kidnap someone there later on that day. And living in California, I just didn't feel safe the way I did growing up in the 90s. My last year in redding, that's where I'm from, buissness we're closing down due to newsoms new tax laws for buissness owners, which meant I lost my job that I worked for thr last 5 years. I had all this experience, but the only people who wanted to hire me were temp agency jobs amd mcdonalds. So I took my wife's advice, flirted with idaho jobs, applied over a dozen, and not even a week later, they all wanted me. So I picked a warehouse job, moved to idaho, bought our first home, 2 years later I upgraded to a cdl position, and have been in idaho for 4 years now, and I have excelled soo much more than I wouldve in California, financially and career wise. I'm even getting my hazmat endorsement tomorrow so I can quit and start delivering fuel to gas stations. In California I'd have to do a 3 month long coarse and pass through hoops, in idabo, all I did was take one online coarse, and now I'm eligible to take thr test. I can even buy whatever firearm I want, buy it, and take it home all within 30 minutes. My quality of life is soo much better in idaho, but what I sacrificed was my home town, and everything that I knew. It was a small sacrifice to make, for a sense of normalcy..until democrats turn idaho into a democratic ran state lol

Thank you so much! Means a lot 😀

Thank you so much! 😀

Well thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😃😃😃

Thank you!!! 😁😁😁

Yes! NorCal is stunning 😃

Thank you so much! I appreciate that 😀😀😀

Thank you!! 😃😃

Appreciate it - thank you!!

You’re so welcome. You’re going to love it!

Thank you so much!!!

@@PeterOwenFilms my pleasure

Thank you very much!!

Sweet! Thanks for saying hi here 😄

Those are the imperial sand dunes near the border with Mexico 😃

@@PeterOwenFilms They're beautiful. Didn't know they were that far down. Thought it was closer to Death Valley.

Thank you so much! I used my iPhone 10 and Air2S drone 😀

Russian Gulch State Park and the Point Cabrillo lighthouse :)

Thank you so much! Oh shoot I've only been up there in the summer so I am not too sure, but I don't think it snows much by the coast? I think the weather stays pretty moderate, but if you go inland then it might snow. This is just my guess so you might want to check a few cities up there. Good luck!

I do hope your ok, we really got some major storms since Jan thought I better check.

@@user-id3sw5oj9m Thanks man, Im actually already finished with traveling. It was pooring as hell when I got through Southern California

You’re so welcome!! Wow that is a hard question to answer. You’re going to beautiful places and you can’t go wrong. In Hollywood you should definitely hike to see the Hollywood sign. I like the Innsdale trail. I also love the Griffith observatory hike. If you want to see the ocean in LA check out the Los Liones trail. You’re going to love your trip!

@@PeterOwenFilms Thank you for the tips! 🤗

@@hikinginharmony You're so welcome! Enjoy :)

That’s Factory Butte in Utah! And yes those are beautiful places. I visited recently!

There’s endless beauty and special spots. If solitude is what you want there’s tons of places for that too.

It definitely feels like a different landscape!

Yea they don’t allow drones in Pt Reyes so it was the closest shot I could get 🤪

You gotta see it :)

Yea!

@@PeterOwenFilms I loved it and there were (squirrels?!) that didn’t run away, just munching around my ankles in pretty flower fields

What lol

@@PeterOwenFilms LOL. TIKTOK. LAUGH OUT LOUD

Burney falls is incredible!

Sequoia is awesome, but the Redwoods are magical :)

I wish more people would leave! Unfortunately it is the most populated state in the country by far.

Haha no way! It's beautiful!

I guess it’s how we define “places” 😄

So funny I was just looking at that place. It’s stunning! It’s on my list for sure 😃😃

@PeterOwenFilms lol for sure man. Enjoy your time there and everywhere else you travel too. Stay blessed and much love. By the way if you're in that area you should check out Sam's Chowder House for some good food in Half Moon Bay

Thank you so much! Glad to be backed up by a local! 😀

Avoid the beautiful Redwood forests, waterfalls, volcanoes and Pacific Coast?? What on Earth!?!?