Features more than 100 trips within a three-hour drive of the Las Vegas Strip, including popular destinations such as Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Valley of Fire State Park, Death Valley National Park, and Mt. Charleston. It will also help you discover places you might not have heard of, such as Anniversary Narrows, Arrow Canyon, Bowl of Fire, and the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness.Trips range from for an easy stroll to challenging treks in the rugged desert backcountry and include distance, time, elevation change, difficulty rating, and trail-use notes. Over 100 detailed maps accompany the trail descriptions.
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In his work as the outdoors editor for the Reno Gazette-Journal and now as the conservation director for Friends of Nevada Wilderness, native-Nevadan Brian Beffort has explored the wide valleys, soaring peaks, and twisting canyons of Nevada. Some of his favorite landscapes are in Southern Nevada, near Las Vegas.
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Best guide to southern Nevada,
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This review is from: Afoot and Afield: Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (Paperback)
This is definitely the best guide available for hiking in the southern Nevada region. This book includes a wide variety of hikes with great descriptions of the areas and how to get to them. It has ideas for hikes of various lengths and difficulties and as well as information on conservation and safety. It includes great maps and photos and lists areas not found in most other guides. If you want to explore areas within a 3 hour drive of Las Vegas, this is the most comprehensive book I have found. I highly recommend it!
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Easy to Use,
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I have a long shelf full of southwest guidebooks. For the Las Vegas area, Beffort's book is the best choice for people unfamiliar with the desert. It has a good mix of easy and difficult hikes.
My sister and her husband recently visited Vegas while I was out of town. He was at a convention; she wanted to see something other than casinos. I turned her loose with a few suggestions and Beffort's book. She did three of the trips in the Spring Mountains and didn't get lost, uncharacteristic for her. The credit goes to good directions in the book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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One Awesome Book,
This review is from: Afoot and Afield: Las Vegas and Southern Nevada (Paperback)
One hell of a book. Great descriptions of hikes in around the vegas area. As well as a few extra bonuses with Death Valley and what not. Even has some Mojave action in there. Well This is a definate must if headin to the Vegas region and need a little something more than the usual Vegas experience.
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Exploring Southern Nevada's desert landscapes can be enjoyable, inspiring, and healthy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Lake Mead, Red Rock Canyon, Death Valley, Spring Mountains, Vehicle Passenger, Furnace Creek, Waypoints Vehicle, Boulder City, Southern Nevada, Gold Butte, Valley of Fire State Park, West Charleston Blvd, Northshore Road, Best Times Cold, Mojave National Preserve, Best Times Cool, Corn Creek, Difficulty Moderate Trail Use Leashed, Mojave Desert, Stovepipe Wells, Whitney Pockets, Colorado River, Desert National Wildlife Range, Arrow Canyon New!
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Exploring Southern Nevada's desert landscapes can be enjoyable, inspiring, and healthy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Lake Mead, Red Rock Canyon, Death Valley, Spring Mountains, Vehicle Passenger, Furnace Creek, Waypoints Vehicle, Boulder City, Southern Nevada, Gold Butte, Valley of Fire State Park, West Charleston Blvd, Northshore Road, Best Times Cold, Mojave National Preserve, Best Times Cool, Corn Creek, Difficulty Moderate Trail Use Leashed, Mojave Desert, Stovepipe Wells, Whitney Pockets, Colorado River, Desert National Wildlife Range, Arrow Canyon New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Death Valley (Natural Wonders) by Jason Cooper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Death Valley: The Story Behind the Scenery by Bill Clark in Front Matter, and page 249
- Native Plants Of Southern Nevada by David Rhode in Back Matter
- Death Valley: Includes an Original Mystery Story, "the Secret of Scotty's Castle" - Teacher's Guide (Carole Marsh Interactive Multimedia Titles) by Carole Marsh on page 25
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers by Jon Mark Stewart in Back Matter
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