60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: San Antonio and Austin: Includes the Hill Country - Softcover

Taylor, Tom; Molloy, Johnny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089732725X ISBN 13: 9780897327251

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press, 2007

Synopsis

This practical guide takes readers to the best trails found in the Texas Hill Country, all within easy reach of San Antonio and Austin. Destinations include secluded, low-traffic areas for quiet hikes as well more popular and heavily used paths. The former LBJ Ranch, the Guadalupe River, the Highland Lakes Chain, and the Lost Pines area are a few of the spectacular treks featured.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

It's time to take a hike! No more excuses like "there's nowhere to go around here," "the woods are too far from the city," or "I don't have time to wander the trails." With 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Antonio & Austin as your guide, you have dozens of places to hike to your heart's content, and most within an hour's drive or less. 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Antonio & Austin blows the lid off the myth that you can't have a great hike close to home. The San Antonio/Austin area may be ever-expanding, but there are still plenty of super hiking options: short hikes, long hikes, hikes for kids, rural hikes, wildlife hikes, historic hikes, and many others.
Inside you will find: trail descriptions that allow you to access each trail before you hike it; GPS-based trail maps that provide you with accurate trail information; trail profiles to help you visualize altitude gain and loss; directions to the trailheads.
Whether you live in San Antonio, Austin or the Hill Country, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Antonio & Austin provides the information necessary for you to choose the perfect day hike, as well as maps, directions, trail lengths, hiking times, highlights, and a wealth of details about the trail itself. So lace up those boots, sling that daypack, and hit the trail!

About the Author:

Whether tracking game, looking for a secluded fishing spot, or just wandering the countryside, Tom Taylor spends a great deal of time on Texas' trails. A native raised in West Texas, he migrated to the Hill Country area to take advantage of all it has to offer in outdoor recreation. He now resides in San Antonio.

Born in Tennessee, Johnny Molloy moved to Knoxville in 1980 to attend the University of Tennessee. The lure of nearby Smoky Mountain National Park was too hard to resist. In spite of a disastrous first camping trip, Molloy developed a life-long passion for the outdoors, which he continues today, 15 years and 1,300 nights later. He is the author of several hiking and tent camping guides to the Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee areas and lives in Nashville.

About this edition

• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 089732725X
• ISBN 13: 9780897327251
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 226