Falcon Guides / Nature, recreation and sports / Sports &amp; recreation

Springfield, Illinois

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (April 17, 2012)

For more than a decade, Best Easy Day Hikes has been one of FalconGuides’ most popular series. Small enough to fit in a back pocket, each guide describes approximately 20 to 30 easy-to-follow scenic trails...

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San Francisco

by Nancy Salcedo – Falcon Guides (March 01, 2001)

This pocket-size guide features 20 of the best, easy day hikes in the San Francisco area. From the North, South, and East Bays and the coastline along Highway 1, this guide covers hikes less than two-and-a-half...

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Tallahassee

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (October 05, 2010)

Best Easy Day Hikes Tallahassee includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes in greater Tallahassee and the Big Bend. From wooded trails along wild rivers to hilly paths connecting...

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Northern Sierra

by Ron Adkison – Falcon Guides (January 01, 2000)

Twenty hikes in California.

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Best Easy Day Hikes Oklahoma City

by Gigi Ragland – Falcon Guides (July 24, 2012)

Best Easy Day Hikes Oklahoma City includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for 19 easy-to-follow trails where hikers of all skill levels can watch wildlife, trek alongside lakes and rivers, and enjoy...

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Best Easy Day Hikes: Missouri Ozarks

by Tanner Jd & Emily Ressler-Tanner – Falcon Guides (June 19, 2012)

Best Easy Day Hikes Missouri Ozarks includes descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow trails, from scenic ridgetops to quiet valleys and cool hollows. Discover the petroglyphs strewn throughout...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Springfield, Missouri

by Tanner Jd & Emily Ressler-Tanner – Falcon Guides (March 20, 2012)

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Best Easy Day Hikes Jacksonville, Florida

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (October 05, 2010)

Best Easy Day Hikes Jacksonville, Florida includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow hikes in and around the River City. Discover the natural splendors of the First Coast—including...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Staircase--Escalante and the Glen Canyon Region

by Ron Adkison – Falcon Guides (October 05, 2010)

Twenty-four hikes in southern Utah.

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Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Rapids, Michigan

by Kevin Revolinski – Falcon Guides (June 19, 2012)

Best Easy Day Hikes Grand Rapids, Michigan includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty easy-to-follow trails that trek along the dunes of Michigan, follow charming creeks, and disappear into dense...

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Cedar Rapids: Including Iowa City and Cedar Falls/Waterloo

by Lynn Goya & Alexander Goya – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2010)

Best Easy Day Hikes Cedar Rapids includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for nineteen easy-to-follow hikes in and around Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo. Enjoy scenic walks along the...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Canyonlands and Arches National Parks

by Bill Schneider – Falcon Guides (May 01, 2012)

Best Easy Day Hikes Canyonlands and Arches National Parks includes concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for twenty-three spectacular hiking routes through some of the most outstanding scenery in southeastern...

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Paddling Pennsylvania: A Guide to 50 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures

by Bob Frye – Falcon Guides (April 01, 2011)

Pennsylvania is a paddler’s heaven and one of America’s most blessed states when it comes to total miles of rivers and streams. Add in its many lakes, and there is quite simply all kinds and manner of waters...

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Paddling Tennessee: A Guide to 38 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (April 12, 2011)

Tennessee truly has something for every paddler, whether float trips down dark water trails of swamp rivers or kayaking excursions along whitewater streams. Paddling Tennessee describes the best and most accessible...

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Paddling Colorado: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes

by Dunbar Hardy – Falcon Guides (May 19, 2009)

Colorado may be a skier’s paradise, but once the snow melts, it makes an abrupt transition into an exciting home for paddlers. Countless lakes and reservoirs offer flatwater paddling with mountain views in...

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Hiking California's Golden Trout Wilderness: A Guide to Backpacking and Day Hiking in the Golden Trout and South Sierra Wilderness Areas

by Suzanne Swedo – Falcon Guides (March 01, 2004)

Hiking California's Golden Trout Wilderness will help outdoor enthusiasts choose and plan a day hike or backpacking trip in the Golden Trout Wilderness or South Sierra Wilderness best suited to their time, energy,...

