Hiking Kansas City [Paperback]

William B. Eddy (Author), Richard O. Ballentine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 2007

The definitive guidebook to hiking Kansas City is back-completely updated, expanded and redesigned with a mountain of new photographs to help you hike, explore, and unwind. In this comprehensive fifth edition, life-long Kansas City hikers William Eddy and Richard Ballentine highlight more than 125 off-the-road hiking and walking trails in and around the Kansas City area. From popular, flat, paved city park trails to remote, rolling, forested treks-you'll find that good walks and hikes are close to home no matter which way your compass points you. This guidebook includes updates to old favorites as well as many new trails sure to be visited again and again. Beginners and seasoned hikers alike can flip a few pages and find a perfect trail no matter the season.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pebble Pub; 5 edition (August 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891708325
• ISBN-13: 978-1891708329
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #405,453 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Missouri
  • #75 in Books > Travel > United States > Regions > Central

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Starting to get dated but lots of hikes we didn't know existed., September 11, 2011

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thekcsmos (Olathe, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hiking Kansas City (Paperback)

This is a nice little reference book. It lists over 100 trails in and around the KC metro area. It breaks them into the NW, NE, SW, and SE corners of the metro with additional chapters for excursions outside of the city. I've found their ratings system to fairly spot on with regards to difficulty of the trail/facilities/etc.

It is getting to be a little dated. As of this review it is about 4 years since publication. A couple of the trails have been overgrown, parking has changed, new trails have been added, you get the idea.

Overall this book will give my family and I countless weekends of enjoyment in the great outdoors in locations we would not have otherwise visited. Thanks gentlemen.