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Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula: The Best Trails You Can Hike in a Day
An update and redesign, now with full-color photography throughout. Most hiking guides are written by backpackers who occasionally day hike. But most people are day hikers who occasionally backpack! Sasquatch Books created this series just for them (over 75,000 copies sold in the Day Hike! series).
A guide written just for people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights back at home. Based on views and destination, these are the best trails for the day tripper, whether you're a newbie hiker or a veteran with hundreds of miles on your boots. Northwest trail expert Seabury Blair Jr. leads us to more than 70 of the best day hike trails in the Olympic Peninsula, from Hoodsport to Hurricane Ridge to the Pacific coast. Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula describes classic routes--from easy to moderate to extreme--giving hikers the choices they want. Entertaining, accurate, and contemporary writing make this guide the one to keep near the water bottles.
A guide written just for people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights back at home. Based on views and destination, these are the best trails for the day tripper, whether you're a newbie hiker or a veteran with hundreds of miles on your boots. Northwest trail expert Seabury Blair Jr. leads us to more than 70 of the best day hike trails in the Olympic Peninsula, from Hoodsport to Hurricane Ridge to the Pacific coast. Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula describes classic routes--from easy to moderate to extreme--giving hikers the choices they want. Entertaining, accurate, and contemporary writing make this guide the one to keep near the water bottles.
304 pages, Paperback
First published May 16, 2002
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July 4, 2018
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May 18, 2019
I found the information in the tagged book to be spot on. As my first hike, I chose Gold Creek Trail because it’s a relatively short hike (4.8 miles round trip, estimated at 3 hrs) and it’s close to my home.
For each hike, the author provided directions to get to the park or parking area. I found the directions to get to the park were great (~30 minutes from my home) and I found it with no problem by following the directions in the book.
The book also gives details on the trail itself along with a map of the trail. I also found that to be spot on and helpful as I pulled the book out a couple times when Gold Creek Trail intersected with other trails to make sure I stayed on the correct one.
The book estimated this hike at 3 hrs, and it took us about 2 hrs and 45 min. I also like that at the front, there’s a chart where all 73 hikes are separated by difficulty and each is given a rating (1 to 5 stars) and it indicated which ones you can take your dog on. I found that super helpful as I like to hike with my dog.
As the books described, the views from the top were amazing. Overall, we had a great hike.
I fully recommend this book to anyone looking for day hikes in the Olympic Peninsula. The information is clear and accurate.
For each hike, the author provided directions to get to the park or parking area. I found the directions to get to the park were great (~30 minutes from my home) and I found it with no problem by following the directions in the book.
The book also gives details on the trail itself along with a map of the trail. I also found that to be spot on and helpful as I pulled the book out a couple times when Gold Creek Trail intersected with other trails to make sure I stayed on the correct one.
The book estimated this hike at 3 hrs, and it took us about 2 hrs and 45 min. I also like that at the front, there’s a chart where all 73 hikes are separated by difficulty and each is given a rating (1 to 5 stars) and it indicated which ones you can take your dog on. I found that super helpful as I like to hike with my dog.
As the books described, the views from the top were amazing. Overall, we had a great hike.
I fully recommend this book to anyone looking for day hikes in the Olympic Peninsula. The information is clear and accurate.
May 15, 2013
Good basic reference book for a day hiker just wanting to get some ideas of what is offered in the Olympics. It'll be interesting to compare my thoughts on a particular hike to the authors once I get a few under my belt.
April 1, 2010
Great Book to find for family, bike, and dog hikes
August 30, 2014
Now all I need to do, is get out there on a hike.
March 5, 2010
Good reference, I just liked the layout of another book a bit better.
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