Customer Reviews

Florida Keys Paddling Atlas (Paddling Series)

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As a guide and avid paddler I found this book incredibly useful and informative. Anyone that will set out to explore the paradise of the Keys will find their way to many areas that would never be found without this book. Bill and Mary obviously did their homework with the ultimate guide book for all paddlers enjoying the beauty of the Keys. Nice job guys.

Even with just glancing at it, I can tell it is so much more thorough than most guide books, and the index and go to points will make it more useful than any of the others. - Wow, I need to go out paddling!

The more I look at it, the better it gets! So much more detail than any of the others - in a class by itself - like the title says.

This guidebook has it all! Spot-on nautical charts that lead you through some of the best paddling the Keys have to offer, including mangrove-lined lagoons, sea grass beds teeming with wildlife, and shallow tidal flats that change form with the rise and fall of the ocean waters; brilliant pictures that draw you into this unique and magical natural habitat; and pointers on where to rent, where to launch, and, most important after a long day of paddling, where to eat!

Grab a kayak and share the adventures of Bill & Mary Burnham as they navigate this aquatic paradise.

I just received my copy of this high quality guide book. I live in the Keys and have paddled many of these sites but in just glancing through this book I realized how much I have missed. Very complete and a must for visitors and locals alike.

Great look and organization - would be 5 stars except that the descriptions of routes and put-ins are skimpy, oddly organized and the coordinates for GPS waypoints are not easily accessed. I wanted to (and did) take the book in a chart bag on the deck of my kayak but it is not made in a way that it can be left open to the page in use. It's expensive but if you're kayaking in the Keys you'll use it and you'll want to take it along. I'm tempted to cut it apart so I can more easily take the chart in use.

This is one of those heavy-paged colorful books that are a joy just to hold and smell! Fifty-two charts illustrate the stunning water world from Key Largo down to Key West and out to the Dry Tortugas. Using colors and symbols, each chart (at a scale of about two inches per mile) details water depths, habitat, markers, fishing and snorkeling spots, put-in locations, hazards, camping areas -- everything you need to know. It's the perfect guide for not only paddlers, but fishermen and boaters too, and also the less adventuresome who want to explore the Florida Keys as they drive US 1 -- poking around hidden spots, wading in the shallows with their cameras. The book is heavily illustrated with relevant and beautiful photographs. Along with Bill Keogh's Paddling Guide, this book is a must for those who want to truly know and experience the Florida Keys.

Marsh Muirhead, author of "Key West Explained - a guide for the traveler."

I have worked in a few paddle shops, and I've seen many a paddle book. This one by far tops the list. Actual color charts, not hand-drawn diagrams with no reference points and no way to gauge distance on them, are on virtually every page of this book. Excellent information on locales, paddling routes, points of interest, Keys trivia, paddle-friendly lodging and restaurants, instant indexing, simple buoy/compass/gps navigation points, full color photos, and on, and on......This is the most definitive paddling atlas of the Florida Keys I have seen. Well worth the cash--especially if you are new to paddling in the keys--launch points are sometimes hard to find, and navigation gets tricky in some areas. Old Keys salts will also find something new in this book. I am impressed!

30 years old and have been going to the keys since I was a kid and I've never been able to discover the keys hidden beauty till now.

I have gone to the keys about 2-3 times a year and always try to find new adventures while I'm there. Until I purchased this book, I never realized what I was missing.

IF YOUR GOING TO THE KEYS AND PLAN ON KAYAKING - this is worth the $22. Trust me, Ive spent a lot of time down there trying to discover it on my own. This book opened my eyes!

I initially borrowed this atlas from the public library and found it so informative that I had to order a copy to keep permanently. My husband and I just started kayaking several months ago and have found this atlas to be indispensable. We are looking forward to exploring all of the nooks and crannies of the Florida Keys using it as a reference. Thanks to the authors for the time and effort they put into compiling this excellent volume.

This book is a tremendous resource for trails, launches, kayak friendly motel,s and GPS points. I appreciate the research and effort that went into this atlas. It made it easy to plan my kayak trips during a stay in Key Largo.