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Hiking Big Bend National Park

by Laurence Parent – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2005)

Fully updated and revised, this comprehensive guide features forty-seven trails in Big Bend National Park.

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Best Hikes Reno and Lake Tahoe

by Tracy Salcedo – Falcon Guides (July 01, 2019)

With these information-packed guides in hand, readers have everything they need for the adventure they seek, from an easy nature walk to a multiday backpacking trip. Each hike includes: location, length, hiking...

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Best Climbs Rocky Mountain National Park

by Stewart M. Green – Falcon Guides (April 01, 2019)

Best Climbs Rocky Mountain National Park showcases the classic routes and best climbs in America's largest national park. Ideal for both local and nonlocal climbers who want to hit as many select climbs as possible...

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Mountaineering

Best Trail Runs San Francisco

by Adam Chase & Nancy Hobbs – Falcon Guides (December 01, 2018)

Best Trail Runs San Francisco features nearly forty of the best trail runs within an hour or so of downtown—complete with color photos, maps, and detailed specs and trail descriptions. Full of inspirational...

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Running & Jogging

Paddling America

by Susan Elliott & Adam Elliott – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

The nation’s rivers connect mountains to sea, communities to natural places, and people to wildlife. America’s Wild & Scenic River system recognizes these values. Paddling America provides descriptions for...

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Best Hikes Columbus

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Columbus veteran hiker Johnny Molloy offers the absolute best hikes in the greater Columbus area. Each featured trail is perfect...

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Best Hikes Cincinnati

by Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Cincinnati veteran hiker Johnny Molloy offers the absolute best hikes in the greater Cincinnati area. Each featured trail is perfect...

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The Art of Getting Lost

by Brendan Leonard – Falcon Guides (November 01, 2018)

The Art of Getting Lost will illuminate the details of dream trips, and inspiring readers to understand that adventure is not out of reach. Most of us face a couple of obstacles when it comes to living our Walter...

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Travel

specialized Guides

Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs

by Jim Meuninck – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge into an affordable and portable book. You'll discover how to identify and gather more than 100 of the...

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Nature

Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook

by Garret Romaine – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

This volume gives you the basic tools to transition from “pebble pup” to expert rockhound and explains everything from geology basics, identification tips, tools of the trade, how to record your findings,...

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Nature

Natural Resources

Plants of Northern California

by Ph. D Begley – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Plants of Northern California is the complete guide to the rich and unique flora of Northern California. From lush riparian forests along the rivers and streams to oak woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, and the...

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Nature

Out There

by The Editors of Outside Magazine – Falcon Guides (April 01, 2018)

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside’s true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That’s the common thread among the stories found in Out There—those memorable tales that begin with the...

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Essays

Best Hikes Charlotte

by Jennifer Pharr Davis & Johnny Molloy – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Charlotte veteran hikers Jennifer Pharr Davis and Johnny Molloy offer the absolute best hikes in the greater Charlotte area. Each...

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Hiking West Virginia

by Mary Reed – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

From rugged Appalachian ridges to verdant river valleys, this guide details fifty of the very best hiking trails in the state. Inside you'll find detailed maps, mile-by-mile trail descriptions, backpacking tips,...

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The Spookiest Campfire Stories

by S. E. Schlosser & Paul Hoffman – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Nothing goes better with gooey s’mores and a glowing campfire than a ghost story. Vampires, werewolves, witches, Bloody Mary, the Wendigo, and other frightening specters populate the pages of this compelling...

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Supernatural Cre...

Ghost

Hiking the San Francisco Bay Area

by Linda Hamilton – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2018)

Lace up your boots and sample forty of the finest trails the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer. This guide covers every corner of this beautiful and diverse region, leading you to roaring waterfalls and wind-whipped...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park

by Randy Johnson – Falcon Guides (April 01, 2018)

Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 22 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy...

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Hiking New York

by Rhonda and George Ostertag – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

This updated guidebook features seventy-five of the best trails the Empire State has to offer—from the 4,000-foot peaks of the Adirondacks and the lore of Rip Van Winkle’s Catskills, to the glacier-gouged...

