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:	9781948908672
Publisher:	University of Nevada Press
Publication date:	06/17/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	28 MB
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About the Author

Mike White is a full-time writer and former community college instructor. He is a featured speaker for outdoor and conservation organizations. He is the author of numerous outdoor hiking guides, including 50 Classic Hikes in Nevada and Best Backpacking Trips in California and Nevada.

Mark Vollmer is an award-winning outdoor photographer who has been sharing his images through books, magazines, scenic calendars, gallery exhibits, multimedia slide shows, photo/music DVDs, and class instruction for thirty years. He lives in Sparks, NV.
 
 

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note to Parents Trail Etiquette and Safety How to Use This Guide 1. Eagle Valley and the Carson River 1. Riverview Park 2. Mexican Ditch Trail North 3. Mexican Ditch Trail South 4. Moffat Open Space 5. Linear Park Trail 6. Empire Ranch Trail 7. Ambrose Carson River Natural Area 8. Fulstone Wetlands 9. Lone Mountain Trail 10. Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Campus 11. V & T Multi-Use Path 12. Jack C. Davis Observatory Planetary Walkway 13. Long Ranch Park Trails 14. Prison Hill Recreation Area 15. Carson River Park 16. Silver Saddle Ranch 2. The Foothills 17. Centennial Trails 18. V & T Railroad Grade 19. V & T Ridgeline–Canyon Loop 20. Vicee Canyon Loop 21. Ash Canyon Creek Loop 22. Ash Canyon Overlook 23. Ash to Kings Trail 24. Waterfall Trail and North Kings Canyon Loop 25. Upper Waterfall Loop 26. C Hill 27. Longview Trail 28. Clear Creek Trail to Knob Point 3. The Mountains 29. Ophir Creek Trail: Davis Creek Park to Tahoe Meadows 30. Ash Canyon Road to Snow Valley Peak 31. Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to Snow Valley Peak 32. Tahoe Rim Trail: Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak 33. Spooner Lake 34. Marlette Lake 35. Flume Trail 36. Chimney Beach 37. Chimney Beach to Marlette Lake 38. Skunk Harbor 39. Slaughterhouse Canyon 40. Lam Watah Trail to Nevada Beach 4. Washoe Valley and Virginia City 41. Davis Creek Park 42. Washoe Lake State Park: Little Washoe Lake 43. Jumbo Hill Loop 44. Jumbo Townsite 45. Washoe Lake State Park: Loop Trails 46. Washoe Lake State Park: Dune Trek–Beach Stroll Loop 47. Deadman Creek Loop 48. Lakeview to Hobart Reservoir 49. Secret Trail 50. Mount Davidson Appendix: List of Abbreviations Index About the Author and Photographer

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