HIKE Southern California: A Day Hiker's Guide (Hiking California Series) - Softcover

McKinney, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934161550 ISBN 13: 9780934161558

Publisher: Olympus Press, The Trailmaster, 2013

Synopsis

• "A Southern California classic." óLos Angeles Times 140 of the very best hikes in Southern California, all in one book.
• Choose from nature trails, moderate hikes, all-day adventures. Complete with colorful stories, trusted trail accounts, easy-to-follow maps.
• Discover wildflowers, waterfalls, and breathtaking views with the help of the new 2019 edition of our most popular guide.

Other regions have tall mountains, forests, deserts and an awesome coastline, but only Southern California has all of themóand four-season hiking! Answer nature's call and take a hike on the best trails in the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains; in Orange County, San Diego County, Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park; in famed Griffith Park, on Catalina Island, around Ojai and Santa BarbaraÖand so much more. New and classic hikes with updates of any trails recovering from wildfire. You're guaranteed to find a hike (many hikes!) you'll like in this "greatest hits" collection from Trailmaster John McKinney. Every Trail Tells a Story. Hike On!

Companion guides: HIKE the San Gabriel Mountains, Hike the Santa Monica Mountains, HIKE Griffith Park & Hollywood Hills, HIKE Santa Barbara

About this title

About the Author:

John McKinney is the author of 30 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker s Way and Hiking on the Edge: Dreams, Schemes, and 1600 Miles on the California Coastal Trail. HIKE Griffith Park & Hollywood Hills and HIKE the Santa Monica Mountains are among the titles in The Trailmaster s Pocket Guide Series, designed to give hikers the information they need in an engaging and easily accessible way. For 18 years, he wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times, and has hiked and enthusiastically described more than ten thou- sand miles of trail across America and around the world. John, aka The Trailmaster, has written more than a thousand articles about hiking plus numerous trail guidebooks, including HIKE Santa Barbara, HIKE Point Reyes, HIKE Ventura County, HIKE Orange County and Day Hiker s Guide to California s State Parks. A passionate advocate for hiking and our need to reconnect with nature, John McKinney shares his expertise on radio, TV, online, and as a public speaker.

Review:

A Southern California Classic. --Los Angeles Times

The Trailmaster's best trails, splendidly detailed, from Orange County's nature preserves to the forests and mountains around the Southland. --OC Weekly

Good directions, clear maps, colorful histories and descriptions. --Sunset Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Olympus Press, The Trailmaster
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0934161550
• ISBN 13: 9780934161558
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288