60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Author: Andrew Weber | Language: English | ISBN:
B004YW6GB2 | Format: EPUB
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma Description
In addition to the Cascade Range and Puget Sound, this authoritative guide also leads to lesser-known destinations, including high bluffs and tide pools along the Pacific, abandoned mines and railways, and stands of old-growth forest inside the city limits.
- File Size: 6553 KB
- Print Length: 336 pages
- Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition (February 1, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004YW6GB2
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #392,456 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Books > Travel > United States > Washington > Seattle
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in Books > Travel > United States > Washington > Seattle
Got this book about an year ago and have since done almost half of the hikes described in this book. Can't say if these are the 60 best hikes (there are much more than 60 hikes in the covered area), but they've definitely all been great hikes so far.
The hikes can all be done as day trips from Seattle: The maximum driving distance from Seattle is 60 miles, except for the Mt Rainier hikes, which are more like 60 miles as the crow flies. Come to think of it, the driving time would be a more relevant criteria than the distance, but of course that wouldn't make for such a nice title.
The format of the book is quite practical. In particular, I appreciate the trailhead GPS coordinates, the easily accessible and detailed overview map, and the trail elevation profiles. There are more than a dozen criteria for choosing a hike, including trail length, crowdedness and various scenic features. Only, I wish this information was presented in a table rather than in list form, which makes choosing hikes based on multiple criteria a bit tedious.
I wasn't too enthusiastic about the schematic trail maps that lack topographic information. However all the trails I've seen so far were well marked, so this didn't turn out to be a big issue. On the other hand the book could use more pictures and perhaps less text: In this context, a picture (with a good caption) really can be worth a thousand (or at least a few hundred...) words.
Before you leave on any of the hikes, be sure to check with the WSDOT and the relevant park authorities that the roads to the trail (and the trail itself) are accessible. Look for recent trail reports on the WTA's site.
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