{"id":24926,"date":"2018-02-10T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24926"},"modified":"2018-02-10T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T00:38:10","slug":"counting-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/counting-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting California Highlights By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/brnfall.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Burney Falls 100 million gallons daily flow<\/p>\n<p>Visit California recently released it&#8217;s annual guide with a fun, by-the-numbers count of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california\/california-regions.html\">California&#8217;s 12 regions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>SAN DIEGO COUNTY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>70 Continuous miles of beaches<\/li>\n<li>40% of California avocados<\/li>\n<li>32,496,352 LEGO bricks in Legoland Miniland U.S.A.<\/li>\n<li>20 years breedin seahorses, Birch Aquarium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>DESERTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>20,000 banana items, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/museums\/banana-museum.html\">International Banana Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<li>12 Polo fields at Indio&#8217;s Empire Polo Club<\/li>\n<li>120 Coachella Valley golf courses<\/li>\n<li>8,000 rock-climbing routes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/sports\/joshua-tree-rock-climbing.html\">Joshua Tree National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>INLAND EMPIRE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>68.1 feet World&#8217;s Largest Paper Cup, Riverside<\/li>\n<li>1964 Rolling Stones first U.S. concert, San Bernardino<\/li>\n<li>2,000 Classic cars, Ontario&#8217;s Route 66 Cruisin&#8217; Reunion<\/li>\n<li>2.7 million annual visitors, Temecula wineries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ORANGE COUNTY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>41,000 Acres, Irvine Ranch<\/li>\n<li>30,000 Migrating birds, Upper Newport Bay<\/li>\n<li>1,296 feet San Clemente Pier<\/li>\n<li>500,000 Spectators, Huntington Beach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/huntington-beach-usopen-surfing-festival.html\">US Open of Surfing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>LOS ANGELES COUNTY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2,614 Stars, Hollywood Walk of Fame<\/li>\n<li>71 Beach volleyball courts, Hermosa Beach<\/li>\n<li>1,000 entertainment company headquarters, Burbank<\/li>\n<li>11,000 ocean animals, Long Beach&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/aquariums\/long-beach-aquarium.html\">Aquarium of the Pacific<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CENTRAL COAST<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>30 Sea caves, Anacapa Island<\/li>\n<li>41 fireplaces, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/architecture\/san-simeon-hearst-castle.html\">Hearst Castle <\/a><\/li>\n<li>27,403 acres avocadoes<\/li>\n<li>1,000,000 gallons saltwater, Monterey Bay Aquarium Open Sea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CENTRAL VALLEY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>226 Bird species, Kern Wildlife Refuge<\/li>\n<li>50 Jelly Belly flavors, Fairfield<\/li>\n<li>1967 First U.S. bike lane, Davis<\/li>\n<li>21 Billboard #1 Hit singles Buck Owens, Bakersfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>HIGH SIERRA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>14,505 feet U.S. highest contiguous peak, Mount Whitney<\/li>\n<li>200 Caves, Sequoia &amp; Kings Canyon National Parks<\/li>\n<li>65 Saloons mostly gone, Bodie ghost town<\/li>\n<li>5 miles Heavenly Mountain Resort descent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>GOLD COUNTRY<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>195 pounds troy gold nugget, Carson Hill, 1854<\/li>\n<li>300,000 flowers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/volcano.html\">Volcano&#8217;s Daffodil Hill <\/a><\/li>\n<li>1,185 Bedrock mortars, Pine Grove&#8217;s Indian Grinding Rock<\/li>\n<li>1885 Sacramento&#8217;s Crocker Art Museum established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>10,000 Elephant seals, Pescadero&#8217;s Ano Nuevo<\/li>\n<li>160 Rooms, San Jose&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/attractions\/san-jose-winchester-mystery-house.html\">Winchester Mystery House <\/a><\/li>\n<li>$295 Healdsburg&#8217;s 11-course tasting, Single Thread<\/li>\n<li>25 Pipes, San Francisco&#8217;s Wave Organ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>NORTH COAST<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1945 Humboldt Crabs baseball began<\/li>\n<li>130 Miles beaches, Mendocino County<\/li>\n<li>379.7 feet, tallest redwood<\/li>\n<li>1,100 pounds, largest Roosevelt elk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>SHASTA CASCADE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>13,000,000 Coleman Hatchery fish<\/li>\n<li>300 miles Siskiyou County snowmobile trails<\/li>\n<li>14,179 feet, Mount Shasta volcano<\/li>\n<li>700 Lava Beds National Monument tube caves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Burney Falls 100 million gallons daily flow Visit California recently released it&#8217;s annual guide with a fun, by-the-numbers count of California&#8217;s 12 regions. 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