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'''North Coast''' [[Arcata]] | [[Eureka (California)|Eureka]] | [[Mendocino]]
'''Central California''' ''Valley'' | [[Redding]] | [[Chico]] | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] | [[Stockton]] | [[Modesto]] | [[Merced]] | [[Fresno]] | [[Visalia]] | [[Bakersfield]] | ''Coast'' | [[Bay Area]] | [[Bay Area|San Francisco]] | [[Oakland]] | [[San Jose]] | [[Santa Cruz]] | [[Monterrey]]
'''Southern California''' [[Los Angeles]] | [[San Diego]] | [[Barstow]]
'''Sierra Nevada''' [[Mammoth]] | [[Yosemite]] | [[Bishop]] | [[Tahoe]]
== Recommended places ==
[[File:Justinhitching.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Justin hitchhiking to Arcata]]
The following places are recommended: Big Sur, Jade Beach, Crescent City (CA-1 & US-101), have beautiful shores/beaches. Yosemite (Highway 120), Sequoia National Park, and the redwoods are a must. The Haight-Ashbury (or just "the Haight") district in [[Bay Area|San Francisco]] the famous epicenter of much of the 1960s' drug and music culture is long gone and beat like a drum, but you might meet a few interesting people there. [[Arcata]] is mad cool as well.
[[Humboldt]] county is real good. They have a Hoopa Indian Reservation up there that is pretty good. They'll stop if you're walking on the side because they think you're one of them, and then once they stop they feel bad and give you a ride anyway. Lord Ellis peak took me about half an hour to get a ride to Redding.
Route 101, North from [[Bay Area|San Francisco]] and Route 1 South from the bay, towards [[Santa Cruz]], are great roads to hitch, arguably the easiest hitchhiking in the United States. Incredibly beautiful scenery too.
Also, if you are heading down (or up) the coast, try and get to [[Mendocino]]. It's the county in Cali that produces the most marijuana, and there is this awesome communal farm there. Half the rides you get will even offer you a toke or two! Golden Gate Transit will get you up to Santa Rosa from the Bay Area, which is halfway there.
