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Books About the Pacific Coast Highway in California, Oregon and Washington including travel guidebooks, route guides, restaurant guides, and many more.
Don't just take our word for what's good, as there are plenty of books to help you with your research into any Pacific Coast Highway trip, or any vacation anywhere along the way. There are several good guides that cover the entire route, for both drivers and cyclists, and you should pack at least one of these in your luggage.
There are also general guidebooks on the Pacific Coast, and on the individual states of California, Oregon and Washington. There are books about the wildlife, and the kinds of guides we most enjoy reading – restaurant guides.
Accommodation Guides
California Camping (Moon)
California Bed and Breakfast Inns
Camping
See under RV Parks and Campgrounds below
City Guides
San Francisco: 101 Free Things to Do in San Francisco (Kindle Guide)
San Francisco: Your Insider's Guide to San Francisco
Los Angeles: Soul of Los Angeles
Cycling Guides
Bicycling the Pacific Coast
Downhills Don't Come Free: One Man's Bike Ride from Alaska to Mexico
Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909
Driving Guides
Backroads of the California Coast
The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip (Moon Handbooks)
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips (Lonely Planet)
Road Trip USA: Pacific Coast Highway
The Best PCH Guide
Our recommended guide for
driving the Pacific coast is
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip
(Moon Handbooks)
Food, Drink, and Restaurant Guides
Good Beer Guide to the West Coast USA
Moon Handbooks’ Napa and Sonoma Guidebook
Northwest Wine Country: Wine's New Frontier
General Guides
Culture Trails: 52 Perfect Weekends
A Journey into John Steinbeck's California
Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast
The Pacific Coast Highway in California (Images of America)
State, Regional, and USA Guides
California Coastal Access Guide
Coastal California (Lonely Planet)
Frommer's Washington State Travel Guide
Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern California (Lonely Planet)
Michelin Green Guide: California
Michelin Green Guide: USA West
Moon Handbooks: Santa Barbara and the Central Coast
Moon Spotlight Guide to the Olympic Peninsula
RV Parks and Campgrounds Guides
California Camping (Moon)
West Coast RV Camping (Moon Outdoors series)
Some of our books pages
Your Insider's Guide to San Francisco
Pacific Coast Highway Travel's book review of Insider's Guide to San Francisco guidebook by Jill Loeffler, publisher of the San Francisco Tourism Tips website.
Free San Francisco Kindle Guide to Free Attractions
101 free San Francisco attractions and things to do are in the Kindle guide, 101 Free Things to Do in San Francisco, in the Travel Free eGuidebooks series.
West Coast RV Parks
One of the best guides to West Coast RV Parks, covering campgrounds in California, Oregon, and Washington, is West Coast RV Camping from Moon Guides.
Washington State Travel Guide
The Washington State travel guide from Frommer's covers hotels in Seattle, driving the Pacific Coast Highway, Olympic National Park, where to eat and more.
Vintage Hollywood
Vintage Hollywood in Los Angeles is an extract from the Lonely Planets book Culture Trails.
Cycling the USA West Coast
Lonely Planet's Guide to Cycling the USA West Coast is a bicycling guidebook for anyone touring California, Oregon and Washington by bike.
California Camping Book Review
Pacific Coast Highway Travel's California Camping book review rates the 20th anniversary edition of Moon's complete guide to over 1400 tent and RV campgrounds.
The Best Coast Book Review
The Best Coast is a west coast travel guide, sub-titled A Road Trip Atlas it doesn't use photos but instead has hundreds of beautiful illustrations.
Soul of Los Angeles
Soul of Los Angeles from French publishers Jonglez is a travel guide to 30 Exceptional Experiences in California's largest city.
Santa Barbara Guidebook
The Santa Barbara Guidebook from Moon Handbooks also covers California’s Central Coast with Ventura, San Luis Obispo, wine country, and Hearst Castle.
