Best Easy Day Hikes Bend and Central Oregon includes concise, easy to follow descriptions of the best short hikes in central Oregon. Gaze down at lava flows from the summit of Little Belknap Crater near Sisters, admire the colorful 400-foot-tall cliffs at Smith Rock State Park near Redmond, or enjoy stunning views of Cascade peaks on the Pilot Butte hike in downtown Bend—this book has everything you’ll need to hit the trails.
* Full-color guidebook to Oregon's best 100 hikes* Features nine new trails in this edition*Author Douglas Lorain is a beloved guidebook writer in Oregon and the NorthwestWhat makes a trail a classic hike? "Outstanding scenery," says Doug Lorain, "especially good views." Add in mountain lakes and waterfalls. Sprinkle with wildflowers, old-growth forests, wildlife sightings, and interesting geologic features. All of the hikes Lorain has selected boast at least two of these attributes, and often more. These are simply the best hikes the state of Oregon has to offer. Lorain should know; he's logg... [Read More]
Get to Know Portland’s Most Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Local author Becky Ohlsen guides you through 33 unique walking tours in this comprehensive guidebook. The self-guided tours highlight the Rose City’s many charms. Go beyond the obvious with tours that showcase hidden gardens, historic landmarks, award-winning restaurants, old-school taverns, oddball shops, and edgy warehouse galleries. Stroll past coffee shops that line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano. Swing through an independent bookstore, and grab flavorf... [Read More]
Describes 70 trails. Each description includes the specifics of length, difficulty, elevation, when to go, whether there's water, who to call, where to camp, use intensity, and which USGS topo map to look at along with descriptive narrative. Also included for each are directions from Portland and a topo map detail. Would be helpful if it also included time and distance from Portland, though we know from the subtitle that they're all within 100 miles. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
This handy pocket-size guide contains 28 easy day hikes that are located in the following areas: Forest Park, Hoyt Arboretum, Waterfront Park, East Bank Esplanade, Marquam Nature Park, Powell Butte, Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, Sauvie Island Wildlife Refuge, the Tillamook Forest, Clackamas River region, Silver Falls State Park, Champoeg State Park, the Columbia River National Scenic Area, and the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
Winner of the 2018 National Outdoor Book Award Handcrafted for Northwest caregivers that want to spark a love of nature, 50 Hikes with Kids highlights the most kid-friendly hikes in Oregon and Washington. These hikes are perfect for little legs—they are all under four miles and have an elevation gain of 900 feet of less. Some are even accessible by stroller. Every entry includes the essential details: easy-to-read, trustworthy directions; a detailed map; hike length and elevation gain; bathroom access; and where to grab a bite to eat nearby. Full-color photographs highlight the fun things ... [Read More]
Covering trails and loops around Portland and Seattle, this guidebook of the Pacific Northwest provides avid hikers with full-color photographs and maps, detailed information on every trail's elevation, distance, difficulty, and duration, and specifics of the route with the author Don Scarmuzzi's own personal tips.Day Hikes in the Pacific Northwest includes hikes from: Mount St. Helens-Indian Heaven Wilderness-Gifford Pinchot National Forest Mount Adams-Goat Rocks Wilderness Mount Hood-Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness Mount Jefferson-Opal Creek-Bull of the Woods Wilderness Three Sisters Wildernes... [Read More]
Updated with new hikes, the fourth edition of this detailed guide covers the trails withing a two-hour drive of the Portland/Vancouver area. Discover a new wildflower trail on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge, hike to a waterfall on Mt. Hood, or explore a new nature park just outside Portland! The book features 55 best hikes for families with children, there's a variety of tougher trails too, and lots of backpacking options. For adventurers, there's even a list of 103 more hikes. Written by Oregon's hiking guru, this bestselling trail guide is updated every single year.
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. With the growing interest in adventure travel, national parks, hip cities, wineries, and microbreweries, the Pacific Northwest attracts a huge number of visitors every year. This dramatic region stretching from British Columbia to Oregon provides pristine wilderness areas to explore--from coastlines to mountains--as well as vibrant metropolitan scenes in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver.Fodor’s Pacific Northwest includes:UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE: New hotel and restaurant reviews... [Read More]
**Newly updated for spring 2013** The reviews say it all! A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes is the perfect way to enjoy the majesty of Yellowstone National Park. Find out why so many visitors choose this guide for their park visits. Featuring 29 incredible hikes this book is more than just a handy map for a walk in the woods it is your gateway to the true Yellowstone. Each hike features contextual and narrative information about the natural and human history, botany and geology of each trail. Written as a private hiking tour of Yellowstone from two park rangers, the husband-and... [Read More]
Hike, backpack, or ride horseback―there’s a trail for you.Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks offer the ultimate in natural and geothermal wonders: backcountry lakes, panoramic summits, glacier-carved canyons, steaming geyser basins, and vast meadows teeming with wildlife. Top Trails: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by experienced outdoors authors Andrew Dean Nystrom and Bradley Mayhew contains 46 “must-do” trips, from Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful, from the Absarokas to the Gallatin Range, and from Jackson Hole to the Teton Crest Trail. Book features include �... [Read More]
Yellowstone National Park is one of the great outdoor destinations on the planet, with spectacular vistas, intriguing geology, and abundant and varied wildlife. This updated and revised edition, published in a convenient, pocket-size format, describes 30 of the best day hikes in the park.
The Best Easy Day Hikes series are handy, pocket-size guides for day hikers in America's most popular outdoor destinations. Each guide describes approximately 20-30 easy-to-follow, scenic trails in and around national parks, cities and urban
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