The Hiker's Hip Pocket Guide to the Mendocino Coast (Hiker's Hip Pocket Guide Series) [Paperback]

Bob Lorentzen (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hiker's Hip Pocket Guide Series | Publication Date: December 1998

First published twelve years ago, this now classic, bestselling guide has been thoroughly updated and has an additional 50 miles of new trails. Our most popular book details all the public trails on and near the coast between Gualala and Whale Gulch, including all the state parks and many little known coastal access points. This is the only guide that details all the trails of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park on the famed Lost Coast. This completely new edition has a new cover, several new maps, and more information about finding the magic along the majestic Mendocion coast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Bored Feet Pubns; 3rd edition (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939431173
• ISBN-13: 978-0939431175
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but sometimes inaccurate, July 23, 2000

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Karsten Weide (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This book contains 54 hikes on the beautiful Mendocino coast. They're organized geographically from north to south, and there is also an extra table of content that orders them by activities (for runners, for backpackers...). Each of the descriptions comes with a side bar with the essential info on the respective hike (how to get there, difficulty, distance/time etc. etc.), some come with a map. All of this is arranged in a way that makes sense and is practical.

However, while the choice of hikes has to be commended for the beauty and the awesomeness of them, the descriptions and the maps certainly could use some more accuracy. E. g., we wanted to do hike 34 (Forest History Trail), but never found the start of it. The book says "... go 6.95 miles down this road, the last mile being gravel, then look for a level area for parking and a trail sign post." No level spot, no sign. Not there. Not a mile farther down. Not a mile farther up. A typo? Or maybe we were just too stupid... ;-)

Anyway: It is the only book about hiking on the Mendocino Coast, it is certainly useful, but take what it says with a grain of salt.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information for my favorite area., September 13, 2009

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kmain3911 (California) - See all my reviews

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We go to the Mendocino Coast at least twice a year so we're fairly familiar with the area. We wanted this guide to give us ideas of different day trips that we could take while we're in the area. The last time we went we used this guide to go on a day excursion to the waterfall in the Jackson Demonstration Forest. The directions were excellent and we had a great time. I can't wait to go back and try another hike from this guide!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book made our trip!, September 2, 2008

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A. Nielsen (Santa Cruz, CA) - See all my reviews
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My husband and I bought this book before our first week long trip to the Mendocino Coast (stayed in Point Arena). We hiked every day using this book to guide us and were very happy. I had read reviews prior to the trip about some outdated directions so we were aware. I'm pretty sure you can go to the website and get extra info on any changes. We only had one issue in getting to a trail head but it was easily remedied. Without this book I'm sure we would have missed out on most of the great hikes we enjoyed as they were not listed any where else we looked. We hiked trails from Gualala to FOrt Bragg and out to Anderson Valley.