My new book, Best Hikes and Nature Walks With Kids In and Around Southwestern British Columbia, features 55 fun hikes near Vancouver, including several in Washington.
Best Hikes and Nature Walks With Kids spans 248 pages and is packed with colour photos, topographic maps, handy charts, and fun facts. There’s even a field guide to more than 30 animals, fungi, and plants.
This book is not just for parents and children. These short hikes will appeal to everyone from beginner to expert hikers, to seniors, educators, dog owners, trail runners, nature lovers, birders, and forest bathers.
All of the trips described in this guide are different from those of my previous books, 105 Hikes and Destination Hikes. All together, the three books offer a total of 215 hikes!
Ready to get started? Check out the table of contents for Best Hikes and Nature Walks With Kids.
Contents
- Foreword by Myia Antone
- Preface
- Introduction
- Hiking With Kids
- Safety, Ethics, and Etiquette
- How to Use This Guide
- Key to Map Symbols
- Overview Map
- Hikes at a Glance
Hikes North of Vancouver
North Vancouver
- Dog Mountain
- Fisherman’s Trail
- Rice Lake
- Lynn Canyon
- Capilano Canyon
West Vancouver and Lions Bay
- Cypress Falls
- Lost Lake
- Bowen Lookout
- Erin Moore Trail
Squamish
- Four Lakes Trail
- Brohm Lake
- Levette Lake
- Cheakamus Canyon
- Berg Lake
Whistler
- Cal-Cheak Trail
- Train Wreck Falls
- One Duck Lake
- Parkhurst Ghost Town
- Ancient Cedars Trail
Duffey Lake
- Holly Lake
Hikes East of Vancouver
Burnaby to Coquitlam
- Burnaby Mountain
- Jug Island Beach
- Sasamat Lake
- Woodland Walk
Maple Ridge
- Alouette Valley Trail
- Lower Falls Trail
Mission to Harrison Hot Springs
- Railway Trail
- Steelhead Falls
- Hoover Lake
- Hicks Lake
Chilliwack
- Mount Thom
- Three Bears
- Thaletel Trail
Hope and Coquihalla Pass
- Thacker Mountain
- Little Douglas Lake
E.C. Manning Provincial Park
- Similkameen Trail
- Flash Lake
Hikes West of Vancouver
Howe Sound
- Dorman Point
- Killarney Lake
Sunshine Coast
- Chapman Falls
- Homesite Caves
- Pender Hill
- Klein Lake
- Skookumchuck Narrows
Gulf Islands
- Gray Peninsula
- Pebble Beach
- Echo Valley Trail
Victoria
- McKenzie Bight
- Sooke Potholes
Hikes South of Vancouver
Bellingham
- Lummi Peak
- Chuckanut Falls
- Teddy Bear Cove
Anacortes and San Juan Islands
- Rosario Head
- Goose Rock
- Young Hill
Wild Sights
- Animals
- Plants
- Fungi
- Acknowledgements
- Best Hikes by Category
- Hikes by Distance
- Hikes by Elevation Gain
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author and Photographer
Trails map
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