More than just a hiking guide, this full-color book is filled with facts, stories, and tidbits to give a deeper understanding of this majestic place; this understanding will deepen the hiker's experience. Recommended season for hiking, degree of difficulty, usage, other options, flora and fauna, history, directions, and so much more all combine to make a helpful and interesting guidebook to Oregon's natural playground.

The Mount Hood National Forest is the closest national forest to Portland and encompasses the northern end of Oregon's Cascade Mountains and the Columbia River Gorge. Established in 1908 as the Oregon National Forest and renamed the Mount Hood National Forest in 1924, it now consists of more than a million acres. The forest is home to Oregon's tallest mountain, as well as eight designated wilderness areas covering more than 300,000 acres. The forest is also the site of the historic Timberline Lodge and old Barlow Road, the final leg of the Oregon Trail. Thousands of visitors come to the forest every year for camping, hiking, mountain climbing, fishing, skiing, mountain biking, and other recreational pursuits.

This deluxe reprint Legacy Edition of Forest Trails and Highways of the Mount Hood Region is a reissue of a classic 1920 booklet by the forest service on the Mt. Hood National Forest and Wilderness region in Oregon (before it was the Mt. Hood National Forest!). This book describes the old-time trails, hiking and camping opportunities, and trees of the region.

Get outdoors with this guide to 60 of the best hikes within an hour or so from Portland, leading you to scenic overlooks, mountain retreats, and magical forests.

Offering breathtaking views of Mt. Hood's surroundings, this stunning pictorial also includes details about popular destinations within Mt. Hood National Park, as well as lesser-known areas of the national forest. Full color.

During a meteoric career that spanned from 1825 to 1834, David Douglas made the first systematic collections of flora and fauna over many parts of the greater Pacific Northwest. Despite his early death, colleagues in Great Britain attached the Douglas name to more than 80 different species, including the iconic timber tree of the region. David Douglas, a Naturalist at Work is a colorfully illustrated collection of essays that examines various aspects of Douglas's career, demonstrating the connections between his work in the Pacific Northwest of the 19th century and the place we know today. From the Columbia River's perilous bar to luminous blooms of mountain wildflowers; from ever-changing frontiers of technology to the quiet seasonal rhythms of tribal families gathering roots, these essays collapse time to shed light on people and landscapes. This volume is the companion book to a major museum exhibit about Douglas's Pacific Northwest travels that will open at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane in September 2012.