A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest: Where to Find Hundreds of Spectacular Waterfalls, in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

by Gregory Alan Plumb and Gregory A. Plumb

Book Overview

* At-a-glance table for selecting waterfalls by scenic rating, form, how to access, best season to go, and defining characteristics* 70 all-new waterfall entries in this 5th edition, bringing the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089886593X
• ISBN13: 9780898865936
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding and Comprehensive!

This fantastic book is in it's 4th or 5th printing. The reason why is because it is so comprehensive, and so thorough, and so original. The author not only visited literally hundreds of waterfalls all listed in this book, which must have taken months of research, plus travels, and studying of topographic maps, on top of countless miles of hiking, backpacking, and even some boating. The book is also very easy to read. There are no long passages of famous quotes from naturalists of the past. Just lists of waterfalls grouped by region, making it very easy to see more than a few on one trip. Add great directions and maps on how to get there, and superb descriptions of each waterfall. He also rates the waterfalls, gives information on how worthy the view is, how easy or hard it is to get to the waterfall. If you are a waterfall lover, or even think you're interested in seeing some, this valuable book is as good as it gets.

Outstanding Book!

This is a MUST have book for waterfall hunters, Mr.Plumb does a excellent job in telling you how to get to the falls, how hard it is to get to it and how nice the falls are. Plus there are a lot of real nice photo's here,although there all black and white, except the cover of the book. I also liked how he has maps of each "section" of the three states in this book. Each waterfall listed in the book Mr.Plumb tells you how to get to that waterfall, what kind of waterfall it is, how hard it is to get to it, the height of the falls, a star rating on how nice the falls are, and a little detail about the waterfall, and each waterfall he listed in the book has a very good map on where it is. You certainly WILL NOT be disappointed in this book, I use it whenever I look to see what falls I want to go to.

Made my vacation!

Used this book exclusively on my recent "waterfall tour" of Oregon and Washington. I wanted to make the most of day hikes to areas that had waterfalls. This book allowed me to plan my day-to-day itineraries and cram the most into the trip. Invaluable for a true waterfall lover. Waterfalls listed by geographical areas. Descriptions of some trailheads hard to follow, but maps were good. Decribes the difficulty to reach each fall (easy to need to be a bushwacking expert). My only disappointment is the newly built bridge near Elowah Falls that ruins the natural beauty of the falls... (not the author's fault).

Very good

Great book, we had never been in these areas and were able to find everything very easily.

Never be lost again! :)

This is an amazing book on locating the beautiful waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest. I own 2 of these books, 2nd and 3rd edition, and let me tell you, it has never let me down. The book gives great detail and levels of the waterfalls quality, difficultly of the hike and much more. It even teaches you on how to determine the type of waterfall that you are viewing.Mr. Plumb is the ultimate Mountaineer, and shows it through this amazing book. I call it my, "Waterfall Bible". I highly recommend it for all your searches for waterfalls, and even some that you didn't know existed -- great for picinics, extremists, photographers, and for those just in awe of their beauty!Don't pass this up, and at such a great price!