Hiking category: 1575 books
Five-Star Trails: Palm Springs
31 Spectacular Hikes in the Southern California Desert Resort Area
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
A popular outdoor destination for the 7 million residents of Los Angeles, Palm Springs offers stunning hiking opportunities. With Joshua Tree National Monument to the east, the San Bernardino National Forest to the north and south, and the storied Pacific Crest Trail passing nearby, hiking expert...
by Melissa Watson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This guidebook reveals a collection of sixty of the best dog friendly hiking trails in North Carolina. From mountain views to the coveted coast, there’s a trail for you and your trusty companions. Your pups will frolic, swim, play, explore, and enjoy every step of the way. Throughout are full-color...
Hiking through History New England
Exploring the Region's Past by Trail
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this guide contains all the tools you'll need to explore New England's history on your hikes. Each of the 40 featured hikes comes with helpful maps and directions, as well as a carefully researched impression of the trail, and a comprehensive guide to the area's natural and human history.
Hike Smart
Tips and Tactics for Improving Your Treks
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Are you a first-timer about to take your inaugural trek? Are you veteran hiker looking to be even more efficient when enjoying the sport you love? Are you someone in between? Then look no further than expert trekker Ann Brown’s Hike Smart, the definitive guide to efficient and enjoyable hiking for...
by Dan Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2007
This handsome guide is full of charts and easy-to-find information that will help you quickly select your ideal hike. And once you're on the trail, you'll enjoy the sidebars on flora and fauna, and historical highlights that accompany many of the routes.
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle
Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
It's been 10 years since the release of the first edition of 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle, which makes 2016's third edition the 10th Anniversary Edition! This popular hiking guide has been completely updated by authors Andrew Weber and Bryce Stevens for this new release, featuring three all-new...
Great Hikes in the Poconos
and Northeast Pennsylvania
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2000
Hiking guide to the state's biggest tourist area
Varied hikes are appropriate for all abilities
An easy-to-use guidebook to more than 40 favorite hikes in northeast Pennsylvania (north of Route 78, east of Route 15). Each hike begins with a table listing hike distance, elevation, directions to trailhead,...
Yoga for Hikers
How to Stretch, Strengthen, and Hike Farther
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Yoga for Hikers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that hiking enact on the body. This...
by John Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
A best-selling hiking guide to Maine’s most widely traveled region, completely revised and with 10 new hikes
Locals and visitors to Maine’s beautiful coastline will find miles of satisfying hiking, with outings that range from short walks for families to all-day excursions for serious hikers....
Weird Hikes
A Collection of Bizarre, Funny, and Absolutely True Hiking Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Art Bernstein offers sixteen engaging stories of strange-but-true events that occurred while he was hiking.
by Bill Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Experience the dual nature of this vast wilderness area straddling the Montana-Wyoming border. Featuring a range of hikes from lake-strewn alpine country of the Beartooth Plateau to the lower, densely forested, and wildlife-rich mountains of the Absaroka Range, Best Easy Day Hikes Absaroka-Beartooth...
by Al Marlowe, Karen Christopherson
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
The Flat Tops Wilderness Area is unique, a high plateau at 11,000 feet. Its nearly flat surface is covered with woodlands and alpine meadows, pockmarked with hundreds of lakes and drained by mountain streams. The wilderness is accessed by a network of trails for hikers and horseback riders alike....
by Derek Dellinger
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Explore the hiker's paradise of the Northeast
Few regions of America offer a landscape as beautiful, varied, and easily accessible as the Hudson Valley. From the stunning fjords of the Hudson Highlands, one can see both the Manhattan skyline and the distant looming Catskills. The challenging...
Five-Star Trails: South Carolina Upstate
Your Guide to the Area's Most Beautiful Hikes
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
The South Carolina Upcountry is gaining more popularity and people visiting will need to know how to discover all it has to offer. Outdoor activities here abound and there are a good variety of trails for hikers of all levels. From waterfalls to amazing mountain views, each trail offers hikers an...