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Best Easy Day Hikes Redwood National and State Parks (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)

Best Easy Day Hikes Redwood National and State Parks (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)
By Daniel Brett

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Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the world's tallest trees: old-growth coast redwoods, living to be 2000 years old and growing to over 300 feet tall. Author and hiker Dan Brett includes trail descriptions and maps of nearly 22 easy day hikes within these spectacular parks. This indispensible guide provides accurate hike descriptions, easy-to-follow maps, and concise trail information for the author's favorite trails.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #630625 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-05-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 104 pages

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From the Back Cover

Redwood National and State Parks are home to some of the world's tallest trees: old-growth coast redwoods, living to be 2000 years old and growing to over 300 feet tall. Author and hiker Dan Brett includes trail descriptions and maps of nearly 22 easy day hikes within these spectacular parks. This indispensible guide provides accurate hike descriptions, easy-to-follow maps, and concise trail information for the author's favorite trails.

About the Author

Dan Brett is a certified wilderness fool, backcountry hiker, and freelance writer. His articles have appeared in Backpacker, Country Back Roads, and California Blacksmith. He is also the author of Hike America: Northern California (Globe Pequot) and Hiking the Redwood Coast (Falcon). He lives in Humboldt County with his wife, Mirjam.

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A Nice Overview of Hiking Opportunities3
Dan Brett's addition to the Falcon Press series of Best Easy Dayhikes is for the most part a decent book. He covers 22 hikes in the vicinity of Redwood National Park, most of which are from two to five miles in length. Each hike is prefaced by an abstract of scenic highlights, distance, where to obtain maps, and optimal hiking seasons. A short trail description and nice sketch map follows. Brett also provides a decent mix of coastal, forest, and historical walks. Included are some classic hikes in the region like the Damnation Creek Trail, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, and Fern Canyon.

So why does this book only merit three stars instead of four or five? Mostly for what Brett does not cover. You would think a guide touting easy dayhikes would at least mention some of the many short and wonderful nature trails in the region, but Brett simply ignores them, even as he include several 9-11 mile hikes. No mention is made of the Simpson Reed loop trail in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park or the Nature Trail along Prarie Creek in Prarie Creek Redwoods. Brett also only includes one hike in Humbolt Redwoods State Park, home to the most spectacular groves in the state. I would certainly have included the Founders Grove and Mahan Plaque trails in a guide like this. The Five Allen's Trail and French Grove should probably also appear in a collection of this sort.

In the final analysis, this is a nice book that gives an adequate survey of several nice hikes in the region, but you should probably look elsewhere for more comprehension coverage of the many wonderful walks in Redwood National Park and the nearby state parks. Most of the individual parks publish short hiking pamphlets listing nature walks. You could look to Jerry and Gisela Rohde's books to supplement this one.