Bibliograph

Rail-trails West, the official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy guidebook, [book editors, Laura Shauger, Jennifer Kaleba and Wendy Jordan]

Type

Label

Rail-trails West, the official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy guidebook, [book editors, Laura Shauger, Jennifer Kaleba and Wendy Jordan]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rail-trails West

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

[book editors, Laura Shauger, Jennifer Kaleba and Wendy Jordan]

Sub title

the official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy guidebook

Summary

In this edition in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the best of the West. With 70 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through 1,050 miles, Rail-Trails West covers 60 trails in California, eight in Arizona, and two in Nevada. Many rail-trails offer escapes from city life, like the Mount Lowe Railway Trail, high above the buzzing Los Angeles basin on a rail line vacationers once took to a mountaintop resort. Others offer the pure sensory thrill of sweeping terrain, like Arizona's 7-mile Prescott Peavine Trail. Still more juxtapose the natural world with the railroad's industrial past, like Nevada's Historic Railroad Hiking Trail, which passes through five massive tunnels to reach Hoover Dam. Every trip has a detailed map, directions to the trailhead, and information about parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities. Many of the level rail-trails are suitable for walking, jogging, bicycling, inline skating, wheelchairs, and horses

Target audience

adult

Classification