"A Southern California classic." - Los Angeles Times The very best hikes in Southern California, all in one book! - Choose from nature trails, moderate hikes, and all-day adventures. - Complete with colorful stories, trusted trail accounts, and easy-to-follow maps. - Discover wildflowers, waterfalls, and breathtaking views with the help of the newest 2024 edition of our most popular guide. Other regions have tall mountains, forests, deserts and an awesome coastline, but only Southern California has all of them - and four-season hiking! Answer nature's call and take a hike on the best trails in the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains; in Orange County, San Diego County, Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park; in famed Griffith Park, on Catalina Island, around Ojai and Santa Barbara - and so much more. New and classic hikes with updates of any trails recovering from wildfires. You're guaranteed to find a hike (many hikes!) you'll like in this "greatest hits" collection from the Trailmaster, John McKinney. Every Trail Tells a Story. Hike On! Companion guides: HIKE the San Gabriel Mountains, Hike the Santa Monica Mountains, HIKE Griffith Park & Hollywood Hills, HIKE Santa Barbara A Southern California Classic. --Los Angeles Times The Trailmaster's best trails, splendidly detailed, from Orange County's nature preserves to the forests and mountains around the Southland. --OC Weekly Good directions, clear maps, colorful histories and descriptions. --Sunset Magazine John McKinney is the author of 30 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker s Way and Hiking on the Edge: Dreams, Schemes, and 1600 Miles on the California Coastal Trail. HIKE Griffith Park & Hollywood Hills and HIKE the Santa Monica Mountains are among the titles in The Trailmaster s Pocket Guide Series, designed to give hikers the information they need in an engaging and easily accessible way. For 18 years, he wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times, and has hiked and enthusiastically described more than ten thou- sand miles of trail across America and around the world. John, aka The Trailmaster, has written more than a thousand articles about hiking plus numerous trail guidebooks, including HIKE Santa Barbara, HIKE Point Reyes, HIKE Ventura County, HIKE Orange County and Day Hiker s Guide to California s State Parks. A passionate advocate for hiking and our need to reconnect with nature, John McKinney shares his expertise on radio, TV, online, and as a public speaker.