Best Rail Trails Northern California is a directory to the top rail trails throughout the region. Written by a local author with expert knowledge of the area, this easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of the most popular rural and urban rail trails in Northern California. Readers are provided with all the information they need to experience the best rail trails, including trail maps, descriptions of the trails and things to see and do along the way. "This book should live in the car, so it's easy to grab and consult as the need arises. It's a good example of the value of an actual physical guidebook—one can leaf through its pages to find the nearest rail trail on a whim, and be ready to take a hike with little more than a water bottle and a hat. Using an app just doesn't bring the same spontaneous satisfaction as having a good guidebook handy, and this is a good guidebook to have handy." — Christian Kallen, News Editor, Healdsburg Tribune Tracy Salcedo is the author of twelve Best Easy Day Hikes guides, including four to the San Francisco Bay area, as well as Best Hikes Near Reno and Lake Tahoe and Hiking Lassen Volcanic National Park (all FalconGuides). She lives in Glen Ellen, California.