Afoot & Afield: Las Vegas & Southern Nevada: A Comprehensive Hiking Guide

by Brian Beffort

Beyond the bright lights of one of the city's fastest growing metropolitan areas is some of the most rugged, beautiful, and remote country around. Popular destinations such as Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, Death Valley, and Mt. Charles are covered, plus lesser-known areas such as Anniversary Narrows, Arrow Canyon, Bowl of Fire, and the Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness. Each trip showcases the diversity of this region, from the geological wonders and rare life forms surviving in Mojave National Preserve to ancient petroglyphs. The hikes range from easy strolls to challenging treks and include distance, time, elevation change, difficulty, and trail-use notes. A custom map accompanies every description, and GPS waypoints are given for key locations.

560 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2010

Reviews

[Zardoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good hiking guide for the Vegas area. Unfortunately, a series of winter storms prevented me from doing more than one hike while on vacation there. I found the trail description to be accurate for my one excursion, though the mileage in the book was off by a mile.

[Autumn Kearney · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book. It contains an extensive list of trails. This book is not something that is usually read cover to cover. I am surprised that the few photographs that are contained within are all black and white. How can someone sell the beauty of a region with such dull photographs?

[Christy Keeler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent resource though I preferred Hiking the Southwest: The best hikes in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico by Branch Whitney.