Download or read book Beach Walking in San Diego County written by William Carroll and published by Premier Pub. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Trails of Southern California written by Linda Mullally and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coastal Trails of Southern California Including Best Dog Friendly Beaches is a hiking guide to between 40 and 45 of the best coastal trails in Southern California including dog friendly beaches. Look inside for detailed hike descriptions, miles and directions, maps, and color photos for each hike. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, and trailhead GPS coordinates.
Download or read book Backpacker Long Trails written by Backpacker Magazine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARDS (INSTRUCTIONAL CATEGORY) Make the Dream of a Long Distance Thru-Hike a Reality Have you been dreaming of the summer when you can hike the Appalachian Trail? Or marvel at the snow-capped peaks along the Pacific Crest Trail? Or simply section hike the Continental Divide Trail? In Backpacker’s Long Trails, Liz “Snorkel” Thomas, former women’s speed record holder for the AT and veteran of twenty long trails, gives you the tools to make this dream a reality. Included is trail-proven advice on selecting gear, stocking resupplies, and planning your budget and schedule, complete with gorgeous photographs of life on the trail. Along the way, enjoy sneak peeks into not only the Triple Crown trails, but also lesser-known long trails throughout North America.
Download or read book Best Hikes Near San Diego written by Alexander Goya and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near San Diego authors Alexander and Lynn Goya detail the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Houston area perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional cues, and a detailed map.
Download or read book HIKE San Diego written by John McKinney and published by Trailmaster. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego is a beach-hiker's dream, and there are also fine hikes in the hills and canyon of what boosters like to call, America's Finest City. From Balboa Park to Fortuna Mountain to Silver Strand, Trailmaster John McKinney shares his favorite hikes in San Diego's natural treasures, and along the city's magnificent beaches. This pocket guide will remind locals of the many enjoyable hikes near home and help visitors hit the highlights.Walk the breathtaking Sunset Cliffs, hike historic Banker's Hill, trek Maple Canyon and across a thrilling suspension bridge Hike Cowles Mountain, San Diego's iconic peak, and other highlights and high points in Mission Trails Regional Park. Meander Mission Bay, enjoy nature trails amidst the rare Torrey pines, explore the cliffs and coves of La Jolla. Perfect for your pocket or pack, Trailmaster Pocket Guides feature colorful stories, trusted trail accounts, and easy-to-follow maps for two dozen of the best day hikes in a region.
Download or read book The Cabrillo National Monument written by James Robert Moriarty and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 50 Best Short Hikes San Diego written by Jerry Schad and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Best Short Hikes San Diego highlights enough diverse routes in Southern California's showpiece city for a year of weekly hikes. From sidewalk strolls and historic neighborhoods, to wildflowers and waterfalls, pleasant pastimes and panoramic vistas unfold in this handy guidebook. As the title says, these routes are "short." They range from less than 1 mile to nearly 8 miles, with an average of 5 miles, each, over all 50 of the hikes. And all lie within 30 miles of San Diego's central core. Outdoor author and longtime San Diego resident Jerry Schad takes you from the beauty of Del Mar Crest and Beach on the north coast, to the inland Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve. He guides you from walks in San Diego's Torrey Pines Beach and Reserve, to Rice Canyon in the south and the Hollenbeck Preserve in the east. Beaches, urban settings, nature preserves, and mountain peaks beckon locals to explore their own backyards and visitors to enjoy one of America's most stunning metropolitan environments. Detailed maps and enticing photos accompany each descriptive entry. Whether you have one hour or all day to stretch your legs, you'll find yourself turning to this guidebook again and again.
Download or read book Lifeguards of San Diego County written by Michael T. Martino and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifeguards of San Diego County traces the origins of the nine professional lifeguard agencies that serve the public swimming, diving, and boating along the shorelines of San Diego County. Sporadic lifeguard service existed as early as 1906, but on a single day in 1918, thirteen people drowned at Ocean Beach. The drownings focused community and government attention on the need for consistent lifeguard services along San Diego County's beaches. Today there are more than 600 lifeguards from city and state agencies that serve San Diegans throughout the county. Here for the first time, the origins, experiences, and stories of these dedicated and most often heroic people are woven together into one volume.
