Guide to day hikes in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico.8th edition

New Mexico's 555,000-acre Gila Wilderness is a vast untrammeled patchwork of virtually unlimited forest types, climatic conditions, and wildlife.

This book describes 75 day hikes in Northern New Mexico. The hikes take you to hidden archaeological sites, petroglyphs, ghost towns, natural arches, mica mines, ancient eagle traps and other spectacular locations. GPS data, GPS programs, and screen saver photos are on a CD in the back of the book. Full color topo maps. Few of the hikes are described elsewhere.

Avid hiker Coco Rae shares her extensive knowledge and her love of exploration at one of New Mexico’s greatest treasures in this updated and expanded edition of Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve. The first comprehensive trail guide to Valles Caldera National Preserve now includes over seventy color photographs and everything visitors need to know to enjoy this vast caldera, one of the largest in the United States. The guide includes detailed descriptions of over twenty-five trails accompanied by topographical maps, recommendations for mountain bikers, and a history of the preserve. A geological and environmental wonder created over a million years ago, Valles Caldera National Preserve, west of Los Alamos, New Mexico, offers outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers endless opportunities to discover the natural history of New Mexico through the caldera’s vast mountain meadows, extensive biodiversity, and meandering streams. Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve offers first-time and returning visitors a complete guide to the recreation and beauty found in this unique landscape.

A memoir recounts the author's travels to Arizona, Nebraska, Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness, the Sea of Cortez, Zuni Pueblo, Brazil, and a vision quest along New Mexico's Mimbres River; while describing her lobbying for wilderness in the midst of the troubled relationship between government and environmental sanctuaries, and tracing her own development as a poet and person.

A comprehensive guide to hiking and camping at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico including detailed information about the campground, the trails, the ruins, and the history of the Chaco culture with maps and over 50 of the author's photographs.