Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara, California: 46 of the Best [Paperback]

Robert Stone (Author)

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From the Back Cover

DAY HIKES AROUND SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA is a concise guide to 46 of the best day hikes around this coastal community known as the 'jewel of the American Riviera.' The trails will take you to waterfalls, hot springs, swimming holes, deep canyons, extraordinary sandstone formations with caves, coastal bluffs, architectural ruins, and scenic overlooks with panoramic views. The hikes range from coastal walks to national forest hikes and include city, county, and state parks. (5 1/2' X 8 1/2', 104 pages, maps)

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Day Hike Books, Inc.; 1st edition (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573420204
• ISBN-13: 978-1573420204
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,096,869 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.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Hiking Book, June 15, 2000

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"bigdmich" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara, California: 46 of the Best (Paperback)

As a long time resident of SB, I found this book to be both educational and entertaining. Most of the hikes in this book are hikes I've been on before, but with reading this book, they became new and exciting. In addition, several of these hikes I had never heard before, and found those to be very enjoyable. I would recommend this book to anyone who hasn't been in SB before, as well as to anyone who has.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners, February 21, 2004

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Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara, California: 46 of the Best (Paperback)

This is a well-organized and nicely written hiking guide and would be great for beginning hikers. However, if you're experienced and want some strenuous, long treks, this is definitely not the best guide for you. I was looking for some serious high mileage hikes in the mountains, but all of the trips described here are not hikes at all, they are walks. Incredibly, the author includes many little city strolls on pavement, and several one mile jaunts on the beach. Now I love Santa Barbara as much as anyone, and strolling on State Street and the beaches is fantastic. But that is simply not hiking and I was very disappointed to see these included in what is marketed as a hiking book.

If you're a beginning hiker or have children, or just aren't up to 20 mile hikes, this is a nifty little book, and perfectly adequate for your needs. But if you want a serious workout, you'd best look for another guide. There's nothing longer than a 7 mile "hike" with minimal elevation gain. I'm not knocking the book for novices, but if you're not a beginner, this is not recommended.

3.0 out of 5 stars A good assortment of SB hikes, November 2, 2001

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pope411 "pope411" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day Hikes Around Santa Barbara, California: 46 of the Best (Paperback)

There are several books out there about SB hikes, and this is one of the better for all around ones available in the county. the drawback is that some of them are not really "hikes" persee, but rather "walks". For instance there are several walks that are about a mile long, on flat terrain, near the city. These are OK to explore, but by no means worthy of an afternoon's hike. However it does have some new takes on some of the old classic hikes such as Seven Falls, Rattlesnake Trail, etc. It is very detailed on how to get to the trails, and how to make the proper turns on the trial. It even throws in some historical or natural facts that are interesting. All in all, a good guide, and very well rounded, but not neccesarily for the regular SB hiker. If you are new or a visitor, it is perfect.