Download or read book Afoot Afield San Diego County written by Jerry Schad and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1986, Jerry Schad's Afoot and Afield: San Diego County has been the premier trail guide for hikers, backpackers, and mountain bikers. It describes routes ranging from brief, family-friendly hikes to multiple-day overnight trips in remote regions of the backcountry, providing equal weight to the scenic and recreational value of each trip. Each route features at least one or more significant botanical, cultural, or geological highlight with detailed information about what makes each one significant. The book's lengthy history as the preferred hiking guide for the region creates trust and recognition in its readers, while the variety within the book caters to a wide population of recreational enthusiasts. Current co-author Scott Turner has fully updated the book by re-hiking each of the routes contained within the book and adding (up to) 30 new routes to ensure that information for each trip is fully current.
Download or read book Beach and Park Access Guide for San Diego written by William Carroll and published by Auto Book Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walking San Diego written by Lonnie Burstein Hewitt and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COMPLETELY REVISED SECOND EDITION! Now more than ever, this is San Diego's friendliest guidebook. It's like taking a walk with the authors themselves.
Download or read book 50 Best Short Hikes San Diego written by Jerry Schad and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Best Short Hikes San Diegohighlights enough diverse routes in Southern California’s showpiece city for a year of weekly hikes. From sidewalk strolls and historic neighborhoods, to wildflowers and waterfalls, pleasant pastimes and panoramic vistas unfold in this handy guidebook. As the title says, these routes are “short.” They range from less than 1 mile to nearly 8 miles, with an average of 5 miles, each, over all 50 of the hikes. And all lie within 30 miles of San Diego’s central core. Outdoor author and longtime San Diego resident Jerry Schad takes you from the beauty of Del Mar Crest and Beach on the north coast, to the inland Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve. He guides you from walks in San Diego’s Torrey Pines Beach and Reserve, to Rice Canyon in the south and the Hollenbeck Preserve in the east. Beaches, urban settings, nature preserves, and mountain peaks beckon locals to explore their own backyards and visitors to enjoy one of America’s most stunning metropolitan environments. Detailed maps and enticing photos accompany each descriptive entry. Whether you have one hour or all day to stretch your legs, you’ll find yourself turning to this guidebook again and again.
Download or read book Coast to Cactus written by Diana Lindsay and published by Sunbelt Publications. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors is much more than a hiking guide. Written by the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers, it is the new bible for really getting to know and appreciate the countys biodiversity while exploring firsthand. The guide has 250 hikes, each with its own map and photograph, hike description with mileage, elevation gain/loss, difficulty rating, directions to the trailhead with GPS, trail use, special features, and type of habitat(s) found on each hike. Each hike has a focus on a species or natural/cultural history feature associated with that hike.
Download or read book Walkabout Malibu to Mexico written by Tom Courtney and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The San Diego Tourist written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Take a Hike written by Priscilla Lister and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few places on the planet can boast the diversity of natural landscape found in San Diego County. From the enormous Anza-Borrego desert to the Peninsular Range of mountains to the coastal wetlands of the Pacific Ocean, the breadth of San Diego County's environment is truly remarkable. Priscilla Lister, seasoned journalist, former newspaper columnist and avid hiker, guides others down 260 trails that offer beautiful scenery, physical challenges and an up-close experience with natural flora and fauna. You'll find trail directions as well as historical tales about the natives and pioneers who once hiked the region. She also identifies trees, wildflowers and birds you'll find on every trail. Included with each entry are driving directions, mileage and difficulty of each hike, whether dogs or horses are allowed and information on how to download trail maps. Take a Hike: San Diego County is a comprehensive hiking guidebook that shares advice, tips, and tools that will entice exploration of one of America's most diverse and beautiful regions.
Download or read book Short Stories of San Diego County and Other Musings written by Regis Rosner and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I moved to San Diego County with my family at the age of ten in 1945. We found it rich in history. It was first settled by the Native Kumeyaay Indians, and then along came the explorers from Europe and the Padres of the Church.
