This guide contains the most wild and rugged portion the Black Range, with its deep canyons and ridges rising above desert. A short section of the Continental Divide Trail is only part of the many miles that unfold in this excellent hiking guide.
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New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife. This rugged landscape boasts sweeping tundra, hot springs, mountain views, and deep gnarled canyons. Within Gila's boundaries, you can follow trails to views of the breathtaking peaks of the Mogollon Range, wonder at ancient cliff dwellings, and wind your way along stream-ribboned ponderosa forests. This revised edition includes all new color photography and GPS coordinates to the trailheads.


Special edition contains hikes to America's first wilderness.

Hiking Joshua Tree National Park provides detailed informaiton on thirty-eight of the best day hikes and extended backpacking trips in this desert wonderland 140 miles east of Los Angeles. The diverse landscape--shaped by strong winds, unpredictable precipitation, and coimatic extremes--offers numerous opportunities for year-round exploration. With rich narratives and beautiful photographs, this guidebook provide all you need for hiking the extensive network of trails mong granite rock formations, pinon and juniper forests, sandy washes, and the symbols of the park, the Joshua trees..

Hiking Mojave National Preserve contains detailed information about 15 of the best day hikes in this California desert park, which offers awesome scenery, fascinating geology and archeaology, and the world's largest concentration of Joshua trees. Supplemented with GPS-compatible maps, mile-by-mile directional cues, rich narratives, and beautiful photographs, this is the only book available for trekking into the big empty space of the Mojave Desert.

Hiking Death Valley National Park contains detailed information about 36 of the best day hikes and extended backpacking trips in the largest national park outside of Alaska. Supplemented with GPS-compatible maps, mile-by-mile directional cues, rich narratives, and beautiful photographs, this is the only book you'll need for this land of extremes.

Hiking Anza-Borrego State Park contains detailed information about 25 of the best day hikes and extended backpacking trips in California's largest state park. Supplemented with GPS-compatible maps, mile-by-mile directional cues, rich narratives, and beautiful photographs, this is the only book you'll need to explore this spectacular landscape.