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Rails-to-Trails California (Rails-to-Trails Series) [Paperback]

Tracy Salcedo-Chourre (Author)
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October 1, 2000 Rails-to-Trails Series
From the official series of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, this is your comprehensive state-by-state guide to walking, jogging, biking and cross-country skiing California's rail-trail system. This easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of thirty-four of the state's most popular rural and urban rail-trails, plus complete listings of the state's other rail-trail.

Inside you'll find: Full trail profiles, including length, access points, difficulty rating, and surface type; detailed trail maps; at-a-glance icons for easy identification of rail-trails that best suit your interests; wheelchair accessibility; availability of parking, rest rooms, and places to eat along the trail; location of ranger stations, visitor's centers and depot museums; where to rent bikes. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to convert abandoned railroad lines into trails for public recreational use. Today, the Conservancy has created more than 10,000 miles of public trails across the United States.


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From the official series of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, this is your comprehensive state-by-state guide to walking, jogging, biking and cross-country skiing California's rail-trail system. This easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of thirty-four of the state's most popular rural and urban rail-trails, plus complete listings of the state's other rail-trail. Inside you'll find: Full trail profiles, including length, access points, difficulty rating, and surface type; detailed trail maps; at-a-glance icons for easy identification of rail-trails that best suit your interests; wheelchair accessibility; availability of parking, rest rooms, and places to eat along the trail; location of ranger stations, visitor's centers and depot museums; where to rent bikes. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to convert abandoned railroad lines into trails for public recreational use. Today, the Conservancy has created more than 10,000 miles of public trails across the United States. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 256 pages, maps, icons, b&w photos)

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot; 1st edition (October 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0762704489
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762704484
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,221,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Great book for hikers, bikers, and railroad enthusiasts, December 12, 2000
This review is from: Rails-to-Trails California (Rails-to-Trails Series) (Paperback)
This book is a guide of abandoned rail lines that are now in use as trails for hiking, mountain biking, or just plain walking. Covering all of California, the trails rang in difficulty from short, smooth trails within city limits suitable for a short walk or bike ride, all the way to long distance mountain trails, for hiking and mountain biking. Great photots, and the maps and directions are very detailed. If your a hiker or mountain biker in California, or planning to take a trip here, I would recommend this guidebook.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource, but a new Edition is in Order, March 18, 2007
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Founded in 1986, the Rails to Trails conservancy has been busy establishing recreational parkways on the sites of old railroad lines and incidentally preserving some wonderful historical buildings from the railroad era. This book by Tracy Salcedo-Chourre describes the whole rail to trail system in California as of 2000. Although these trails are officially designated multi-use trails, many of them cater predominantly to bikers and joggers. Some true gems are included in this guide, most notably the Bizz Johnson Trail, the Sir Francis Drake Bike Path, and the Mt. Lowe Railway Trail. These trails should be experienced by everyone.

That said, this book definitely needs a new edition. The conservancy is constantly adding new trails and lengthening old ones. At the time this book came out, there were very few of these trails on the central coast. Hopefully more have appeared since. So if you are interested in pleasant, relatively level walks and bike rides, by all means get this book. And keep a sharp eye out for new editions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for hikers, bikers, and railroad enthusiasts, December 12, 2000
This review is from: Rails-to-Trails California (Rails-to-Trails Series) (Paperback)
This book is a guide of abandoned rail lines that are now in use as trails for hiking, mountain biking, or just plain walking. Covering all of California, the trails rang in difficulty from short, smooth trails within city limits suitable for a short walk or bike ride, all the way to long distance mountain trails, for hiking and mountain biking. Great photots, and the maps and directions are very detailed. If your a hiker or mountain biker in California, or planning to take a trip here, I would recommend this guidebook.
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