Contains 150 day hikes in Southern California's magnificent state park system. Includes walks in the parks, preserves, and historic sites in mountains, forests, desert and coastal locales. From Anza-Borrego's palm oases (near San Diego) to the magnificent redwoods at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Lake Tahoe's Emerald Bay to the Salton Sea. This single volume is a great addition to the library of every hiking enthusiast, families and seasoned veterans alike.
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Essential for every California hiker. A tour de force of the state's best trails. -- Susan Smartt, president, California State Parks Foundation
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John McKinney is the longtime hiking columnist for the Los Angeles Times and author of many guidebooks. He is a frequent contributor to several national publications and serves as a consultant to the fast-growing walking products industry. He also leads walking vacations for The Wayfarers, an acclaimed tour company based in England.
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For 25 years, I've told people to take a hike. And they have!
I've written two dozen books and more than a thousand articles about hiking and nature. My newest book is THE HIKER'S WAY: HIKE SMART, LIVE WELL, GO GREEN. I wrote it to teach fellow hikers and newcomers about the fine art of hiking.
When I'm not out hiking, I'm home with my family in Santa Barbara and trying to keep up on the blog at www.TheTrailmaster.com
I was fortunate to be able to hike--and write about--trails in California, as well as across the country and around the world during an 18-year long stint as the Los Angeles Times hiking columnist. Some of my trail accounts, mapped and updated, are collected in my guidebooks. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A DAY HIKER'S GUIDE is my "greatest hits" collection for that region.
When it comes to hiking California, sometimes I get carried away. I solo-hiked the coast and wrote a narrative account of my adventure: A WALK ALONG LAND'S END: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE OF CALIFORNIA ON A 1,600-MILE HIKE FROM MEXICO TO OREGON.
I'm very happy when my writing proves to be inspirational to someone along this great pathway we call life.
I've written two dozen books and more than a thousand articles about hiking and nature. My newest book is THE HIKER'S WAY: HIKE SMART, LIVE WELL, GO GREEN. I wrote it to teach fellow hikers and newcomers about the fine art of hiking.
When I'm not out hiking, I'm home with my family in Santa Barbara and trying to keep up on the blog at www.TheTrailmaster.com
I was fortunate to be able to hike--and write about--trails in California, as well as across the country and around the world during an 18-year long stint as the Los Angeles Times hiking columnist. Some of my trail accounts, mapped and updated, are collected in my guidebooks. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A DAY HIKER'S GUIDE is my "greatest hits" collection for that region.
When it comes to hiking California, sometimes I get carried away. I solo-hiked the coast and wrote a narrative account of my adventure: A WALK ALONG LAND'S END: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE OF CALIFORNIA ON A 1,600-MILE HIKE FROM MEXICO TO OREGON.
I'm very happy when my writing proves to be inspirational to someone along this great pathway we call life.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Read for the History, not the Hikes,
By Fritz R. Ward "dayhiker" (Crestline, CA United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks (Walking California Series) (Paperback)
California has a huge state park system with over 250 units, far more than any other western state. Some of these parks like Humbolt Redwoods, Big Basin Redwoods, and Anza Borrego Desert State Park rival national parks in size, scenery, and recreational opportunities. Each has a unique local history and McKinney's 'Day Hiker's Guide' describes the background of many of these parks. In it you will learn about Jack Mitchel who led tours in his namesake Mitchel Caverns, John Pfeiffer's homestead in Big Sur, and the efforts of Henry Cowell and Joseph Welch to preserve the big Redwood Trees in Felton north of Santa Cruz. It is all very interesting, and well worth the read.As a hiking guide, however, I can only give it 3 stars. The problem is that in describing so many parks, McKinney actually does a disservice to the major park trail systems. With few exceptions, only one hike is described in each park. This means that the .6 mile nature trail at Marina State Beach and the "mile or so" trail of Caswell Memorial Park gets almost equal time with the nearly 100 miles of trail in Humbolt Redwoods and the many hiking opportunities in Anza Borrego. Too many scenic hikes at the preeminent California Parks are simply left out. So buy this book for the colorful read, but be sure to carefully check state park maps before you hit the trails. In many places you will find far more than McKinney's book would imply.
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