Bob Lorentzen
In the first full revision in 12 years of this classic guide, the 50 original hikes have been fully updated and revised. Eleven completely new hikes in Sonoma County’s State, County and City Parks have been added to bring the total of fully described hikes to 60.
by Richard P. Blair & Kathleen P. Goodwin
This is a book about real California — from the era of peace and love and protest marches to the freedom of the open road and the highs of California's wild places. It offers an uncensored look at California that captures its freewheeling spirit and beauty.
Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols
This 2nd Edition updates the many changes on the CCT's north half with revised maps and text.
This thorough guide details 600 CCT miles in 85 accessible sections, most offering easy day hikes, plus 12 great for backpacking.
Bob Lorentzen
We've added many new trails to this edition, which details the most spectacular coast in our series. The only trail guide covering popular Redwood National Park, many fine state and county parks and the famous King Range/Lost Coast.
Sharon Giacomazzi
Discover the hidden beauty of the Eastern Sierra's wondrous canyons with Sierra native Sharon Giacomazzi as your guide. She details local history, campgrounds, resorts, where to find the best wildflower blooms, autumn color displays and waterfalls, and more
Tom Kendrick
Kendrick tells a compelling and fascinating story of urchin diving on the California Coast laced with adventure, humor and tragedy. Amazing surfing tales too!
Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols
Now both volumes covering the northern and southern halves of California's Coastal Trail, are available in this handsome set.
Photography by Larry Ulrich
Essay by Roy Parvin
Preface by Donna Bacon Ulrich
North of the Golden Gate Bridge the legendary coastal route, Highway 1, veers left from suburbia to enter the unique world of California's North Coast. Ulrich's brilliant, evocative photos and Parvin's lively text inspires both visitors and residents.
Bob Lorentzen
Our most popular book, now with 29,000 copies in print, details all the public trails on and near the coast between Gualala and Whale Gulch. This is the only guide that details all the trails of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park on the famed Lost Coast.
Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols
This southern volume of the series describes more than 600 miles of California's now official Coastal Trail (CCT), America's most diverse long distance trail.
Volume Two covers from Monterey to the Mexico in 83 accessible sections.
Amy Racina
Solo backpacker Amy Racina fell sixty feet onto solid granite during a 16-day solo hiking trip. In this gripping account, Amy tells how she survived in the wilderness with both legs broken, her rescue, and her recovery.
Bob Lorentzen
Our bestselling guide to the scenic and cultural treasures of the Mendocino coast has been thoroughly revised and updated in this new third edition. The text weaves local history and anecdote with road notes to chronicle the journey.
Earthwalk Press
Now the best map available for a trip to Maui is hot off the press from Earthwalk.This 6-color map covers the entire island at a scale of 7/8" to the mile.
Pancho Doll
This clever guide details 105 natural plunges all over the Golden State and the hikes to them. The author describes only pristine favorites with no man-made structures within sight.
Ted Konigsmark
Written for the non-geologist, this user-friendly book leads readers on fascinating field trips to Bay Area landmarks.
Robert H. Armstrong & Marge Hermans
Discover the fascinating secrets of the unique natural world found in Southeast Alaska. This beautiful book by two residents and naturalists explores both spectacular and subtle and hidden creatures that inhabit this natural world.
Robert Stock, Alisha L. Semchuck, Joe Tortomasi, Susan Carrier, Desiree Zamorano & Ron O'Brien
User-friendly guide to free and fun things to do in Los Angeles County. Details hundreds of choices from the surf to the mountains.
by Jenn Garbee, Nancy Gottesman, Tippy Helper & Margery Schwartz
With a Foreword by April Smith
In words and full-color images, this sophisticated guide showcases the people and institutions, the history and stories, the art and architecture, and the quirks and charms of the seven Bay Cities fronting Santa Monica Bay.
Robert Stock
User-friendly guide to free and fun things to do in Orange County plus Long
Beach details hundreds of choices from the surf to the foothills.
Ken Stanton
Ken Stanton has fully expanded and updated his popular guide to trails around Napa Valley. His captivating,detailed trail reports, featuring many little known hikes, include entertaining tales of Napa's colorful past.
Robert Stock & Troy Corley
User-friendly guide to visiting the San Francisco Bay Area without
spending big bucks. This hip pocket guide details 400+ free fun things to do by the Bay and Beyond.
