50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes Around Carson City

Mike White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

287 Seiten

2020
University of Nevada Press (Verlag)
978-1-948908-66-5 (ISBN)

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One of the area's foremost experts on the outdoors, Mike White, author of 50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes Around Reno, returns with a new guidebook dedicated to Carson City and its surrounding areas in northern Nevada. With over three hundred days of sunshine a year, this capital city's parks, trails, lakes, and soaring peaks provide the perfect attractions for residents and visitors alike. This guide provides readers with the most precise information for a wide range of detailed paths and trails throughout the greater Carson City region and includes interesting sidebars about human and natural history for each trip.

From Virginia City and the Carson River on the east to the Sierra Nevada mountains to the west, this comprehensive guidebook offers the most complete guide for walkers, joggers, and hikers. Whether you are looking for a short and easy stroll on a city path or an extended hike along the Tahoe Rim Trail, this is your all-inclusive resource for your next outdoor adventure.

Mike White is an award-winning author whose books include 50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes around Reno, 50 of the Best Snowshoe Trails around Lake Tahoe, 50 Classic Hikes in Nevada, Best Backpacking Trips in California and Nevada, and Best Backpacking Trips in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Mark Vollmer is an award-winning outdoor photographer, instructor and freelance writer based in Reno, Nevada. His illustrated feature articles have appeared in Nevada Magazine, and his images have been widely published in regional books, calendars, and brochures.

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note to Parents
Trail Etiquette and Safety
How to Use This Guide
1. Eagle Valley and the Carson River
1. Riverview Park
2. Mexican Ditch Trail North
3. Mexican Ditch Trail South
4. Moffat Open Space
5. Linear Park Trail
6. Empire Ranch Trail
7. Ambrose Carson River Natural Area
8. Fulstone Wetlands
9. Lone Mountain Trail
10. Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Campus
11. V & T Multi-Use Path
12. Jack C. Davis Observatory Planetary Walkway
13. Long Ranch Park Trails
14. Prison Hill Recreation Area
15. Carson River Park
16. Silver Saddle Ranch
2. The Foothills
17. Centennial Trails
18. V & T Railroad Grade
19. V & T Ridgeline–Canyon Loop
20. Vicee Canyon Loop
21. Ash Canyon Creek Loop
22. Ash Canyon Overlook
23. Ash to Kings Trail
24. Waterfall Trail and North Kings Canyon Loop
25. Upper Waterfall Loop
26. C Hill
27. Longview Trail
28. Clear Creek Trail to Knob Point
3. The Mountains
29. Ophir Creek Trail: Davis Creek Park to Tahoe Meadows
30. Ash Canyon Road to Snow Valley Peak
31. Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to Snow Valley Peak
32. Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak
33. Spooner Lake
34. Marlette Lake
35. Flume Trail
36. Chimney Beach
37. Chimney Beach to Marlette Lake
38. Skunk Harbor
39. Slaughterhouse Canyon
40. Lam Watah Trail to Nevada Beach
4. Washoe Valley and Virginia City
41. Davis Creek Park
42. Washoe Lake State Park: Little Washoe Lake
43. Jumbo Hill Loop
44. Jumbo Townsite
45. Washoe Lake State Park: Loop Trails
46. Washoe Lake State Park: Dune Trek–Beach Stroll Loop
47. Deadman Creek Loop
48. Lakeview to Hobart Reservoir
49. Secret Trail
50. Mount Davidson
Appendix: List of Abbreviations
Index
About the Author and Photographer

Erscheinungsdatum	02.07.2020
Mitarbeit	Sonstige Mitarbeit: Mark Vollmer
Zusatzinfo	81 photos 57 maps
Verlagsort	Reno
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	350 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
ISBN-10	1-948908-66-2 / 1948908662
ISBN-13	978-1-948908-66-5 / 9781948908665
Zustand	Neuware