60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Sacramento: Including Davis, Roseville, and Auburn

by Jordan Summers

Book Overview

With its famed foothills, historic Mother Lode region, and picturesque delta, California's capital and its surrounding area are an excellent hiking destination. But where to begin? Using author Jordan Summers' careful, hiking-based research, this useful guide introduces area residents and visitors to an array of the best day-hikes -- from casual riverside nature walks to rugged foothill treks -- within roughly an hour's drive of the city. The book's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897325567
• ISBN13: 9780897325561
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Worth It!

For one new to the area this book has been extremely helpful. Great collection of short to long and easy to difficult hikes. It's made discovering the Sacramento area much easier and scenic!

60 miles?

Overall, I found the book to be well written and have done several of the hikes so far without any disappointment. The one major flaw is the misleading title. Many of the hikes are well over 60 miles away (a few are even over 90 miles away). I was hoping to find some really cool hikes much closer. Prepare to be driving quite a bit if you do many of these hikes and live in Sacramento.

Great Hikes

I love to layout and information this book provides. at each hike, there is a list of essential info; Length, difficulty, scenery, water required, trail traffic, surface, time, facilities, and usually lets you know if dogs are allowed (I found one of the four hikes that I went on out of this book that did allow dogs, but was not mentioned in the book). I found that of the four hikes I've done so far in this book, the information was mostly correct, but I would personally like to see less "cakewalk" rated hikes and more challenging options. One of the hikes I went on the instructions lacked a few key info like the fact that the road we were supposed to stay on for 2.5 miles turned in several places, and was not well marked. I always supplement with instructions online before I go anywhere, so it wasn't really a problem. I also have the SF version of the 60 hikes series, and really like that one as well.