Wilderness Press West: Hiking/Backpacking Guides 102081

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Customer Review: California's Scenic Coast-McKinney at his Best
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars

Aside from many years as the hiking columnist for the LA Times, John McKinney's main claim to fame is scouting out the route for the California Coastal Trail, a Mexico to Oregon Trail, which will hopefully be completed within the next 20 years or so. California does have some dramatic coast, and state beaches and parks preserve over a third of it. Still, with all the development along the coast any final route for the Coastal Trail will include some less than stellar urban settings. The great benefit of this book is that McKinney provides a comprehensive list and description of the best California Coastal areas and trails.

Most of the hikes described in this book are 5 miles or less, and longer routes usually include shorter alternative destinations. The maps are for the most part adequate and McKinney also devotes considerable space to the local history of each area. Using this guide, one could literally day hike the best of the Coastal Trail over the course of one or two summers skipping only the less scenic and difficult to access points. For this reason alone the book is worth the purchase price. But McKinney also includes walks in inland wildlands including Henry Cowell and Big Basin Redwoods, Limekiln State Park, the Ventana Wilderness, and Redwood National Park. In all it is a stellar introduction to California's wonderful coast. This is by far McKinney's best guidebook.

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