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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Book<\/a> This books dates to the mid-70s with gazillion updates. It mentions pretty much every dirt path from A to Z from San Francisco to Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n Taber includes maps of all the parks and open space preserves, plus a generous helping of local lore and history (included: the story of the man who killed the last grizzly bear in the mountains.)<\/p>\n My other two books were freebies from work; this is the only one I actually paid for. Worth every penny.<\/p>\n This one doesn’t quite have a gazillion trails but does have over a thousand. <\/p>\n No trail maps here, but it does have nice capsule reviews of trails within specific parks. Invaluable for places like Yosemite and Lassen, with vast choices where you need a clue to the must-sees. <\/p>\n It does happen to be co-written by that other Tom from the Chron, but I have to give him his props here (even in the certain knowledge the favor will never be returned — what kind of outdoors writer never drops a note to say “hi” to his colleagues in the biz?) … I’ve turned to this title dozens of times. <\/p>\n This book has an online component <\/a>that allows you to download maps that accompany the hikes. Very handy. <\/p>\n Of course you could just carry the book: the online maps reproduce those in the book’s pages. It’s not that heavy. <\/p>\n This book mainly is a reminder of how much I need to suck it up, buy the gas and just drive up to Marin. It includes pretty much every trail worth hiking, as near as I can tell. It’s especially handy for the Dipsea\/Matt Davis routes at Mount Tamalpais … it’s pretty easy to get lost up there in the spiderweb of trails on the mountain. <\/p>\n My most shameful confession is that I haven’t gotten around to buying Jane Huber’s book: “60 hikes within 60 miles of San Francisco<\/a>.” <\/p>\n So, what are your recommendations?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These are hiking books I own: The Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Book by Tom Taber This books dates to the mid-70s with gazillion updates. It mentions pretty much every dirt path from A to Z from San Francisco to Santa…<\/p>\n
\nby Tom Taber<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Foghorn Outdoors’ California Hiking<\/a>
\nby Tom Stienstra and Ann Marie Brown <\/p>\n
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<\/a>Hiking Marin, 141 Great Trails in Marin County<\/a>
\nBy Don and Kay Martin <\/p>\n
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