Hike With Kids

The essential guide for parents, grandparents, teachers and youth leaders. Nature and nurture in the great outdoors.


From selecting gear to safety tips to favorite trail snacks, hiking expert John McKinney shows how to share the joys of nature - and the fun of hiking - with kids.


Reconnect kids with nature and the great outdoors.

Help kids work as a team and maintain a positive attitude.

Learn what to pack, what to wear and how to pick a hike kids will like.


JOHN MCKINNEY is the author of 25 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker’s Way: Hike Smart, Live Well, Go Green and A Walk Along Land’s End, Dispatches from the Edge of California on a 1,600-mile hike from Mexico to Oregon.


McKinney has written more than a thousand ar­ticles about hiking plus numerous trail guidebooks including such popular favorites as Southern Cali­fornia, A Day Hiker’s Guide and Day Hiker’s Guide to California’s State Parks. His books for children include Let’s go Geocaching and Let’s go Hiking.



For 18 years, McKinney, a.k.a. The Trailmaster, wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times. A passionate advocate for hiking and our need to reconnect with nature, McKinney shares his expertise on radio and TV, and as a public speaker.