Foghorn Outdoors Easy Hiking in Southern California

By Ann Marie Brown

Do you want a short, yet enjoyable hike in a beautiful setting? From Santa Barbara's seascapes to Joshua Tree National Park's rock formations, Foghorn Outdoors Easy Hiking in Southern California is the key to the region's great hiking destinations--regardless of your experience or ability. An avid hiker and veteran outdoors writer, author Ann Marie Brown shares inside information on 100 scenic trails suitable for first-timers, day-hikers, families, and seniors, as well as seasoned proswho just want to enjoy a good day out. Complete with photographs, illustrations, detailed trip notes, mileage and time estimates, maps and directions, contact information, advice on best seasons, and tips on making the hikes easier or more challenging, Foghorn Outdoors Easy Hiking in Southern California will help you encounter outdoor adventure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566916607
• ISBN13: 9781566916608
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Rick Steves
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Passport to adventure

Since we bought this books, we've been on two trips. We found baby abalones, fish, and anemone in tidepools and walked through a secret cave in the Mojave dessert with no one else around. It was wonderful, and not too strenuous either. Just pack a lunch, bring enough water, and head off early :).

Excellent and informative, with detailed descriptions

This is a terrific book for the introductory hiker to begin with, or for more experienced hikers to explore Southern California. There are 100 hikes covering everywhere from San Diego to central California, with regional maps to show roughly where the hikes are.Each hike contains pretty much all of the information that you would want: how long is the hike (in distance and in time), how do you get there, how difficult is the hike, how much does it cost to enter (a few of the prices may be a little outdated), what do you get to see on it, and when is the best time to go on the hike (i.e., when are flowers most likely to bloom). Many of the hikes have black and white pictures, although the written descriptions tend to be more helpful in assessing the desirability of the hike.Moreover, an outstanding feature of this book is that for many of the hikes, the author includes a short section on how to make the hike more (or less in some cases) challenging. Thus, hikers of different experience and physical condition can tailor the hikes to their own desires.My wife and I like this book so much that we're thinking of getting the author's book on easy hikes in Northern California, just for future visits.