Rimmed by Crow Peak and Lookout and Spearfish Mountains, like jewels in a crown, Spearfish, the Queen City, reigns over an area of scenic beauty. Originating from the Black Hills gold rush era, Spearfish has prospered from the days of the open range, its rich agricultural valley, the surrounding mining communities, and eventually tourism. Over 200 vintage photographs document its historical past. Scenic Spearfish Canyon and the Black Hills Passion Play attract thousands of tourists annually. Spearfish is the home of Black Hills State University, which began as a normal school and now has an enrollment of 3,900 students. The diverse appeal of this Northern Hills town has been its greatest asset.

The original edition of Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands provided the only detailed coverage of the 115-mile Centennial Trail, and now the revised version includes all of the results of the major relocation project in the Northern Black Hills. Also featured is the just-completed 110-mile George S. Mickelson rails-to-trails conversion, and a section focusing on family hikes and other information useful to family groups.

Over 90 outlaw adventures with a modern twist combining historic experiences and outdoor activities. Enjoy Wild West trips across Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and South Dakota, plus spurs of the trail in Idaho, New Mexico, Kansas, and Arkansas From scenic campgrounds to wilderness tent sites to historic hotels—you’ll find all the resources you need to plan an epic outing Enjoy colorful tales about Butch Cassidy, Queen Ann Bassett, the Sundance Kid, and other infamous outlaws. True stories from the same real-life places that you can explore! Welcome to the outlaw trail! During the days of the Wild West, this network of rugged routes linked remote hideouts across the desert Southwest and Rocky Mountains. Today, that same impenetrable terrain—where bandits fled and lawmen feared to tread—offers some of the greatest outdoor adventures in the country. With this story-packed guide, you can hike, bike, paddle, and drive along the paths of rustlers and robbers to alpine ghost towns, dizzying slot canyons, winding rivers, scenic roadways, fascinating museums, and hidden hideouts.

Part armchair travelogue, part guide book, this projected three-volume series—divided into the western, central, and eastern United States—will introduce readers to all 155 national forests across the country. This Land is the only comprehensive field guide that describes the natural features, wildernesses, scenic drives, campgrounds, and hiking trails of our national forests, many of which—while little known and sparsely visited—boast features as spectacular as those found in our national parks and monuments. Each entry includes logistical information about size and location, facilities, attractions, and associated wilderness areas. For about half of the forests, Robert H. Mohlenbrock has provided sidebars on the biological or geological highlights, drawn from the "This Land" column that he has written for Natural History magazine since 1984. Superbly illustrated with color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is loaded with information, clearly written, and easy to use. This volume covers national forests in: Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming