Rail-Trails West: California, Arizona, and Nevada [Paperback]

Rails-to-Trails-Conservancy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Rail-Trails | Publication Date: April 15, 2009

In this newest edition in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the best of the West. With 70 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through 1,050 miles, Rail-Trails West covers 60 trails in California, eight in Arizona, and two in Nevada. Many rail-trails offer escapes from city life, like the Mount Lowe Railway Trail, high above the buzzing Los Angeles basin on a rail line vacationers once took to a mountaintop resort. Others offer the pure sensory thrill of sweeping terrain, like Arizona's 7-mile Prescott Peavine Trail. Still more juxtapose the natural world with the railroad's industrial past, like Nevada's Historic Railroad Hiking Trail, which passes through five massive tunnels to reach Hoover Dam. Every trip has a detailed map, directions to the trailhead, and information about parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities. Many of the level rail-trails are suitable for walking, jogging, bicycling, inline skating, wheelchairs, and horses.

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About the Author

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nationwide non-profit dedicated to converting former railroad corridors to public, multiuse recreational trails that offer easy access to runners, hikers, bicyclists, skates, wheelchair users, and equestrians. Other books in the official guidebook series published by Wilderness Press include Rail-Trails Mid-Atlantic, Rail-Trais New England, and Rail-Trails Southeast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Press; 1 edition (April 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899974899
• ISBN-13: 978-0899974897
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,307 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)