Tim Hauf
Hauf's stunning photos of the Himalayas, their foothills and people provide an enthralling visual account of the famous trek to base camp, never before recorded in a book.
Alec LeSueur
Alec Le Sueur spent five extraordinary years in Tibet, working for an international hotel chain. Against the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas he unfolds a highly amusing and informative account of his experiences.
Ted Konigsmark
If you have ever wondered how the rocks and scenery of the Sierra Nevada were formed, take this geologic guide with you on your next trip. Written for the non-geologist, this detailed guide describes 116 of the geologic attractions of the Sierra
Nancy E. Loe
This definitive book tells the story of Hearst's vision for his coastal California "ranch" and his creative collaboration with architect Julia Morgan to create San Simeon, an intriguing blend of natural beauty, architecture, art, and history.
Peter Croft, Foreword by Galen Rowell
Climbing guide Croft covers the best alpine rock climbing found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Marty Lewis & John Moynier, Foreword by Errett Allen
This is the definitive climbing guide for the area around Mammoth Lakes on the east side of California's Sierra Nevada Range, now in its third edition.
Imus Geographics
This beautiful and detailed, full-color map covers the Sierra Nevada Range from Lassen National Park in the north to Tehachapi Pass in the south.
Text and Photographs by Murray S. Kaufman
This gorgeous book presents a graceful and poignant essay about, and spectacular color photographs of, the two most important and endangered ecosystems on Earth.
Rich Owings
Explains how to interface your GPS receiver with your computer to create maps, annotate aerial photos, and even create 3-D maps. It includes where to find free software and maps, how to use aerial photos and satellite imagery, and how to view your favorite backcountry locations in 3-D.
California Coastal Commission staff
This easy-to-use, comprehensive guidebook is the essential companion for all visitors who want to
explore California's fabulous shoreline.
Jack Burton
The author takes readers on rambles through the gorgeous rolling hills and twisting valleys of Sonoma County's famed wine country, exploring the back roads and finding the best wineries for tastings and picnics, or finding that classic unforgettable spot.
Photography by Tim Hauf; Text by Conger Beasley Jr.
Photographer Hauf and writer Beasley blend their superb talents to capture the legendary mountain and the remote terrain of the eastern Himalaya.
Gregory M. Levin, translated by Margaret Hopstein
A Man who fell in love with pomegranates and risked his life to protect their biodiversity tells his adventurous story in Pomegranate Roads. Ignoring threats, the scientist trekked across Central Asia and the Trans-Caucasus to collect 1,117 varieties of the fruit.
Jack Burton and Ken Stanton
This insider’s guide to the famous, much visited center of the California Wine Country highlights the best that Napa Valley has to offer.
Sharon Giacomazzi
Sharon Giacomazzi loves to tell history tales and she loves to hike. She combines these passions in an enthralling guide to the glorious Central Sierra, presenting more than 60 fun excursions.
Mark A. Schlenz, Photography by Dennis Flaherty
The book begins with a geologic and geographic overview of the Sierra, then follows a south-to-north itinerary from Mt. Whitney and Sierra's east slope through Independence, Bishop, Mammoth Lakes, Mono Lake, Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Death Valley, and Yosemite.
Franko’s Maps
New map includes maps of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac Islands on one side in this diving paradise. Flip side has detail map of the West End of Grand Cayman. Shows and describes dozens of dive sites, plus pictures of dozens of local sea creatures.
Jane Cox
This book presents useful information on backpacking and hiking with a dog fitted with a backpack. It also tells how the Americans with Disabilities Act allows people who qualify to hike with their pack dog on trails in national parks.
Franko’s Maps
This latest Franko’s Map covers the fun and exciting things to see and do on the Big Island.
Pancho Doll
The latest Splash Guide covers one or more swim holes in 91 southeastern creeks and rivers in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Tom Harrison
Map includes Verdugo Mountains Parks and Open Space, Stough Park, La Tuna Canyon, Henderson Canyon, the abandoned Skyline Motorway, plus Verdugo Motorway, Whiting Woods Motorway, Brace Canyon Park, and more.
Franko’s Maps
Another great trail map from Franko! This one shows the big view, covering all Los Angeles County hikes.
Fred and Randi Hirschmann
In this eye-catching book, 106 color photographs celebrate much loved desert scenes as well as newly protected areas in this historic California park, now the largest national park in the United States outside of Alaska.
Bob Lorentzen
This classic covers over 325 miles of trails in 50 inland hikes exploring diverse terrain in six counties. Longer hikes cover all of Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel and Snow Mountain wilderness areas.
