Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks: Discover California's Magnificent State Parks‪!‬

This lively and comprehensive guide puts you on the trail to adventure in 150 California State Parks, Preserves, Beaches Wilderness Areas, and Historic Sites. Complete with nature lore, colorful stories and detailed maps.

Biography

John McKinney is the author of 25 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker's Way and A Walk Along Land's End: Dispatches from the Edge of California on a 1,600-mile hike from Mexico to Oregon.

HIKE Smart and HIKE for Health & Fitness are among the debut titles in The Trailmaster's Minibuk series, designed to give hikers the information they need in an engaging and easily accessible way.

For 18 years, he wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times, and has hiked and enthusiastically described more than ten thousand miles of trail across America and around the world. John, a.k.a.The Trailmaster, has written more than a thousand articles about hiking plus numerous trail guidebooks, including Southern California: A Day Hiker's Guide and Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks.

A passionate advocate for hiking and our need to reconnect with nature, John McKinney shares his expertise on radio, TV, online, and as a public speaker.