For thousands of years people have traveled across Washington's spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities. In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state's historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include: * 44 hikes, including 12 new additions * Full-color trail maps * A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events * Updated trail descriptions * Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives * Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state * Contemporary and historical photographs Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state's most fascinating places.

Hiking Washington's History

History

Romano, Craig

Bentley, Judy

Bentley, Judith M.

Americas

University of Washington Press

Hiking Trails of the Pacific Northwest: Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Southwestern British Columbia (Great Hiking Trails)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sullivan, William

Evans, Daniel

Exercise & Fitness

Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books

Hike some of the most famous trails in the world, with the region's top guides right by your side. This official book celebrates the trails of the Pacific Northwest with stunning photography, maps, rarely seen archival photos, and information-packed text by top regional hiking authors that brings the history of the trails to life. The backcountry of the Pacific Northwest covers millions of acres of wild lands protected within vast national parks, provincial parks, and wilderness areas--and thousands of miles of trails, including the Pacific Crest, Pacific Northwest, and Trans Canada Trails. This is a must-have for anyone who dreams of summiting peaks in North America's most beloved region.

Rizzoli

The beauty of the Columbia Highlands is subtle. It's measured by rays of sunlight filtering through a cathedral forest of ancient pines; a golden hillside teeming with deer; in the soft breezes that whistle through shiny snags. It's cherished for its vastness, its lack of human intervention, its rejuvenating properties, and its abundant wildlife. 
Columbia Highlands is a portrait of this-little known corner of the American West. It reveals its function as an important wildlife bridge between the Rockies and the Cascades for animals--including wolves, bears, moose, and lynx--who must roam to survive. It reveals the surprising coalition of people--hunters, hikers, loggers, business owners, Native people, and more--united in their love of the land and working to protect and restore it. Theirs is a new kind of conservation plan, one that preserves the health of the ecosystem while sustaining a viable rural economy and lifestyle. The Columbia Highlands Initiative calls for a long-term plan for restoration, conservation, sustainable forestry, and for designating some of the first new wilderness areas in the state since 1984.

Columbia Highlands: Exploring Washington's Last Frontier

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

* Guidebook to 50 wildflower species and the trails by which you can find them in Washington * Hikes include charts listing trails by featured flowers, peak viewing times, and more Best Wildflower Hikes Washington offers 50 hikes from Washington's ocean beaches to its high alpine terrain and the lowlands in between. Wildflowers reveal their glory only once a year, and this guidebook will tell you where and when you're most likely to find them. Included wildflowers range from the ephemeral (thus rarely seen) Lewisa Tweedyi to common trilliums. You'll enjoy hikes through meadow flowers (from Sitka Valerian to Columbine), flowers of the forest (from Pink Pyrola to Wild Ginger), and plants and flowers you'll see on beach trails. The guidebook includes sidebars on flower habitat and color maps and photos illustrate each hike. A separate section presents in-depth profiles of 50 flowers, including common and Latin botanical names, distinguishing features, where they are commonly found, conditions in which they thrive, accompanying vegetation, their growth and propagation habits, and historical uses (culinary, medicinal, etc.).

Best Wildflower Hikes: Washington (Best Hikes)

Science & Math

Sykes, Karen

Spring, IRA

Kruckeberg, Arthur

Biological Sciences

CLICK HERE to download author Craig Romano's favorite hike from the book, Bogachiel Peak
 * More than 100 day hikes, with options for linking them to longer routes * Compact, easy-carry size * Two color maps, charts and elevation profiles This handsome guide is full of charts and easy-to-find information that will help you quickly select your ideal hike. And once you're on the trail, you'll enjoy the sidebars on flora and fauna, and historical highlights that accompany many of the routes. There is a full-color front map and then two-color section maps, along with clear driving directions to the trail head, options for nearby camping, ratings for trail difficulty and photos of what you'll see on your hike. Hikes are typically less than 12 miles round trip. The Day Hiking series guidebooks are the most comprehensive and attractive trail guides available for Washington state. 
 **Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance. Since launching this program, we’ve contributed more than $14,000 toward improving trails. For this book, our 1 percent of sales is going to Washington Trails Association (WTA). WTA hosts more than 750 work parties throughout Washington’s Cascades and Olympics each year, with volunteers clearing downed logs after spring snowmelt, cutting away brush, retreading worn stretches of trail, and building bridges and turnpikes. Their efforts are essential to the land managers who maintain thousands of acres on shoestring budgets.

Day Hiking Olympic Peninsula (Done in a Day)

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

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<li>125 trails, each rated on an overall-quality scale of 1 to 5</li> <li>Quick-reference icons for kids, dogs, views, and more</li> <li>Full-color photo insert and overview map</li> <li>1% of sales donated to the Washington Trails Association</li>
</ul> "Romano is one of the better guidebook writers around… He covers a lot of territory that other guidebooks have passed up."-- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Discover the stunning scenery that abounds in the North Cascades region, where hikers indulge in the drama of steep peaks, deep valleys, and everything in between. This new guide covers the Bellingham area, Mount Baker, the Highway 20 corridor, North Cascades National Park, Winthrop and the Pasayten Wilderness area, parts of Glacier Peak Wilderness, and the Mountain Loop Highway. Compact and fresh with a broad range of hiking options, this is the most up-to-date guide for the area, organized along highway and other travel corridors with an emphasis on trails that are 12 miles or less, round-trip. Check out Craig Romano's blog: http://craigromano.com/ **Mountaineers Books designates 1 percent of the sales of select guidebooks in our Day Hiking series toward volunteer trail maintenance.

Day Hiking North Cascades: Mount Baker, Mountain Loop Highway, San Juan Islands

The most comprehensive backpacking guide to Washington State! Veteran guidebook author Craig Romano hits the trail again - this time to uncover amazing backpacking opportunities all over Washington's wilderness. BACKPACKING WASHINGTON details 70 routes, from the wild Olympic Coast to the sun baked Blue Mountains. With an emphasis on weekend trips, routes range from overnight to weeklong treks and often include options for extending trips and choosing campsites.

Backpacking Washington: Overnight and Multi-Day Routes

Best Hikes with Dogs Inland Northwest

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<li>Cards include tips for side trips or "warm up" spots</li>
 <li>Makes a great gift for outdoor-minded friends and Washington newcomers</li>
 <li>Portable -- take a card and go hike in Washington!</li>
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 Featuring the author's recommended trails for off-season hiking, the Winter Hikes Deck of Western Washington is a versatile pack of outdoor options. From lowland routes and rainforest rambles to coastal tramps and protected peaks, each card features a route description on one side and a map on the other. The deck includes twenty hikes in Washington. Additional cards provide essentials for winter hiking, an index of hikes, and information on winter flora and fauna throughout Washington state.

Winter Hikes of Western Washington Deck: The 50 Best (Mostly) Snow-Free Trails

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