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Visit a State Park!

Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of a California State Parks Pass, which you can check out at your neighborhood library. Read about the parks and prepare for your visit with the books below! Learn more about the Parks Pass program here: https://library.cityofpaloalto.org/blogs/post/california-state-park-pass-program/

Palo Alto City Library

15 items

  • California State Library Parks Pass

    One Per Family. Two Weeks Checkout. No Renewal

    Mixed Material[Sacramento, CA] : California State Library, Parks Pass Program, [2022] — PASS FOR STATE PARKS
  • Trail Posts

    a Literary Exploration of California's State Parks

    BookBerkeley, California : Heyday, [2014] — 808.8032 TRAIL
  • Big Basin Redwood Forest

    California's Oldest State Park

    Bliss, Traci,
    BookCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2021. — 979.471 BLISS
  • The Anza-Borrego Desert Region

    a Guide to the State Park and Adjacent Areas of the Western Colorado Desert

    Lindsay, Lowell
    BookBerkeley, CA : Wilderness Press, 2006. — 979.498 L749a 2006
  • Angel Island

    Immigrant Gateway to America

    Lee, Erika
    BookOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. — 325.794 LEE
  • 100 Classic Hikes: Northern California

    Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Klamath Mountains, North Coast and Wine County, San Francisco Bay Area

    Soares, John R,
    BookSeattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, 2018. — 917.941 SOARES 2018
  • Big Sur

    the Making of a Prized California Landscape

    Brooks, Shelley Alden, 1979-
    BookOakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] — 979.47 BROOKS
  • Big Sur to Big Basin

    California's Dramatic Central Coast

    Ulrich, Larry
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1998] — 979.476 U45b
  • The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide

    Tools & Techniques to Hit the Trail

    Skurka, Andrew,
    BookWashington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017] — 796.5102 SKURKA