Afoot & Afield: Las Vegas & Southern Nevada: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide

by Brian Beffort

Beyond the bright lights of one of the city's fastest growing metropolitan areas is some of the most rugged, beautiful, and remote country around. Popular destinations such as Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, Death Valley, and Mt. Charles are covered, plus lesser-known areas such as Anniversary Narrows, Arrow Canyon, Bowl of Fire, and the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness. Each trip showcases the diversity of this region, from the geological wonders and rare life forms surviving in Mojave National Preserve to ancient petroglyphs. The hikes range from easy strolls to challenging treks and include distance, time, elevation change, difficulty, and trail-use notes. A custom map accompanies every description, and GPS waypoints are given for key locations.

Genres: Travel, Outdoors, Reference

312 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 7, 2005

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very succinct, yet detailed and informative descriptions of numerous hikes near Las Vegas. Not the most enjoyable reading, but great information on trail length, difficulty, elevation, nice maps, etc. for sifting through which hikes would be of interest to me. Appreciate the details about vehicle restrictions getting to trailheads. Could be improved by incorporating some type of symbols to designate 'best/recommended' trips so that you don't have to keep flipping to the back of the book to see that list.

[Dustin Tatman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Imma do every one of these!