Foghorn Outdoors 250 Great Hikes in California's National Parks (Foghorn Outdoors)

By Ann Marie Brown

Foghorn Outdoors 250 Great Hikes in California's National Parks serves up the best day-hiking adventures in more than a dozen California national parks and preserves, including Channel Islands, Death Valley, Devils Postpile, Joshua Tree, Kings Canyon, Lassen Volcanic, Lava Beds, Mojave, Muir Woods, Pinnacles, Point Reyes, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite. Trails included range from easy walks for families to long, 16-mile treks for seasoned hikers. Whether readers are headed for the sequoia groves of the southern Sierra, the famous granite domes and waterfalls of Yosemite, the 700-foot-tall sand dunes of Death Valley, the underground caves of Lava Beds, or the rugged coast of the remote Channel Islands, 250 Great Hikes in California's National Parks provides tips and information on the most spectacular trails in each park, the best seasons to hike them, and how to avoid the crowds. All trails are rated for difficulty level, estimated hiking time, mileage, crowds, best season, and overall quality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566917751
• ISBN13: 9781566917759
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Rick Steves
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A Comprehensive Guide to the Parks.

So you're planning a vacation to one of the many wonderful national parks in CA and you want to know how best to enjoy your time there. Where do you turn? To Ann Marie Brown's '250 Great Hikes' of course. This book tells you the optimal times for visiting each of the 14 Parks and Monuments in California, provides directions to the parks and lodging information, and gives a list of trails you will want to explore while there. What more could one ask for? All the hikes Brown covers in this guide are dayhikes. Each trail entry includes a description of the route, the mileage and level of difficulty, as well as scenic and historical highlights of the trail. Almost every hike description also includes a black and white photograph of the area. (Brown is at least as gifted a photographer as she is an outdoor writer.) Every "classic" hike is included: Damnation Creek in Redwood National Park, Half Dome in Yosemite, and the Congress Trail in Sequoia. Readers who have never been to these places will enjoy these trails. More experienced hikers will also find many lesser known gems tucked away in these pages. The Boole Tree Trail in Sequoia National Monument and the Merced Grove of Sequoias in Yosemite are two such examples. I have hiked about 90 of the trails described in this book. All are winners. My wife and I will continue to use this guide on future trips. If you are looking for a travel guide to California's scenic wonders, this is the book to get.