Photography Larry Ulrich
Interpretive text by Susan Lamb
This photographic essay presents Ulrich's stunning color images of wildflowers in the American Southwest, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the high mesas of western Colorado.
Ben Pease
This easy-to-read map covers trails from south San Francisco to south Half Moon Bay. It more than doubles the coverage of Pease's Pacific Map which it will eventually replace (both are available now).
The attractive, well-designed map shows where hiking, biking, horses and dogs are allowed, and describes public transit options. Includes seven state beaches, San Bruno Mountain, B. H. Murray Ranch State Park, many county and city parks, parts of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and more.
Dennis Flaherty
Introductory Essay by Mark A. Schlenz
This fine photographic essay portrays in colorful grandeur eastern California 's unique inland sea, now protected as a National Scenic Area, and the gorgeous Sierra landscape that overlooks it.
Franko’s Maps
Another great trail map from Franko! This one covers all of the spectacular Santa Monica Mountain Range. Includes Backbone Trail, Topanga Canyon, Malibu Canyon, Pt. Mugu, and more.
Ben Pease
This handsome, easy-to-read map shows trails for hiking,bicycling and equestrians in China Camp State Park, Olompali State Park, 17 Marin Open Space Preserves, four county parks, the Big Rock Ridge Area of Marin Open Space District, and more. Text describes trails, parks, areas open to dogs, and public transit available.
Franko’s Maps
Another great trail map from Franko! This one covers all of the great hiking in the San Gabriel
Mountain Range.
California Coastal Commission Staff
This easy-to-use, up-to-date, comprehensive guidebook, packed with information, tells you where to go in coastal Northern California, how to get there, what facilities to expect, and what you can do at each location.
Franko’s Maps
Recreation map covers 333,000-acre Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, with reverse side showing a detail of the Kilauea Caldera area.
Marek Hajek
In the vacationer’s paradise called Lake Tahoe Basin, Big Chief is the premier sport climbing crag.
Aleela
This unique little book offers a surreal combination of mysticism, sex, and humor that will create a buzz.
Marty Lewis
More than 700 routes are covered in this comprehensive guide to one of California's premier climbing areas
Roger Rapaport
This up-to-date guide features the best itineraries for coast, mountains, Wine Country, Mendocino, redwoods, San Francisco, Monterey, Yosemite, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
William Bright
This is the new “pocket” version of the classic California Place Names, first published in 1949. Erwin G. Gudde's monumental work has now been released in an expanded and updated edition by William Bright.
Ben Pease
This handsome, easy-to-read map shows trails for hiking, bicycling and equestrians in the splendid coastal area immediately south of San Francisco. Includes Sweeney Ridge and Milagra Ridge areas of Golden Gate NRA, Montara Mountain, McNee Ranch State Park, five state beaches, county and city parks and more. Back of map describes parks, areas open to dogs, and public transit available.
Mark A. Schlenz, Photography by Dennis Flaherty
Experience the beauty of the Mammoth Lakes region with this colorful and informative new guidebook.
Philip A. Munz, Edited by Dianne Lake and Phyllis M. Faber
This popular guidebook, now thoroughly revised, has helped thousands of amateur and intermediate wildflower enthusiasts learn the names of the flowers located in some of the state's loveliest and most accessible areas.
Photography Larry Ulrich
Interpretive text by Susan Lamb
Ulrich presents a gorgeous array of images, from desert to seashore,interior valley to mountain meadow, showing the delicate beauty of Golden State wildflowers in their myriad forms. The interpretive text by Susan Lamb brings us inside the natural world, and gives a lucid and fascinating lesson in botany.
By Michael Kohn
Kohn’s book is an irresistible account of a nation where falcon poachers, cattle rustlers, exiled Buddhist leaders, death-defying child jockeys and political assassins vie for page one.
Earthwalk Press
Covers California's northern coast, north of Arcata to Oregon border: Redwood National Park, 6 state parks, 3 state beaches, 3 county parks, 305,000-acre Smith River National Recreation Area.
This 7-color map shows virgin forests and wild, scenic rivers. Text covers camps, trails, fishing, tidepools, info sources.
Pancho Doll
This latest Splash Guide covers more than 200 remote swim holes in seven eastern states from Maine to Virginia. Most choices involve a short hike to reach the natural pool, some involve more difficult scrambling or longer hikes.
