One Hundred Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades

by William L. Sullivan

The most comprehensive, reliable guide to the trails of Oregon's recreational heartland now includes hot springs, museums, brewpubs, fire lookout rentals, wildflowers, campgrounds, parks, and other travel tips for Bend, Sisters, Sunriver, Eugene, and Salem. Updated every year, this book features trails for families, day hikers, backpackers, mountain bikers, equestrians, and dog owners. For adventurers, there's even a list of 104 more hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nature, Guidebook, Nonfiction, Outdoors

260 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

About the author

Sullivan completed his B.A. in English at Cornell University, studied linguistics at Germany's Heidelberg University, and earned an M.A. in German at the University of Oregon.
In 1985 he backpacked 1000 miles across Oregon's wilderness. His journal of that adventure, "Listening for Coyote", topped the New York Times' year-end review of travel books and was chosen one of the 100 most significant books in Oregon history.
Since then he has written many novels, hiking guidebooks, and historical works. His memoir, "Cabin Fever", describes the 25 summers he and his wife Janell spent building a log cabin by hand along a roadless river in the wilds of Oregon's Coast Range. Each summer he still lives and writes at the cabin.
Sullivan reads in seven languages, plays the pipe organ, undertakes backcountry ski expeditions, and volunteers to support libraries.

Reviews

[Sora · Rating 5 out of 5]

2015-2016 edition. This book is my constant hiking companion- I know from 6 years of experience I can count on it’s hiking details (distance, eval, etc), maps, trailhead conditions, and trail descriptions. I could not speak more highly of this guidebook and I constantly and vehemently recommend this book to anyone that hikes in the central cascades. I’m from Eugene, OR and this is the area I hike the most in. I have also purchased and use Sullivans other books with the same sentiment.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sullivan's books offer clear and personally detailed looks into numerous popular and some not so well known hikes in various parts of Oregon. He has clever, simple hand-drawn maps to follow and descriptions of each hike that include some historical information, driving directions and information about camping spots, faded out trails and sights to see along the way. This book as well as his other books that cover other parts of Oregon are highly recommended!

[Micah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been my backpacking Bible for over twenty years. . . . it packs in a lot, great concise descriptions (maybe sometimes a little too concise), most details are still accurate even though I'm using the edition from the 90s. It's a tremendous blow that after the 2020 fires many of the areas in the Santiam foothills are devastated.

[Ryan Mishap · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, we've done maybe two of these because we don't own the book yet! Will purchase soon, now that Tracy is back in Eugene and these make up, in a sense, our backyard.

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference for central oregon hikes. Easy to understand AND accurate. I'm on hike #17.

[Lacie]

AMAZING!!!!!!