--- title: "10 Photo Quests in California, United States of America β€” GetMap" description: "10 photo quests in California, United States of America β€” led by food, art and party. Get there, take a photo within 200 m, and the check-in counts." source: https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/california --- # California United States of America Β· 10 quests ## Nature 1 quest ![Joshua Tree, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJe6hluYWP2oAR4p3rOqftdxk.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Joshua Tree](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJe6hluYWP2oAR4p3rOqftdxk) A yucca gives this desert its name ## Art 2 quests ![Salvation Mountain, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ06Hd8Qey0IAR2v_KFSyXw04.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Salvation Mountain](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ06Hd8Qey0IAR2v_KFSyXw04) Tires and car parts sit inside this painted hillside ![Cabazon Dinosaurs, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJTR1im6I_24ARNEHEvzVlERQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Cabazon Dinosaurs](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJTR1im6I_24ARNEHEvzVlERQ) Two steel dinosaurs rise beside the freeway ## Food 3 quests ![Tonkotsu Ramen, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJ8yL6J73_24AR-7VXaycNji8.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Tonkotsu Ramen](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ8yL6J73_24AR-7VXaycNji8) Pork bones make this broth turn cloudy ![Fettuccine Alfredo, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJaZ3OWSO_woARSF1VduqxGgY.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Fettuccine Alfredo](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJaZ3OWSO_woARSF1VduqxGgY) The Italian version uses no cream ![Prime Rib, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJg67caeqAhYAR2UQjKb1a8j4.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Prime Rib](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJg67caeqAhYAR2UQjKb1a8j4) Its thin slice comes from a standing roast ## Beach 1 quest ![Santa Monica Beach, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Beach/ChIJRRBkmSulwoARC9tR7sO6xg0.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Santa Monica Beach](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJRRBkmSulwoARC9tR7sO6xg0) Wooden paths cross the sand for a reason ## Sport 1 quest ![Dodger Stadium, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJBZSIS_fGwoARuIcV6sH4UEU.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Dodger Stadium](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJBZSIS_fGwoARuIcV6sH4UEU) Thirteen no-hitters have been thrown here ## Party 2 quests ![Coachella, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/3_Coachella.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [Coachella](https://getmap.travel/quests/5vfT376nNRP4HUN6WDxa) The whole festival happens twice ![False Idol, California](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJzw3GNKxU2YARh9sRm39PY3o.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ California [False Idol](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJzw3GNKxU2YARh9sRm39PY3o) The bar hides behind a refrigerator door --- United States of America ## Photo quests in California What the catalogue actually holds here, and which of it is worth rearranging a day around. California holds ten quests across six categories, led by Food with three β€” though only just, with two in Art behind it. The one category with nothing in California so far is History. One is tier 1, the tier kept for what a visitor would not have found on their own: Coachella. It is also the only quest here whose check-in asks for PRO; the other nine are open on any plan. Tier 3 covers seven of them, which is the label for what a visitor would expect a travel app to have anyway. A food quest names the dish rather than the restaurant: the pin sits on the room that serves it, but what you are going for is the plate. Art covers the work and the building around it, so a mural on an ordinary street counts alongside the collection with a ticket desk. Every check-in works the same way: the geotag your camera wrote into the photo has to land within 200 m of the quest's own point. ### By category Each of these opens the whole category across every city, with the California quests among them. - [Nature quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/nature) β€” one in California - [Art quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/art) β€” two in California - [Food quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/food) β€” three in California - [Beach quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/beach) β€” one in California - [Sport quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/sport) β€” one in California - [Party quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/party) β€” two in California --- Tier 1 ## The unexpected ones The one quests in California the catalogue files as finds rather than fixtures β€” the half of a city a guidebook has no room for. - [Coachella](https://getmap.travel/quests/5vfT376nNRP4HUN6WDxa) The whole festival happens twice Party --- Nearby ## Cities near California Ranked by distance rather than by border, because from here the next useful stop is often the one in the next country. - [Arizona 14 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/arizona) - [Grand Canyon Village 7 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/grand-canyon-village) - [San Francisco 11 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/san-francisco) - [Denver 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/denver) - [Seattle 21 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/seattle) - [Austin 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/austin) --- Questions ## About quests in California ### How many photo quests are there in California? 10, across six of the seven categories the catalogue uses. The deepest groups are Food (3), Art (2) and Party (2). Nothing in History here yet β€” a category appears in a city the moment a quest is published into it, so the gaps move. Among them: Joshua Tree, Salvation Mountain and Tonkotsu Ramen. ### What is there to do in California beyond the obvious? One of the 10 quests in California is tier 1, which is the catalogue's own mark for a find rather than a landmark: the pipeline that writes it is told that tier 3 is "everything a visitor would expect a travel app to have", and that tiers 1 and 2 are "only the unexpected finds". California holds one at tier 1, two at tier 2 and seven at tier 3. The tier 1 quest here is Coachella, in Party. ### Can you do all the California quests on one trip? Not as one walk. The outermost of the 10 is 643 km from the middle of the California list, which makes this a region rather than a neighbourhood: several are a day out in their own right and are worth planning as such rather than fitted in. ### Which California quests can you do for free? 9 of the 10 can be checked in on the free plan, and all 10 can be read and travelled to without paying anything β€” the catalogue is open signed out, on every plan. PRO covers the check-in on the hardest tier, which in California means one quest: Coachella. ### How do I prove I visited a place in California? Take the photo at the place and upload it. Your browser reads the location the camera wrote into that file and measures it against the quest's own coordinates; inside 200 m the check-in counts. The distance is measured to the point, not to the city: being in California is not what is checked, and a photo taken across town from Joshua Tree fails exactly the way one taken at home does. A file with no location in it cannot be checked at all, and a photo that has been through a messaging app usually arrives that way β€” upload the original out of the camera roll rather than a copy someone sent back to you. The Food quests in California sit on the room where the dish is served rather than on the dish, so that address is what the 200 m is measured from. --- This is the Markdown rendering of https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/california. Site index for agents: https://getmap.travel/llms.txt