60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma [Paperback]

Andrew Weber (Author), Bryce Stevens (Author)

Book Description

Series: 60 Hikes within 60 Miles | Publication Date: August 18, 2009

In addition to the Cascade Range and Puget Sound, this authoritative guide also leads to lesser-known destinations, including high bluffs and tide pools along the Pacific, abandoned mines and railways, and stands of old-growth forest inside the city limits.

Editorial Reviews

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...breathed new life into these mostly well-known trails...descriptions detailed...maps exemplary...well arranged...easy to use...a keeper. -- Karen Sykes, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 23, 2006 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Bryce Stevens, a life-long Washingtonian, has been hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering throughout the Puget Sound region and Pacific Northwest for over twenty years. In 1999 he co-founded Trails.com, an online trail information resource. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two sons.

Andrew Weber has been exploring the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest for more than a decade, including a solo circumnavigation of The Wonderland Trail at Mount Rainier in 2002. He currently resides in Seattle, where he works as a web publisher, a freelance journalist, and a photographer.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition (August 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897326954
• ISBN-13: 978-0897326957
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Washington
  • #73 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Excursion Guides

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good supplement, February 10, 2007

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This review is from: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma (Paperback)

This well structured hiking book fills a gap in the suite of similar books that cover the Olympics and the Cascades in Western Washington. This volume does a good job identifying interesting hikes close to the metropolitan Puget Sound Basin--the title says it all. The book also adds features that many other hiking books lack, most notably good hike maps and hike profiles. You can do all the hikes in this book without supplemental maps.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars useful and informative, July 24, 2006

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Heather Kovich (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma (Paperback)

Even if you already own a Seattle hiking guide, this book is worth purchasing. It includes many often-overlooked hikes and trail-runs that involve minimal driving time. Each hike has an informational box with pertinent facts e.g. distance, difficulty, terrain, so that browsing for what you want is remarkably easy. Unlike other local guidebooks, the maps include markers that correspond to salient features in the trail descriptions, making them infinitely more useful. The descriptions themselves are well written, precise, and include interesting historical facts. Plus, as the book is brand-new, the trail information is all up to date.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for hiking trails close to the city, July 25, 2006

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Blair Wyman - See all my reviews

This review is from: 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma (Paperback)

This book has a bunch of really good hikes right near Seattle and the Eastside which is what sets it apart from others I have seen (although it also has some farther out in the mountains). There are a lot of great options if you don't feel like driving too far. Really good if you have kids, or if you want some hard and some easy hikes. The book says it has 40 hikes available year-round, which is great in the winter months. Definitely recommended.