In Maine's Acadia National Park, you can see images found nowhere else, such as surf crashing on pink granite cliffs or fog rolling in over Frenchman Bay. With 120 miles of hiking trails and 45 miles of carriage roads, Acadia provides endless opportunities to experience nature. Best Easy Day Hikes Acadia National Park directs you to some of the best short hiking trails on Mount Desert Island, the main part of the park. Best Easy Day Hikes Acadia National Park includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the park's most scenic destinations. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.
This guide features over 20 of the best hikes in California's largest state park. Desert pupfish, bighorn sheep, and elephant trees are among the rare and endangered attractions gracing this park.
Situated in Colorado's spectacular Roaring Fork Valley, Aspen offers high-country charm, superb downhill skiing, and some of the greatest hiking trails in North America. These day hikes, a sampler of Aspen's outdoor wonders, explore the world-famous Maroon Bells, the Grottos of White River National Forest, the banks of the picturesque Roaring Fork River, and much more. An indispensable guide for Aspen vacationers.
Includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails in the area from Devils Tower National Monument and Mount Rushmore National Memorial to Custer State Park, Wind Cave, and Badlands National Park.
If hikers had a Mecca, Boulder would be it. Seated at the base of Colorado's Rocky Mountains, in the shadow of the world famous Flatirons, this outdoorsy town is host to an abundance of wonderful hiking trails. From the red-rock cliffs of Eldorado Canyon to the airy summit of Flagstaff Mountain, from the wide open prairie cradling East Boulder Creek to the sheltering woodlands of the Betasso Preserve, the variety and beauty of trails around Boulder are astounding. And everyone, whether local or just visiting, is invited to partake of the bounty. Best Easy Day Hikes Boulder describes 23 short, easy hikes in the area with clear, easy-to-read maps and concise written descriptions. The hikes will take you among the waving grasses of the high plains, to the base of the red rock sentinels of the Flatirons, and up to the best high points in the mountains west of town. Enjoy! End
Cape Cod is well known as a beach-walkers paradise, but this historic finger of land offers so much more to the hiking enthusiast. This guide will direct you to some of the loveliest short hikes on both the Capes sandy shores and in its history-rich interior. Venture inland to visit secluded ponds, shady woodlands, and marshes dense with wildlife; walk on the exposed heaths of Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard; and, of course, visit a number of the beaches that have made Cape Cod famous. Best Easy Day Hikes Cape Cod includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the areas most spectacular scenery. Because of the Capes flat terrain, youll find none of these hikes physically challenging. Features 23 hikes.
Colorado Springs, tucked at the foot of legendary Pikes Peak, offers a myriad of hiking opportunities. This little book describes the best short hikes in the area, both on the High Plains that begin just east of the city, and in the high country to the west. From a short ramble through the spectacular Garden of the Gods to a more lengthy jaunt through scenic Waldo Canyon, you are guaranteed wonderful views and pleasant walking. Best Easy Day Hikes Colorado Springs includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the most scenic destinations in the area. While a couple of the hikes contain some steep terrain, most are not physically challenging. And all will delight and inspire. Features 22 hikes.
Over 20 hikes capture the diversity of the nation's largest and most mysterious park, from snowcapped peaks to North America's hottest, driest, and lowest desert.
Just minutes from Denver, wander among the red-rock towers of Roxborough State Park and Red Rocks Park, walk along the broad, peaceful shores of the South Platte River, or hike to the stone ruins of the Walker House atop Mount Falcon. Author and avid hiker Tracy Salcedo has distilled the spirit of big mountain country in a guide designed to lead you to the best hikes in the foothills of the Front Range. Best Easy Day Hikes Denver includes concise descriptions and detailed maps of mostly short, easy-to-follow trails that lead to some of the most scenic destinations in the area