Active outdoor pursuits

From a hike through Pymatuning State Park to see its famous spillway, to an old Indian path called the Warrior Trail, this book describes the best hikes in and around Pittsburgh, many of them never previously covered elsewhere.

Best Hikes Near Anchoragefocuses on day hikes for visitors, people new to the Anchorage area, and families wanting to hike together.

Best Easy Day HikesFlagstaff includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

The Cyclist's Manifesto makes the most powerful case to date for a simple fact: America can no longer afford to ignore the bicycle as a tool for serious transportation.

State Hiking SeriesEach guide includes:- Hikes suited to every ability- Accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails - Up-to-date trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cues- Detailed trail maps and GPS coordinates- Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, and best hiking seasons for each hike- Trail Finder for best hikes with dogs, children, great views, or wildlife viewing- Information on fees and permits, contacts, events and attractions, restaurants and accommodations, canine compatibility, and more- Zero-impact and wilderness safety tips and techniques***This book features forty-two of the best day hikes and weekend backpacking tripsin the mountain wilderness of northeastern New York State.

Camping Illinois is the first campgroud guidebook to explore the Prarie State's surprising bounty of quiet, out-of-the-way parks replete with lakes, rivers, wetlands, rugged hills, and rocky cliffs - from every state park camping option to lesser-known county and village parks, as well as federal campgrounds.

Best Easy Day HikesSt.

The bicyclist is under attack from all directions - the streets are ragged, the air is poison, and the drivers are angry.

Twenty hikes in California.

The Poconos of northeastern Pennsylvania may get eight million visitors a year, but there are places there one can get lostand would gladly be lost for a bit.

Best Easy Day Hikes Ventura features concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps of twenty easily manageable hikes.

Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the world's tallest trees: old-growth coast redwoods, living to be 2000 years old and growing to over 300 feet tall.

Best Easy Day HikesDallas/Fort Worth includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

Best Easy Day HikesTampaBay includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

With help just a quick 911 phone call away, it's hard to imagine the consequences of experiencing an emergency in remte lands.

Long recognized as one of the seminal volumes on the fundamentals of map, compass, and altimeter route finding, Outward Bound Map & Compass Handbooknow includes the latest information on GPS receivers, complete with all new color illustrations.

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Lace up your boots and sample some of the best trails in New England.

It is critical for backcountry travelers to have the ability to handle dangerous situations when they occur.

A heart-warming, thoroughly modern, marvelously illustrated guide, BoundaryWaters Canoe Camping is aimed at paddlers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and covers places to go, planning a canoe trip, navigating, selecting a canoe and rigging it out, selecting equipment, camping and cookery, traveling with children, and dealing with hazards--all brought to you by one of America's most renowned canoeing experts, Cliff Jacobson.

Best Easy Day Hikes Las Vegas includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes in and around Las Vegas, Nevada.

Best Easy Day Hikes San Fernando Valley includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for nineteen easy-to-follow hikes in and around the Valley in Southern California.

Hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.

Best Easy Day HikesWest L.

The Dutch oven has been used for centuries to cook, bake, and fry food for large groups and families in the backyard, in a trailer, or camping on the trail.

Backpacker Magazine'sWeatherinforms readers about how weather happens, how to predict and recognize weather patterns, identify cloud formations and know what they mean, develop weather awareness from basic meteorological concepts, and more.

With Best Climbs, FalconGuides introduces a new type of guidebook to some of America's most popular climbing destinations.

Now there's a book that provides the best of the best: the top twenty trails for a short walk, a longer hike or an all-day adventure.

Best Easy Day HikesAlbany includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

Best Easy Day HikesRaleigh-Durham includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

This guide features twenty-seven of the best short hikes in Shenandoah National Park.

From "e;Commissioner's French Toast"e;to "e;Chicken Dutchiladas,"e; The Scout's Dutch Oven Cookbook highlights hand-picked outdoor recipes,plus cooking methods and tips for a Scout-friendly cooking experience.

Best Easy Day HikesEugene,ORincludes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

Backpacker's Using a GPS: Digital Trip Planning, Recording, and Sharing isa complete guide to the digital mapping revolution including how to do it and how to join it.

Knot-making issimpler than ever.

Ten years after it all began, geocaching is still going strong.

Best Easy Day HikesBerkshiresincludes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

Discover the wonder of these two spectacular parks as Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks leads you along 850 miles of trail - from short nature hikes to backcountry treks.

Yellowstone National Park is one of the great outdoor destinations on the planet, with spectacular vistas, intriguing geology, and abundant and varied wildlife.

Art Bernstein offers sixteen engaging stories of strange-but-true events that occurred while he was hiking.

Lace up your boots and sample more than one hundred hikes in America's most famous national park.

It's not necessary to travel far from home for a great hike.

Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty-two easy-to-follow hikes in America's most popular national park, home to one of the most pristine ecosystems on the East Coast.

Lace up your boots and sample more than 450 miles of trails in Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks Wilderness.

This is Max Davis reporting from the Great Smoky Mountains.

Each book in the Adventures with the Parkers seriesfor kids 8-13takes the Parker family to a popular national park and is packed with adventure as well as interesting facts about park activities, natural history, outdoor safety, and much more.

Hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, this guidebook is for everyone, including families.

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

Best Easy Day HikesCincinnati includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes.

Walking into the wilderness with a pack on your back is an empowering experienceall the more so when that pack on your back isn't weighing you down.