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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...
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Natural history handbook volume no. 1
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Olympic National Park, established on June 29, 1938, and containing about 1,400 square miles, is administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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"Discover the best trails for day hiking in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Now fully updated and featuring full-color photography, the Day Hike! series was written for people who want to spend their days in the mountains and their nights at home. From the Pacific coast to scenic Hurricane Ridge, the 73 incredible hikes in this popular guidebook feature the wild ocean beaches, lush rain forests, mountain vistas, waterfalls, and high meadows...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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304 pages : color illustrations, 28 cm.
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"Where To Go When, the ultimate trip planner for every month of the year, is a beautifully illustrated book that is both practical and inspiring. For every month of the year it presents 30 recommendations of destinations that are at their best during each month, whether due to their climate, or value or because there's a lot going on. The suggestions feature every flavour of travel experience from culture-rich city breaks and tropical beach holidays...
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2021.
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336 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 19 cm
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"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...
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This fourth edition of Best Easy Day Hikes Olympic National Park features concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for thirty-one short, manageable hikes. Veteran author and hiker Erik Molvar describes the best routes for those who have limited time or abilities, without missing out on the area's scenic splendors: majestic spires, Pacific coast beaches, and a rare temperate rain forest ecosystem.
11) The best coast, a road trip atlas: illustrated adventures along the West Coast's historic highways
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Pub. Date
2019.
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xv, 207 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
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"This book is a hybrid travel guide, atlas and illustrated history of the West Coast through the lens of three historic West Coast highways (focusing on the coastal route via 101 & 1) and with a bonus inland route up 99, connecting the traveler to major cities such as Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Springs, and other cities and attractions."--
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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100 Classic Hikes: Washington has been an iconic state trails guidebook for decades. Initially written by the godfathers of Washington guidebooks, Ira Spring and Harvey Manning, 100 Classics has been fully revised and updated by their spiritual godson, Craig Romano. Author of more than a dozen books on Washington hiking, Craig brings his own energy, passion, and expertise to this new edition that s every bit as gorgeous as its popular predecessor....
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2020.
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221 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
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"Pacific Coasting is an artful travelogue and guidebook to planning the ultimate road trip up the Pacific Coastline, including the best places on the coast-or not too far off the coast-to stop along the way: Southern California's La Jolla tidepools, Venice Beach, and the Getty Villa; Northern California's Big Sur and Muir Woods; Oregon's lighthouses, charming Brookings, and Bandon's beaches; and Washington State's Forks (setting for the Twilight series)...
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1990, 1998
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160 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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Detailed histories and intriguing anecdotes about Washington lighthouses. Even before the establishment of its first lighthouse in 1865, the people of Washington [book] great pride in their concern for guiding mariners safely along their coast and on their inland waterways. This guide to Washington's 25 lighthouses, its lightship fleet, and the supply vessels that serviced them offers fascinating histories of each light and information about their...
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Exploring Washington's Past tells the state's story in terms of where to go and what to see. With words, photographs, and maps, the authors evoke the cultural landscape and portray Washington's people and events from the days of the fur trade and pioneer settlement to the recent past. Capsule descriptions of small communities ― from Altoona to Zillah ― are interwoven with those of better known cities, and eastern and western Washington receive...
17) The Northwest coastal explorer: your guide to the places, plants, and animals of the Pacific Coast
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Pub. Date
2016.
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"A fun, engaging, and full-color field guide to the marine life in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Scrambles are for people who need to be on a mountain top, but don't want a rope to get there! - An out-of-print guidebook completely redone and brought back by reader demand - 80 challenging but nontechnical ascents in Washington, plus 5 traverses. Alpine scrambling is a form of nontechnical mountaineering that falls somewhere between high altitude hiking and rock climbing. Ropes and other aids typically are not needed. The original Washington Scrambles...
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c1999
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xii, 427 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Washington is filled with blue-ribbon rivers and lakes for flyfishers seeking trout, steelhead, and salmon. The Flyfisher's Guide to Washington details all of them. There has never been a thorough statewide guide specifically for flyfishing in Washington. Author Greg Thomas spent years flyfishing his native state. He details over 80 of the prime fishing waters with tips on how to fish each water, recommended flies, hatch charts, and stream facts....
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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480 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
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"This essential companion to all the major North American museums and galleries highlights some of the world's greatest paintings, from Giotto to Robert Motherwell, on display across the U.S. and Canada. Julian Porter brings a passion for art that began with a seven-year stint as a student tour guide in Europe, followed by countless tours he has conducted at galleries in Europe and North America. His co-author, Stephen Grant, brings a wealth of expertise...
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