50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes Around Carson City

by Mike White, Mark Vollmer (Photographer)

Overview

One of the area’s foremost experts on the outdoors, Mike White, author of 50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes Around Reno, returns with a new guidebook dedicated to Carson City and its surrounding areas in northern Nevada. With over three hundred days of sunshine a year, this capital city’s parks, trails, lakes, and soaring peaks provide the perfect attractions for residents and visitors alike. This guide provides readers with the most precise information for a wide range of detailed paths and trails throughout the greater Carson City region and includes interesting sidebars about human and natural history for each trip.

From Virginia City and the Carson River on the east to the Sierra Nevada mountains to the west, this comprehensive guidebook offers the most complete guide for walkers, joggers, and hikers. Whether you are looking for a short and easy stroll on a city path or an extended hike along the Tahoe Rim Trail, this is your all-inclusive resource for your next outdoor adventure.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948908665
Publisher:	University of Nevada Press
Publication date:	06/17/2020
Edition description:	1
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Mike White is an award-winning author whose books include 50 of the Best Strolls, Walks, and Hikes around Reno, 50 of the Best Snowshoe Trails around Lake Tahoe, 50 Classic Hikes in Nevada, Best Backpacking Trips in California and Nevada, and Best Backpacking Trips in Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
 
Mark Vollmer is an award-winning outdoor photographer, instructor and freelance writer based in Sparks, Nevada. His illustrated feature articles have appeared in Nevada Magazine, and his images have been widely published in regional books, calendars, and brochures.

 

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Note to Parents 1

Note to Dog Owners 3

Trail Etiquette and Safety 3

How to Use This Guide 5

1 Eagle Valley and the Carson River 9

1 Riverview Park 10

2 Mexican Ditch Trail North 16

3 Mexican Ditch Trail South 20

4 Moffat Open Space 25

5 Linear Park Trail 29

6 Empire Ranch Trail 33

7 Ambrose Carson River Natural Area 37

8 Fulstone Wetlands 42

9 Lone Mountain Trail 46

10 Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Campus 51

11 V & T Multi-Use Path 58

12 Jack C. Davis Observatory Planetary Walkway 62

13 Long Ranch Park Trails 66

14 Prison Hill Recreation Area 72

15 Carson River Park 85

16 Silver Saddle Ranch 93

2 The Foothills 103

17 Centennial Trails 104

18 V & T Railroad Grade 110

19 V & T Ridgeline-Canyon Loop 114

20 Vicee Canyon Loop 118

21 Ash Canyon Creek Loop 121

22 Ash Canyon Overlook 126

23 Ash to Kings Trail 130

24 Waterfall Trail and North Kings Canyon Loop 137

25 Upper Waterfall Loop 141

26 G Hill 145

27 Longview Trail 149

28 Clear Creek Trail to Knob Point 153

3 The Mountains 159

29 Ophir Creek Trail: Davis Creek Park to Tahoe Meadows 160

30 Ash Canyon Road to Snow Valley Peak 166

31 Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to Snow Valley Peak 170

32 Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak 175

33 Spooner Lake 179

34 Marlette Lake 183

35 Flume Trail 188

36 Chimney Beach 193

37 Chimney Beach to Marlette Lake 197

38 Skunk Harbor 201

39 Slaughterhouse Canyon 205

40 Lam Watah Trail to Nevada Beach 208

4 Washoe Valley and Virginia City 213

41 Davis Creek Park 214

42 Washoe Lake State Park: Little Washoe Lake 222

43 Jumbo Hill Loop 226

44 Jumbo Townsite 230

45 Washoe Lake State Park: Loop Trails 234

46 Washoe Lake State Park: Dune Trek-Beach Stroll Loop 242

47 Deadman Creek Loop 247

48 Lakeview to Hobart Reservoir 251

49 Secret Trail 255

50 Mount Davidson 260

Appendix: List of Abbreviations 265

Index 267

About the Author and Photographer 275

What People are Saying About This

Richard Moreno

This is a much-needed addition to the list of available guides to hiking in northern Nevada. With its detailed and useful directions, current information on trail conditions, explanations about the region’s natural history, birds, plants, and animals, and other insights, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the Carson City-Washoe Valley area.

Editorial Reviews

This is a much-needed addition to the list of available guides to hiking in northern Nevada. With its detailed and useful directions, current information on trail conditions, explanations about the region’s natural history, birds, plants, and animals, and other insights, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the Carson City-Washoe Valley area.
—Richard Moreno, author of A Short History of Carson City

 

From the Publisher

This is a much-needed addition to the list of available guides to hiking in northern Nevada. With its detailed and useful directions, current information on trail conditions, explanations about the region’s natural history, birds, plants, and animals, and other insights, it is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring the Carson City-Washoe Valley area.

author of A Short History of Carson City Richard Moreno