Hiking category: 1575 books
Hiking Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness
A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Lace up your boots and head into Oregon's remote Wallowa Mountains. Explore this wonderland of more than fifty glacial lakes, miles of streams designated as National Wild and Scenic Rivers, hundreds of soaring peaks, and open meadows with elk, deer, bighorn sheep, coyote, black bear, and cougar.Climb...
100 Classic Hikes in Texas
Panhandle Plains/Pineywoods/Gulf Coast/South Texas Plains/Hill Country/Big Bend Country/Prairies and Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
CLICK HERE to download the ten mile hike "Canyon Lake Gorge" and the short but strenuous hike "Caprock Canyons St. Park Oxbow Trail" free from 100 Classic Hikes in Texas * Includes just the best-of-the-best Texas hikes, each with a special payoff* Up-to-date hiking information on land management...
by Johnathan Ottway
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Half Dome is a 4,737 feet (1,443.9 m) tall rock formation in Yosemite National Park in California. Although it is known to be a very challenging hike, approximately 50,000 hikers climb it every year. Doing so requires preparation, good physical condition, and hiking skills, as it is a 17 mile (27.36...
Day Hiking Southcentral Alaska
Anchorage Area, Kenai Peninsula, Mat-Su Valley
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Hikes within driving distance of Anchorage and its environs
100 day hikes, from iconic to beginner to lung-burner!
Day Hiking: Southcentral Alaska features 100 day hikes in the populous region around the Greater Anchorage area. Starting with the immense and accessible Chugach State Park, the guide...
Hiking Colorado's Weminuche and South San Juan Wilderness Areas
A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Fifty-nine comprehensive trail descriptions for Colorado's Weminuche and South San Juan Wilderness areas.
Hiking Waterfalls Washington
A Guide to the State’s Best Waterfall Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Hiking Waterfalls in Washington includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for the area’s most scenic waterfall hikes. Hike descriptions also include history, trivia, and GPS coordinates. This book takes you through state and national parks, forests, monuments, and wilderness areas,...
Hiking Texas
A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2019
From the rugged Guadalupe Mountains in the west and the deep canyons of the Red River in the Panhandle to the lakes on the eastern landscape, the Texas backcountry is as spacious and diverse as the Lone Star State itself. This guide contains unforgettable hikes that suit all abilities and interests.
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: New York City
Including Northern New Jersey, Southwestern Connecticut, and Western Long Island
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
With so many superb trails in the New York City area, planning a hike can be a frustrating endeavor. Which one for an all-day outing? Where can I take my dog? Which are suitable for young children? With this newly revised and updated edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: New York City all of those...
I Promise Not To Suffer
A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
"Witty, wise, and full of heart, Gail Storey’s winning memoir of her hike on the Pacific Crest Trail at the age of fifty-six is a book for every one who ever dreamed of taking the road less traveled. I Promise Not to Suffer is as inspiring as it is hilarious, as poignant as it is smart. It’s...
by Roland Mueser
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
Blending sage advice with personal experiences and anecdotes, this unconventional book is an unusually thoughtful account of long-distance trekking on the Appalachian Trail. Mueser draws upon interviews and questionnaire data gathered from over 100 long distance hikers hoofing it through the Applachian Mountains.
I Hike
Mostly True Stories from 10,000 Miles of Hiking
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
“I never set out to hike 10,000 miles. It just sort of happened over the course of a decade.” And so goes Lawton Grinter’s compelling collection of short stories that have been over ten years and 10,000 trail miles in the making. I Hike brings the reader trailside with blissful moments on the...
Hiking Utah's High Uintas
A Guide to the Region's Greatest Hikes, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The true story of the world’s first robbery of a moving train, and the real origins of the Wild West. They were the first outlaws to rob a moving train. But from 1864 to 1868, the Reno brothers and their gang of counterfeiters, robbers, burglars, and safecrackers also held the town of Seymour, Indiana,...
Families on Foot
Urban Hikes to Backyard Treks and National Park Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Families on Foot is an interactive guide for families to help motivate children to enjoy hiking and walking in nature. The progressive book would outline basic steps to help families with kids grow from beginner to intermediate hikers and to cultivate a love and enthusiasm for the outdoors. (Going...
by Laurence Parent
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Fully updated and revised, this comprehensive guide features forty-seven trails in Big Bend National Park.