Lowell "Ben" Bennion and Jerry Rohde
This handsome travel guide covers the National Scenic Byway along Highway 299 between Redding and Arcata, providing practical travel information and a coffee-table memento of the trip.
Pancho Doll
This second Day Trips with a Splash surveys more than 100 creeks and canyons from Moab/Canyonlands south to Tucson/the Chiricahuas.
by Christopher Rush
Journeying along the road taken by Robert Louis Stevenson in his famed book Travels with a Donkey, fellow Scotsman Rush has written a modern classic.
Philip A. Munz, Edited by Dianne Lake and Phyllis M. Faber
This guide, first published 40 years ago, is now thoroughly updated and revised. It’s the perfect guide to pack for a day at the seashore anywhere on the Pacific Coast. Describes 268 species with each illustrated...
Sir Henry Huntley
British nobelman Huntley spent most of his life in the New World. This is a reprint of his memoirs of travels and adventures in northern California during the Gold Rush, first published in the 19th century.
Eleanor Guilford
This folksy and personal account describes a solo woman hiker’s successful effort to hike the entire 2638-mile Pacific Crest Trail over twenty summers in a 25-year span.
Colleen Dunn Bates
All the information you need to make the most of any visit to Mammoth, and the entire Eastern Sierra. It provides honest, in-the-know reviews of the best places to stay, camp, eat, ski, hike and fish, bike and play in this mountain paradise.
Fred and Randi Hirschmann
Twenty striking images of this diverse park by some of the West's best nature photographers, plus a short introductory essay.
Earthwalk Press
Vast Wind River Range on two maps instead of 32 7.5-minute quads! This 5-color map combines 18 topos covering Elkhart Park north without sacrificing scale. Text includes history and trails.
Edited by Monique Borgerhoff-Mulder and Wendy Logsdon
Here are the stories of 30 research scientists who go off the deep ends of the earth. From bush pilots and endangered species to Land Rover nightmares, these hair-raising tales will keep readers up past dawn.
Bill Roe
In this handsome book Roe describes his 3300-mile bicycle journey from San Francisco to New York. Roe's attempt to follow the Lincoln Highway—America's first coast-to-coast road — makes his tale compelling.
Dennis Flaherty
Twenty powerful color images of the remarkable landscape on the steep side of one of the world 's great mountain ranges.
Tom Harrison
Detailed coverage of this state park includes Cuyamaca Peak, Green Valley, Stonewall Peak, Lake Cuyamaca, Sweetwater River, Paso Picacho, and more.
Earthwalk Press
Only topo map with full park, large scale for easy use. This 7-color map depicts the 1988 fires in satellite imagery. Text on campsites, services, bears, more.
Edited by Roger Rapaport and Marguerita Castanera
In this original classic anthology of the worst trips, 50 top writers— including Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Theroux, Mary Morris, Tony Wheeler and Helen Gurley Brown— tell of their greatest travel disasters.
Earthwalk Press
Only topo map covering each lake in northern California's top watersport recreation area, 5-color map has Whiskeytown, Shasta, Trinity and Lewiston Lakes. Text covers boating, camping, natural history.
Photography Larry Ulrich
Interpretive text by Susan Lamb
Ulrich presents both the shy and the showy flora of the diverse habitats of Oregon, Washington and western Idaho. Habitats range from coastal rainforest through mountains and river canyons to deserts.
Tom Harrison
Covers the ancient lake due east of Yosemite Park, including Mono Basin Scenic Area, Lee Vining, Mono Lake County Park, Panum Crater, and more.
Earthwalk Press
Best-selling topo map at park, this 5-color map shows mileage between trail junctions, detailed hydrology. Text has 60+ trail descriptions (inc. Appalachian Trail) plus how to catch wildflower blooms, best autumn color hikes.
Earthwalk Press
Two maps in one. Best-selling map at the park, 5-color map combines two 7.5 minute quads to cover popular hiking and climbing area between Granite and Moran Canyons.
Shows backcountry campsites and zones. Also a new shaded relief map of entire park (80' contours). This map is a guide by two rangers who intimately know and love the park.
Edited by Roger Rapaport and Bob Drews
Latest in the series has lots of surprises, more scary and hilarious travel tales.
Photography by Robert Holmes and Joanne Bolton
This little keepsake book has 67 full-color images of the sights visitors want of the City by the Bay including the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Park, North Beach, Chinatown, cable cars, crooked Lombard Street.