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Lipsmackin' Backpackin'

by Christine Conners & Tim Conners – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

Not a fan of bland, boring, and lifeless meals after a hard day of backpacking? Neither are the Conners, which is why you'll find their new second edition packed full of even more tasty favorites from the trails!...

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Hiking Mount Rainier National Park

by Mary Skjelset & Heidi Radlinski – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2018)

Fully updated and revised, Hiking Mount Rainier is a comprehensive and concise guide to the well-maintained trails nestled between the two major metropolises of the Pacific Northwest. Included are sixty hike...

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Best Hikes Pittsburgh

by Bob Frye – Falcon Guides (October 01, 2018)

From a hike through Pymatuning State Park to see its famous spillway, to an old Indian path called the Warrior Trail, this book describes the best hikes in and around Pittsburgh, many of them never previously...

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Best Hikes Atlanta

by Render Davis & Helen Davis – Falcon Guides (September 01, 2018)

Best Hikes Atlanta introduces nearly forty distinct outdoor hiking destinations across the metropolitan area, from the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in the north to the rolling, heavily forested Piedmont...

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Hiking Virginia

by Bill Burnham & Mary Burnham – Falcon Guides (July 30, 2018)

Winner of a National Outdoor Book Award Honorable Mention, Hiking Virginia is indispensable for exploring the Commonwealth. Authors Bill and Mary Burnham breath fresh air into popular Virginia destinations,...

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Backpacker Hidden Gems

by Maren Horjus & Backpacker Magazine – Falcon Guides (June 15, 2018)

Nothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worth of their popularity, but hikers don’t need another resource pointing them toward...

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Discovering the John Muir Trail

by Damon Corso – Falcon Guides (May 30, 2018)

From beginners to thru-hikers, Discovering the John Muir Trail has something for anyone that wants a connection with what Backpacker Magazine has called “The best hike in the world.” Taking on the JMT is...

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Vantage Point

by The Editors of Climbing Magazine – Falcon Guides (September 01, 2018)

For nearly 50 years, Climbing Magazine’s goal has been to inspire and entertain with compelling coverage of climbing in all its forms, from bouldering to the big walls, trad rock to sport climbing, ice climbing...

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Mountaineering

Hiking Wyoming's Wind River Range

by Ben Adkison – Falcon Guides (June 22, 2018)

Covering nearly all of the wilderness trails in the Wind River Range and offering suggestions for day hikes, extended trips, and off-trail exploration, this revised edition contains detailed descriptions and...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Mount Rainier National Park

by Heidi Radlinski & Mary Skjelset – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2018)

Best Easy Day Hikes Mount Rainier National Park includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for thirty easy-to-follow trails, from easy low elevation loops to slightly more difficult scenic routes through...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Bend and Central Oregon

by Lizann Dunegan – Falcon Guides (May 01, 2018)

Best Easy Day Hikes Bend and Central Oregon includes concise, easy to follow descriptions of the best short hikes in central Oregon. Gaze down at lava flows from the summit of Little Belknap Crater near Sisters,...

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Best Easy Day Hikes Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks

by Stewart M. Green – Falcon Guides (May 01, 2018)

Best Easy Day Hikes Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks includes concise descriptions and detailed maps to the best short hikes in two of the southwest’s most beautiful and popular national...

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Hike It Baby

by Shanti Hodges – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2018)

New parents and parents of toddlers face unique challenges when it comes to planning outdoor trips. “Family-friendly trail” is often a misleading phrase, and doesn’t take young children under the age of...

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Health & fitness

Daily Living

Best Hikes St. Louis

by Tanner Jd & Emily Ressler-Tanner – Falcon Guides (May 30, 2018)

It’s not necessary to travel far from home for a great hike. With these information-packed guides in hand, readers have everything they need for the adventure they seek, from an easy nature walk to a multiday...

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Hiking New Mexico

by Laurence Parent – Falcon Guides (June 01, 2018)

New Mexico is famous for its high mountains, Indian ruins, sand dunes, and stark deserts. Hikes in the state offer everything from lush alpine lakes in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to rugged wilderness canyons...

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