This rich, enthusiastic guide to the Tucson, Rincon, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rita Mountains has been completely revised. Betty Leavengood's third edition of her bestselling Tucson Hiking Guide offers new routes and updated access information, detailed maps, and clear descriptions to area trailheads. This third edition includes: 37 hikes rated easy to difficult by mountain range; revised information on precautions for desert hiking; historical notes, photographs, and anecdotes; and detailed maps and descriptions with elevation/distance.
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"Using the Tucson Hiking Guide is a pleasure. Directions are clear and extremely specific yet this precise information is engagingly presented in a pleasantly readable and humorous style..." --Tucson Sierra Club
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The definitive guide for hiking the Tucson area,
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This review is from: Tucson Hiking Guide (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This is not your ordinary hiking guide, this guide not only gives explicit directions to trail heads and details of what to look for on the trails; Betty's thorough research gives fascinating insights into local history as well. Hiking these trails it is not uncommon to see hikers carrying this book, for it is recognized as the definitive hiking guide for this area.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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the authoritative book on hiking in Tucson,
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This review is from: Tucson Hiking Guide (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
I lived several years in Tucson and was an avid hiker. As such I am very familiar with the trails and mountains of which Betty Leavengood writes. Betty provides all of the necessary hiking information (distances, elevation, topo maps), but what sets this book apart from others are the historical anecdotes which are part of each trail description. Betty's keen knowledge of history brings the trails to life!
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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A guide good enough to read as BOOK!,
By Joe Bartels "Author/Photographer HikeArizona.COM" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Tucson Hiking Guide (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Each trail has a profile, topo map, and other trail data including distance and difficulty. Descriptions are complete and very well done. There is a good balance of trails surrounding Tucson. Honestly though... research is outstanding! Trail history digs deep to find out how the trail names came about. Information on the Pontatoc Trail name set my mind at ease having grown up in Oklahoma. Several trails sparked my interest having seen little information previously in print. Highly recommended for all and a must have for Tucson residents - joe bartels Webmaster - HikeArizona.COM
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Tucson is a "hiker's heaven." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
signed trail intersection, small saguaros, several small drainages, local outdoor stores, yearly pass, signed intersection, trail register, pink hill, bark scorpion, teddy bear cholla, bedrock mortars, trail switchbacks, trail drops, trailhead parking area, palo verde trees, loop trail Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sabino Canyon, Tucson Mountains, Madera Canyon, Best Time of Year, Tanque Verde, Elephant Head, Mount Wrightson, Santa Ritas, Mount Lemmon, Gates Pass, Wasson Peak, Josephine Saddle, Kentucky Camp, Saguaro National Park, Super Trail, Mount Hopkins, Santa Catalinas, Cactus Forest Trail, Hugh Norris Trail, Arizona Trail, Blackett's Ridge, Green Valley, King Canyon Trail, Kinney Road, Old Baldy Trail New!
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Tucson is a "hiker's heaven." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
signed trail intersection, small saguaros, several small drainages, local outdoor stores, yearly pass, signed intersection, trail register, pink hill, bark scorpion, teddy bear cholla, bedrock mortars, trail switchbacks, trail drops, trailhead parking area, palo verde trees, loop trail Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sabino Canyon, Tucson Mountains, Madera Canyon, Best Time of Year, Tanque Verde, Elephant Head, Mount Wrightson, Santa Ritas, Mount Lemmon, Gates Pass, Wasson Peak, Josephine Saddle, Kentucky Camp, Saguaro National Park, Super Trail, Mount Hopkins, Santa Catalinas, Cactus Forest Trail, Hugh Norris Trail, Arizona Trail, Blackett's Ridge, Green Valley, King Canyon Trail, Kinney Road, Old Baldy Trail New!
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- Watchable Birds of the Southwest by Mary Taylor Gray on page 30
- The Elephant Head by Charmayne Brown on page 12
- Saguaro: A View of Saguaro National Monument and the Tucson Basin by Gary Paul Nabhan in Back Matter
- Sabino Canyon: The Life of a Southwestern Oasis by David Wentworth Lazaroff on page 103
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- Arizona for Dummies, Second Edition by Edie Jarolim on page 210
- Hiking Arizona (America's Best Day Hiking Series, ) by Christine Maxa in Back Matter
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