Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon - 2nd Edition by Bonnie Henderson & Zach Urness (Paperback)

About the Book

A fully revised, now full-color edition featuring a new coauthor and a fresh look at family-friendly trails

Book Synopsis

For this new and fully revised edition, veteran author Bonnie Henderson partnered with Zach Urness, hiker, writer, and parent of young children. Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon gets kids excited about the outdoors early, and creates in them a passion that lasts a lifetime. This second edition covers 121 hikes, most within an hour's drive of major population centers--such as Portland, Salem, Ashland, and Bend. Other features of the guide include:

• New "Great Getaways"--weekend or vacation destinations around the state with hiking trails and other family-fun activities
• "Best of" lists that highlight groups of top 5 hikes with special features to help parents select trips their kids will enjoy
• Improved access details, including GPS trailhead coordinates and info on permits and fees
• Notes about barrier-free or ADA-accessible trails and suitability for jogging strollers
• Tips and strategies for hiking with kids--how to motivate them, what's appropriate for different ages, sidebars with games, nature facts, and more
• Concise, accurate driving directions
• Full color photos throughout

Review Quotes

Exceptionally well organized and presented in a thoroughly 'user friendly' and accessible 'take along' pocket sized paperback edition.--Susan Bethany "Midwest Book Review"