Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Hiking
ISBN : 9780700609475
Trails for every season in Kansas that you can enjoy on foot.
Author : Steve Harper
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Kansas
ISBN : 9781880652947
Author : Steve Henry
Publisher : Menasha Ridge Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0897328841
Mention St. Louis and most people think of the famous arch. Residents and visitors-in-the-know appreciate the many outdoor recreational opportunities the Gateway to the West has to offer. With new hikes and updated text and maps, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: St. Louis points hikers to the best outdoor trails and rambles within easy reach of the city. Whether walking in the footsteps of Louis and Clark, exploring amazing rock formation in the Pickle Springs Natural Area, or trekking along a portion of the longest rails-to-trails paths in the U.S., hikers are sure to be amazed at the diversity of outdoor experiences awaiting them. The included hikes are located in Missouri as well as its neighbor, Illinois.
Author : Seth Brooks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,52 MB
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493077732
Hiking Kansas introduces hikers of all abilities to 40-45 of the greatest hiking adventures across the state. Complete with thorough hike descriptions, mile by mile directional cues, detailed maps and useful information on the surrounding area there is something for every hikers. Between rolling prairies, wooded river valleys, and an abundance of wildflowers and wildlife, a wealth of natural beauty awaits you on the hiking trails of Kansas.
Author : Rolf Potts
Publisher : Travelers' Tales
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1932361715
Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer USA Today has called “Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, and The New York Times Magazine. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys—from getting stranded without water in the Libyan desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram. Marco Polo Didn’t Go There is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. The book is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a “commentary track”—endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers.
Author : Richard Keith Frazine
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898155259
Once again we have found the unique in outdoor books-the first book about hiking barefoot. Developed by a hiker in New England, it introduces people to the idea that the foot can hit the trail without benefit of boot or sneaker. All the joys, the hazards, and the myths are dealt with, along with a lot of careful instructions for beginners.
Author : Ben Fogelberg
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,65 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781565795198
What could be better than a walk through Colorado's mountains, woods, or valleys? How about a history hike? Hikers and historians Ben Fogelberg and Steve Grinstead take you there, and then take you beyond-sharing vignettes of days past to enhance these 50 walks to historic places in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, La Junta, and Trinidad. View gold and silver mines in their lofty mountain perches, visit old homesteads, walk to the site of a coal-mining tragedy, explore the burn zone of the Hayman Fire, descend a canyon to discover rock art and dinosaur tracks, even climb to remnants of a crashed B-17 bomber! From mile-long strolls to crossing the flanks of fourteeners, Walking Into Colorado's Past has fun and fascinating history hikes for all ages.
Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,16 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1541672534
"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.
Author : Kevin M. Lohraff
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,72 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Hiking
ISBN : 9780880118934
Naturalist Kevin Lohraff offers detailed descriptions of more than 100 trails throughout Missouri. Featured are easy-to-read park and trail maps, a look at the natural history of the hiking areas, and practical information, such as park contacts and phone numbers. Photos.
Author : Marci Penner
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 2011-04-16
Category : Kansas
ISBN : 9780976540816
The 216 finalists in the 8 Wonders of Kansas contests are featured in this full-color, spiral-bound guidebook.
