Hike America Northern California: An Atlas of Northern California's Greatest Hiking Adventures

By Daniel Brett and Daniel Brett

Including more than sixty of Northern California's most fascinating hikes, this one-of-a-kind guide leads you through the dazzling array of geographic, historical, biological, and cultural diversity... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762709235
• ISBN13: 9780762709236
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Research done

As the author of this book, I would like to address some of the charges leveled by "disappointed reader". First off, let me say that I, too was surprised to learn that Fern Canyon and Gold Bluffs Beach were both altered substantially in the past by hydraulic mining. The scars have healed well, and no obvious signs of human activity remain. Nevertheless, I have this information on the authority of the national park and state park historians and archeologists. I suggest that "disappointed reader" check out any of the several local history books available in the Prairie Creek visitor center bookstore for more information on this fascinating subject.Below are my comments on the other "errors":-Fortuna is listed as the nearest town to Bull Creek Flats because it has restaurants, camping/hiking supplies, and other services readers are likely to be searching for when they head to a town. Smaller towns with no services are closer, but of little use to hikers.-While horses are not officially allowed on the Bull Creek Flats trail, the south side of the creek occasionally sees some unauthorized equestrian use. Hence the addition of "equestrians" under the "Other trail users" heading.-A phone call placed a few minutes ago to Humboldt Redwoods State Park confirmed that the Giant Braid is still standing. The Flatiron Tree fell after the book was written (2000). -In any book of this size, a few errors are inevitable, and the 900ft. elevation gain for Bull Creek Flats is one of them. That will be corrected in the next edition, but if readers turn to the page with the hike profile, they will see a more detailed representation of the hike's elevation. -I do not encourage anyone to cross the creek by wading or log crossing, and warn them to be careful if they do attempt it, as it can be dangerous.-The numerous redwood stumps in the Skunk Cabbage Creek drainage testify that redwoods did indeed once grow there, and the stumps' flat tops suggest strongly that they were logged. -If you read the passage carefully, you will learn that skunk cabbage gets its scent from the single specialized leaf (spathe) that forms a yellow hood over the flower spike, not from the green foliage, although the latter do produce the scent when crushed. -There are numerous conflicting claims to "world's tallest tree", and not enough space in the book to document them all. I stuck with the claim of the National Park Service.I can assure potential readers that this book contains over 350 pages of useful information about hikes in Northern California. It took nearly two years to research and write; it has the best maps of any hiking book I've seen (kudos to the cartography folks at Globe-Pequot); and the format allows for easy navigation on the trail without wading through text to find simple directions. I did my research for this book, especially for Humboldt County. Unlike "disappointed reader", I live here.Happy hiking!Dan Brett

Kewl

This book is kewl...it talks about alot of stuff ranging from arteries clogging while hiking and alot of other stuff about the weather and what kind of snakes to avoid while traveling on the paths in the redwoods, etc... This is an awesome book! Get it before it sells out...