The Official Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Guidebook: California

by Tracy Salcedo Chourre, Tracy Salcedo

From the official series of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, this is your comprehensive state-by-state guide to walking, jogging, biking and cross-country skiing California's rail-trail system. This easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of thirty-four of the state's most popular rural and urban rail-trails, plus complete listings of the state's other rail-trail.

Inside you'll find: Full trail profiles, including length, access points, difficulty rating, and surface type; detailed trail maps; at-a-glance icons for easy identification of rail-trails that best suit your interests; wheelchair accessibility; availability of parking, rest rooms, and places to eat along the trail; location of ranger stations, visitor's centers and depot museums; where to rent bikes. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to convert abandoned railroad lines into trails for public recreational use. Today, the Conservancy has created more than 10,000 miles of public trails across the United States.

Genres: Nonfiction

228 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2000

About the author

Author also writes as Tracy Salcedo