Day Hikes on Oahu, 3rd [Paperback]

Robert Stone (Author)

Book Description

Series: Day Hikes | Publication Date: October 1, 2001

These 57 day hikes include everything from beach strolls to dense forests to breathtaking overlooks, accommodating every level of hiking experience. Each hike is accompanied by a map, summary, and clear directions.

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From the Back Cover

Day Hikes on Oahu takes you to 57 of the island's best hikes. All levels of hiking experience are accommodated, from easy beach strolls to mountain climbs that reward the hiker with sweeping views. Highlights include spectacular waterfalls, lush rainforests, tropical preserves, volcanic craters, gardens, ancient shrines, swimming holes, tidepools, coastal cliffs and panoramic vistas. Each hike is an enjoyable day's adventure. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 128 pages, maps)

About the Author

Robert Stone grew up hiking and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. As a boy he learned and practiced the basics of wilderness survival and low impact camping. Robert has lived in the Rocky Mountains of Montana since the late 1970s. When he is not traveling, he continues to horsepack and hike extensively throughout Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the Beartooth Mountains. His love of travel and deep interest in the outdoors led Robert to work on hiking guides year-round as a writer, photographer, and publisher. He has hiked every trail in every Day Hikes book.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Day Hike Books, Inc.; 3rd edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573420387
• ISBN-13: 978-1573420389
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #924,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

For more than a decade, veteran hiker Robert Stone has been writer, photographer, and publisher of Day Hike Books. Robert resides summers in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and winters on the California Central Coast. This year-round temperate climate enables him to hike over 200 trails throughout the year. When not hiking, Robert is researching, writing, and mapping the hikes before returning to the trails. Robert has hiked every trail in the Day Hike Book series. With 20 hiking guides in the series, he has hiked over 1,000 trails throughout the western United States and Hawaii.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good hikes to do with kids, February 4, 2003

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Julie Peters Akey "kabuka1" (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Day Hikes on Oahu, 3rd (Paperback)

We have another hiking book for Oahu but found many of the hikes to be too long and too challenging to do with young children so I bought this one. I am very happy with it. All of the hikes/walks are pretty short. Long enough to get out and get some exercise but not too long. The book lists hikes throughout the entire island-I think there is good variety. Some of them are just simple beach walks that you may not have thought of on your own. There are a few serious hikes but if you are a serious hiker I'd get a different book. It has great directions and explanations for the hikes. This would be a great book if you are planning on traveling to Oahu and don't want to hang out on the beach all day, every day. The two very small negatives are it doesn't have the difficulty rating for each hike, but I imagine they are almost all beginning to intermediate. The other is it lists a hike that has been closed by the government for over a year now and it doesn't look like it will open any time soon. I would prefer the author replace that with another hike. Enjoy!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hikes for Tourists on Oahu, June 27, 2000

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This review is from: Day Hikes on Oahu (Paperback)

This is a well organized guide for the traveler who wants to step away from the sand and crowds of Waikiki. The author gives you vital information on 22 different hikes around the island including Diamond Head. All of the hikes are easy to moderate, even for a 75 year old grandmother. One trail described has been closed indefinitely since the book was published (Sacred Falls) due to several deaths caused by flash flooding--therefore readers and hikers should exercise due caution when hiking on Oahu. Each description covers the hiking distance, hiking time, elevation gain, and appropriate topographic map (although you won't need it). There are paragraph hike summaries and directions for getting to the trailhead and navigating the trail itself. In some cases there are maps too, but these are useless without scale or compass orientation. If you want to hike on Oahu this is the guide for you!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Critical Omission, September 4, 2010

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This review is from: Day Hikes on Oahu, 3rd (Paperback)

Wow! I could not believe it! Nowhere in the hike descriptions does the author state the DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY. This is "must have" information, especially for those who are hiking on Oahu for the first time. I keep looking at the the hikes thinking I've simply missed it, but alas, this information is not available. How much more costly could it have been to add: Easy/Moderate/Difficult before the verbiage on each hike. Very disappointing, and potentially dangerous.

Another thing I would have like to have seen are GPS coordinates. They make getting to trailheads much easier and if a few trail site waypoints are included, it can give hikers much needed assurance that they are on the right path.