Hiking category: 1575 books
Five-Star Trails: Louisville and Southern Indiana
Your Guide to the Area's Most Beautiful Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Known as the City of Parks, Louisville has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation. In 1891 Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, was commissioned to develop an extensive park system for Louisville that eventually included 18 parks...
Hiking Yellowstone National Park
A Guide to More than 100 Great Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Lace up your boots and sample more than one hundred hikes in America’s most famous national park. Geysers, paint pots, and glowing blue pools; deep canyons with plunging waterfalls; broad river valleys with seemingly endless views; and tall rugged mountains—Yellowstone National Park is a hiker’s...
Hiking the Sierra Nevada
A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Thoroughly updated and revised, this four-season guide features 146 of the best hikes from every quarter of the range, geared to differing levels of skill and experience, and includes 38 honorable mention hikes.
by Bill Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Lace up your boots and sample more than sixty hikes in the spectacular Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness that straddles the Montana-Wyoming border. Experience the high-altitude grandeur of the Beartooth Plateau, the breathtaking view from 12,799-foot Granite Peak, and the abundant wildlife of the densely...
Exploring the Southern Appalachian Grassy Balds
A Hiking Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
“Treeless wonders” of the Southern Appalachians, grassy balds have long baffled scientists and enchanted outdoor enthusiasts. They exist as open spaces, often grassy meadows, found on or near the summits of mountains that are technically below the tree line. Are they artificial, the result of...
Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, 2nd
A Guide to the Parks' Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, situated in California's rugged Sierra Nevada, boast some of the most spectacular landscapes on the continent: towering groves of giant sequoia trees, crystalline trout rivers, jagged peaks and alpine meadows, and Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower...
Hiking New Mexico
A Guide to 95 of the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Ninety-one hikes from the La Luz Trail to the San Mateo and Peloncillo Mountains.
by Molly Absolon
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Richly photographed and information-packed tools for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, BASIC ILLUSTRATED books distill years of knowledge into affordable and visual guides. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED series shows you what you...
Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Ultimate Travel Guide To America's Most Popular Scenic Roadway
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Miles and miles of trails in North Carolina and Virginia offer excellent hiking and interpretive opportunities along the most-visited national park in the country. This guide will help hikers of all abilities get off the road and into the woods.
Hiking Gear Essentials: Filling the Traveling Pack from Top to Bottom
Camping and Backpacking
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Trek Packing Essentials
Filling the Traveling Pack, Top to Bottom
There has never been a more in-depth book on the complete subject of personal travel, whether for day pack, back pack, or full cross country gear. These tactics are intended for creating the most comfortable and easy-access...
Hiking Big Bend National Park
A Guide to the Big Bend Area’s Greatest Hiking Adventures, including Big Bend Ranch State Park
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Fully updated and revised, this comprehensive guide features forty-seven trails in Big Bend National Park.
Hiking Colorado's Sangre de Cristos and Great Sand Dunes
A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Lace up your boots and head into Colorado's rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains to explore this spine of soaring peaks that stand more than a mile above the San Luis and Wet Mountain Valleys. Here you'll discover plunging creeks, gorges cut from chunky conglomerate, and valleys where elk, bighorn sheep,...
Hiking Wisconsin
A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Profiles 64 of the best hikes in the state. Detailed maps and directions and a superb selection of day hikes and overnight trips make this book accessible to all hiking enthusiasts, from families out for a summer walk in the woods to outdoor fanatics.
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Houston
Including Huntsville and Galveston
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
The best way to experience Houston is by hiking it!
Get outdoors with local author and hiking expert Laurie Roddy with the new full-color edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Houston. These trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings that renew your...