Road Food Guide
West Coast Road Eats is a road food guide covering the Pacific Coast from California through Oregon to Washington, giving the best road trip food stops.
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips: Lonely Planet Guidebook Review
Review of the Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips book from Lonely Planet, which includes a California Driving Guide, by the Pacific Coast Highway Travel website.
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide
Pacific Coast Highway Travel reviews the Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide book covering the drive from Vancouver to San Diego.
Pacific Coast Highway Moon Guide
Pacific Coast Highway Travel reviews the Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip guide from Moon covering California, Oregon and Washington
Pacific Coast Highway in California
The Pacific Coast Highway in California book shows in historic photos the building of the Pacific Coast Highway from its earliest beginnings in 1911.
Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide
Pacific Coast Highway Travel reviews an Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide published by the Beautiful Pacific Northwest website.
Northwest Wine Country
Northwest Wine Country is a food and wine lover's guide to vineyards, fine dining, accommodation, restaurants in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia.
Napa and Sonoma Guidebook
The Napa and Sonoma Guidebook to California Wine Country is from the Moon Handbooks’ travel guide series with reviews of wineries,vineyards, and wine tastings.
Michelin Guide to California
The Michelin Guide to California is a gourmet's guide to the best restaurants along the Pacific Coast Highway and elsewhere in California.
Michelin Green Guide California
The Michelin Green Guide to California covers the whole state and is good on maps, the sights, major cities and towns, less good on hotels and restaurants.
Los Angeles Travel Guide
The Los Angeles travel guide book from Lonely Planet also covers San Diego and Southern California, including Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, and Disneyland.
Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast
Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast, published by Voyageur Press, is a guide in words and pictures to historic lighthouses along the Pacific Coast Highway.
John Steinbeck California Guide
This John Steinbeck California Guide, A Journey into Steinbeck's California, shows readers how towns like Monterey, Carmel and Salinas influenced the author.
Guide to the Olympic Peninsula
Moon's Spotlight Guide to the Olympic Peninsula covers hotels, restaurants, and sights, including Forks, the Olympic National Park and other places.
Recent Articles
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This Coastal Waterfall Is One of California's Hidden Treasures — and It Runs Right Into the Pacific Ocean
Aug 07, 22 03:38 AM
The half-mile round-trip trail in Big Sur, California, opens up to a stunning viewpoint of 80-foot-high McWay Falls and a pristine beach. -
GM Will Make it Easier to "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"
Aug 07, 22 03:38 AM
GM plans to double the Super Cruise network of roads. Drivers who have Super Cruise will soon be able to go "hands-free" on parts of the iconic Route 66 and other key highways. -
GM has doubled Super Cruise: anyone want to *not* drive the Pacific Coast Highway?
Aug 05, 22 03:48 AM
Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, Route 1, the Trans-Canada. Roads you’ve wanted to drive since you heard about them, an irresistible mix of history, scenery and legendary stretches of blacktop. Yo…
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The Best PCH Guide
We've read lots of guides to the Pacific Coast, and easily the best one is the Moon Handbook. You can read our review here, or buy it through the Amazon link below.
Recent Articles
-
This Coastal Waterfall Is One of California's Hidden Treasures — and It Runs Right Into the Pacific Ocean
Aug 07, 22 03:38 AM
The half-mile round-trip trail in Big Sur, California, opens up to a stunning viewpoint of 80-foot-high McWay Falls and a pristine beach. -
GM Will Make it Easier to "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"
Aug 07, 22 03:38 AM
GM plans to double the Super Cruise network of roads. Drivers who have Super Cruise will soon be able to go "hands-free" on parts of the iconic Route 66 and other key highways. -
GM has doubled Super Cruise: anyone want to *not* drive the Pacific Coast Highway?
Aug 05, 22 03:48 AM
Route 66, the Pacific Coast Highway, Route 1, the Trans-Canada. Roads you’ve wanted to drive since you heard about them, an irresistible mix of history, scenery and legendary stretches of blacktop. Yo…
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