Active outdoor pursuits

Hawaii is more than high-end resorts, luaus, and hula dancers.

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 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.

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.

Fully updated and revised, this guide details information on 700 public campgrounds in Oregon accessible by car.

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.

Hundreds of valuable tips and advice based on Justin Lichter's more than 35,000 miles of hiking across the country and beyond.

This guide to nearly 100 public campgrounds in the state of Pennsylvania is perfect for tent and RVcampers alike.

Best Bike RidesPhiladelphia describes 40 of the greatestrecreational rides in thePhiladelphia area, including road rides, rail trails, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides.

Best Lake Hikes Colorado includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for approximately 100 of the most scenic lake hikes in the state.

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

Let your trip to the Land of Enchantment begin with Camping New Mexico.

We love the outdoors.

Fully revised and updated, this guide to more than 100 public campgrounds in Virginia and West Virginia is perfect for tent and RV campers alike.

Completely updated with full-color maps and photographs throughout, Hiking Pennsylvania offers a unique look into the history, culture, and incomparable beauty of Pennsylvania.

Oregon, whimsical paradise of the Pacific Northwest, is known for its lush landscapes of forests and mountains.

Fully revised and updated, Hiking Waterfalls Montana, Second Edition includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for 100 of the state's most scenic waterfall hikes.

Wildflowers of Shenandoah National Park is an easy-to-use field guide to help you identify more than 230 of the parks most common species - from the iconic large-flowered trillium, with its trio of white to pink petals, to the showstopping blooms that adorn the mountain laurel shrubs that decorate trails in June.

Best Easy Day Hikes Black Hills Country features concise descriptions and detailed maps for 22 easy-to-follow trails in the Black Hills region of South Dakota and Wyomingthat allow hikers of all levels to enjoy beautiful views, get fit in the outdoors, and learn about the region's history.

Fully revised and updated, Hiking Wisconsin profiles over 60 of the best hikes in the state.

Shenandoah National Park is a hikers wonderland, with challenging treks, enchanting sights, popular trails and tranquil escapes.