Best Hikes Near Seattle (Falconguide) (Paperback)

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Featuring more than 40 of the best hikes in the greater Seattle metro area, this exciting new guidebook points locals and visitors alike to trailheads within an hour's drive of Seattle.

From the Back Cover

Essential gear for every adventure:
 Outfit Your Mind™

 

 

Take a Hike!
Who says you have to travel far from home
to go on a great hike?

 

 

This guide describes forty-two of the best hikes within an hour’s drive of Seattle:

 

• Urban walks
• Skykomish River Valley
• South Fork Stillaguamish River Valley
• Issaquah Alps—Snoqualmie Valley Foothills
• Snoqualmie Valley Highlands
• White River Valley

 

From easy nature walks to strenuous day hikes, this guide offers something for every hiker—and all within easy reach of Greater Seattle.  Each featured hike includes a route description; at-a-glance data such as distance and difficulty level; thorough directions to the trailhead; directional cues; and a detailed, accurate trail map.

Inside you’ll find full-color photos and maps; information on approximate hiking times, canine compatibility, and fees and permits required; and sidebars on local lore, points of interest, and area wildlife.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762747250
• ISBN-13: 978-0762747252
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #596,631 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars great book, September 13, 2009

By	M. Livadariu (Redmond, Wa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bought this in spring (2009) and we've been hiking using it as a starting point ever since.
what I like most about the book is that each hike is well documented. You can get a rough idea about the difficultly, the amount of time needed and the distance involved quickly from the summary of each hike.
You also have good instructions on how to reach the trail heads.
Also, each hike has associated an accurate enough map and GPS coordinates for each key point along the trail.

A very good book for the starting "wanna be" hiker.