3 comments about Driving the Pacific Coast Oregon and Washington, 4th: Scenic Driving Tours along Coastal Highways.

1. This book has up to date, factual, interesting and on target information about the Oregon and Washington coast lines. The chapters each describe a community and its weather, events, attractions, lodging, restaurants, and more.

   If you are thinking about exploring the coastal areas of the Pacific northwest, make sure you have this volume with you.




2. This is basically a list of towns in the order that
   you hit them driving Hw101. Its OK if thats all
   you want but don't expect much guidance on things
   off the beaten track, or indeed anywhere outside
   a town!

   I found the Rough Guide Pacific Northwest book
   much more useful.




3. I'm sure some of the information in this book may be outdated by now (published in 2000) as things do change, but I bought this book thinking it would be second best to actually taking the drive, which is a little beyond my means to actually do. So I wasn't expecting 100% accuracy as much as I was hoping for more scenic photos. In fact, the few that are included are quite small, and black-and-white! This could have been a much better book with color photos.

2 comments about Country Walks Near Washington (Country Walks Book).

1. I grew up in the country and since I moved to a place just outside of DC, I sometimes wished to be out of it for a while. This books gives you the places to do just that. It is packed full of info on places that are all within two hours of DC. Most of them are unknown to te majority of the public and make the perfect places to get away. Anyway, this book is also pakced with info on difficulty of hikes, when the best times to take then and any number of interesting tidbits. This book is a must for those who live in the Washington DC area.



2. Most of the book's entries is about the history of the various locations, and how to get there. There is very little about the trails themsleves, what to expect, or even level of difficulty. This is a serious flaw.

1 comments about Benchmark Washington Road & Recreation Atlas (Benchmark Map: New Mexico Road & Recreation Atlas).

1. I moved to Washington recently and needed to get some good paper maps of the area. Though I have all the USGS maps of the pacific NW, I find the "landscape" style mapping of these types of maps extremely useful and more up-to-date than many USGS quads. I debated between the well-known Delorme and Benchmark. Benchmark won with better detail, easier to read maps, better recreation details, and the fact they're a Pacific NW company.
   
   This map book has large-format maps for the entire state, US map, a full state map, and a pacific NW map. Map details are complete including roads, "off" roads, trails, mountain elevations, place names, political lines, and others. It also has great sections for recreation (camping, hiking, fishing, local attractions, and others), climate data, and other nice details about the areas. Navigation with GPS is made easy by 7'30" latitude and longitude sections.
   
   I do wish the scale was a little smaller - finding trails and off-the-beaten-path roads can be difficult in particularly busy areas. I also desired more accurate elevation details - the scale seems to clump 8,000' and 14,000' peaks together. Overall, these are excellent maps and should help any outdoor lover find their way.

1 comments about Accessible Trails in Washington's Backcountry: A Guide to 85 Easy Outings.

1. For those of us who aren't able to trek up tough mountain trails...this book guides us through the trails that go to some beautiful spots in the backcountry...but that you can still take a wheelchair. The book includes detailed descriptions of the trails, and directions how to get there...And they've checked for things like the width of the trail and how steep---and have rated them by how easy it would be to get a wheelchair up them. A really valuable book---and the other cool thing is that this book has raised awareness and committment for the Forest Service to keep up the wheelchair accessible trails.

No comments about Washington Discovery Guide: A Remarkably Useful Travel Companion for Motorists, RVers, and Other Explorers.

No comments about Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2009 (Frommer's Complete).

No comments about Not for Tourists 2009 Guide to Washington Dc (Not for Tourists Guide to Brooklyn).

No comments about Fodor's Washington, D.C. 2009: with Mount Vernon, Old Town Alexandria & Annapolis (Fodor's Gold Guides).

No comments about City in Time: Washington, D.C. (City in Time).

No comments about Lumber Ghosts: A Travel Guide to the Historic Lumber Towns of the Pacific Northwest.