Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that

generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. Spanning the state's
northernmost 48 counties,[1][2] its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay
Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland), the Greater
Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), the Redding, California, area south of
the Cascade Range, and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno). Northern
California also contains redwood forests, along with most of the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite
Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range
after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most
productive agricultural regions.

Major cities

Capital : Sacramento

San Jose Modesto Redding

San Francisco Santa Rosa San Mateo

Fresno Salinas San Rafael

Sacramento Hayward Eureka

Oakland Sunnyvale Susanville

Stockton Visalia

Fremont Chico

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AREA Codes
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Northern California Coast: Big Sur

Big Sur is a spectacularly beautiful stretch of California’s central coast located between Carmel and San
Simeon, snuggled between the steep slopes of the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific. Most tourists
see this scenic area from the narrow State Route 1, which winds and turns beside steep seaside cliffs,
offering lookout points every now and then.

Yosemite National Park

The most famous, and the oldest, national park in the world, Yosemite National Park in north California
is 1,200 square miles of some of nature’s most beautiful creations, from deep valleys, wildflower-
covered meadows, and 3,000-year-old giant sequoias to the vast High Sierra Mountains wilderness and
thundering waterfalls that dry up in August, and so much more. Start your exploration in the valley, a
one-mile-wide and seven-mile-long canyon created by a river and shaped by glaciers

Santa Cruz

Located on the northern end of Monterey Bay about 32 miles from San Jose, Santa Cruz is a
quintessential small coastal town with beautiful sandy beaches, world-famous surf, spectacular
mountains covered with ancient redwood forests, serene organic farms, and a thriving wine and beer
scene.

San Jose

Snuggled between South Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Jose is the heart of Silicon Valley and
the Bay Area’s main technological hub. Known as the home of many tech giants, San Jose is also a
beautiful modern city with a vibrant downtown that has 250 restaurants, nine theaters and many art
galleries and museums.

Oakland

A large port city just across the bridge from San Francisco, Oakland is a place of its own and has the most
ethnically diverse population in the country. It is famous for its political activism as well as for its
festivals, theatres, and galleries. Surrounded by many parks and with a spectacular view of the Bay and
San Francisco, Oakland is great place to visit.

Redwood National Park

Redwood National and State Parks is a group of four old-growth temperate rainforests located along the
coast of northern California: Redwood National Park, Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek
Redwoods State Parks. Together, they cover 139,000 acres and protect 45 percent of all globally
remaining coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests. Sequoias are the tallest species of tree on
Earth and can live up to 3,000 years.

Modoc National Forest

Called “The Smiles of Gods” by the native Modoc people who first settled the area, the Modoc National
Forest is located in northeastern California and is a 1,654,392-acre diverse and mountainous area full of
pine forests, lakes, meadows, streams, canyons, wetlands, lava beds, and vast high desert plateaus.

Napa Valley

Napa is a small and charming town in Napa County in the heart of the Napa Valley wine region. It has
had a very turbulent past and its late-1800s and early-1900s architecture bears witness to its many ups
and downs. Once merely a starting point for exploring the surrounding vineyards, Napa’s beautiful
riverfront promenade, world-famous restaurants such as Carpe Diem and La Toque, and lively arts
scene, including the famous Napa Valley Opera House, make Napa a destination in its own right.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally
comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan
area, the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States.[3][4] The region generally
contains ten of California's 58 counties: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino,
San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.

CITIES:

 Imperial
 Kern
 Los Angeles
 Orange
 Riverside
 San Bernardino
 San Diego
  San Luis Obispo
 Santa Barbara
 Ventura

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Tourist Attractions:

Los Angeles

 Dry Town Water Park

 Pacific Park
 Raging Waters San Dimas
 Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
 Six Flags Magic Mountain
 Universal Studios Hollywood
Orange County

 Disney California Adventure

 Disneyland Park
 Knott's Berry Farm
 Knott's Soak City
 Wild Rivers (water park)
Riverside & San Bernardino
  Castle Park
 Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs
San Diego

 Sesame Place San Diego

 Belmont Park
 Legoland California
 Legoland Waterpark
 San Diego Zoo
 San Diego Zoo Safari Park
 SeaWorld San Diego
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Images top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Los Angeles, San Diego Skyline, Village of La Jolla, Santa Monica
Pier, Surfer at Black's Beach, Hollywood Sign, Disneyland, Hermosa Beach Pier

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Area Selected cities

codes

209 Stockton, Modesto

213, Los Angeles

323

310 Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Torrance

408 San Jose

415 San Francisco, San Rafael

510 Oakland, Berkeley

530 Redding, Davis

559 Fresno

562 Long Beach, Whittier

619 San Diego

626 Pasadena, Azusa

650 Palo Alto, San Mateo

661 Bakersfield

707 Vallejo, Eureka, Santa Rosa

714 Orange, Anaheim, Huntington Beach

760 Barstow, Palm Springs

805 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Simi Valley

818 San Fernando, Burbank

831 Santa Cruz, Salinas

858 Poway

909 Pomona, San Bernardino

916 Sacramento

925 Concord, Walnut Creek

949 Irvine, Newport Beach

951 Riverside, San Jacinto