Larry Ulrich
A companion souvenir to the larger book.Twenty stunning images plus a short introductory essay.
Cesare Marino
This book tells the intriguing story of Buffalo Bill's first Wild West Show photographer. The Italian photographer Carlo Gentile left his native land at age 21 and traveled around the world, landing in San Francisco in the 1850s.
Earthwalk Press
Best designed Mt. Rainier topo map with most extensive text. In addition to 5-color full park map, enlarged inset maps cover Paradise, Sunrise, Longmire, Ohanapecosh, elevation profile of Wonderland Trail.
Larry Ulrich
Twenty gorgeous images from the award-winning book on ready-to-send postcards, plus a short introductory essay.
Dorothy Bear and Beth Stebbins
This classic walking tour of 32 historic buildings in the picturesque town of Mendocino was revised and updated by Bob Lorentzen and Dorothy Bear in 1991.
Earthwalk Press
Only topo map for new park, 5-color map combines 6 7.5-minute quads. Shows trails, routes, bristlecone pine stands. Text has trail/route descriptions.
Earthwalk Press
Great scale for field use, lots of useful info in this 5-color map. Locator grid finds features easily. Text on permit systems for Lassen Park, 1000 Lakes, Caribou Wilderness, trail mileage, winter trips, volcanoes.
Earthwalk Press
Only topo map with whole park plus Rockefeller Parkway (to the north) and Jedediah Smith Wilderness (to the west). The 5-color map joins Yellowstone Map for entire Yellowstone-Teton corridor, shows backcountry camps and zones.
Earthwalk Press
Covers popular hiking corridor between Hermit and Grandview Trails. This 5-color map shows South Rim and North Rim trails, use zones.Locator grid and two geological cross sections aid feature ID.
Sorry, we've sold our last copy. We hope to have a new edition available by spring 2008, the first new edition in 7 years. Send us an email (click on the "contact us" link to the left) if you'd like to be notified when it's available.
Photography Tim Hauf
Text by Conger Beasley Jr.
Tim Hauf made many trips into this daunting wilderness, capturing powerful images that evoke North America's far northern reaches
Jerry and Gisela Rohde Illustrations by Larry Eifert
This most comprehensive guide covers Washington's oldest national park. Describes 25 popular trails and 12 auto tours, with 50 historical anecdotes. Info on plants, wildlife, geology and climate too.
Earthwalk Press
The most detailed map for this great slickrock park. This 5-color map combines 11 15-minute quads for complete park coverage and access areas. Map has trails and routes. Text: services, trip descriptions, mileage.
Edited by Roger Rapaport and Bob Drews
In this outrageously funny anthology of vacation horror stories, readers will spend one too many nights in Tunisia and flee nightmarish holiday around the world.
Earthwalk Press
The only comprehensive topo map on the Sawtooth Wilderness. This 5-color map combines 26 7.5-minute quads, covering the entire wilderness and all access areas.
Earthwalk Press
Photography Larry Ulrich
A companion souvenir to Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country. Twenty spectacular images from the book, plus a short introductory essay.
Richard Harris
One of America's leading travel writers takes readers on a grand tour of the Southwest from Mesa Verde to the Grand Canyon. From national parks to the top restaurants in Santa Fe, this guide covers the best of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Earthwalk Press
Topo map combines 14 topos to cover Wind River Range from Elkhart Park south. Text on history, trails.
Dennis Flaherty
Twenty great images by Dennis Flaherty of this mysterious inland sea, plus a short introductory essay.
Jerry and Gisela Rohde Illustrations by Larry Eifert
This comprehensive overview to Redwood National Park covers history, anecdotes, and events as well as auto tours and the authors' favorite hikes. The book, profusely illustrated by artist Larry Eifert, lists the plants and wildlife one might see when touring these wondrous parks.
Earthwalk Press
Ultimate 6-color map to San Diego County's vast, diverse backcountry: Anza-Borrego and Cuyamaca Rancho State Parks, Laguna Mountain and Pine Creek Wilderness in Cleveland National Forest, Ocotillo Wells S.V.R.A., southern section of Pacific Crest Trail, more. Text on camps, trails, natural and human history.
Arlene and Jim Moorehead
In this eyecatching, warm and inviting book, the innkeepers of Mendocino's acclaimed Grindle Inn present six dozen scrumptious recipes, the favorites of guests and staff from years of gourmet hospitality.