Note: While the maps in the guide provide a good overview, We recommend that you supplement them with detailed local topographical maps. Such maps can provide more detailed landmarks, GPS coordinates, and expose optional side trips that the book might not show. Some maps can be found in the sidebar.

Each day on a walkabout ends with a comfortable bed, a glass of beer or wine, a good meal, and maybe even a hot tub. Some hikes can take a week, but many can be enjoyed in a weekend. Some are challenging, but the majority are perfect for the casual hiker.

Eat, Sleep, and Stay at local inns, refreshed for your next segment.

Walkabout Northern California book includes 12 inn-to-inn hikes through the wilds of California. New as of April 2011. The book, Walkabout Northern California: Hiking Inn to Inn, features twelve inn-to-inn hikes with stories about the people of the area - past and present, descriptions of the flora and fauna, detailed route information, recommendations for places to stay and dine, maps, and inspiration to simplify our travel and re-connect with nature's rhythm. Each chapter also includes a descriptive guide to the trails and towns you’ll enjoy along the way.

Enjoy a Walkabout in California!

Walkabouts include: Walkabout the Marin Coast
This moderate 38.2 mile hike along some of the most beautiful and dramatic coastline in the world starts in the Marin Headlands, a short distance from San Francisco, and ends at Point Reyes National Seashore. Along the way the trail passes through three coastal villages: Muir Beach, Stinson Beach, and Bolinas, each offering interesting places to stay and great dining.

Crossing the Sierras on the Emigrant Trail
This challenging 41.6 mile hike crosses the Sierra Nevada from east to west, passing through some of the most breathtaking parts of these majestic mountains and traveling along the trail of the Pony Express and in the footsteps of adventures who once sought their fortune in the gold rush of the mid-1800s. Three days of hiking each end at a beautiful mountain resort.

Walkabout Point Reyes
With 71,000 acres of coastal hills, dense forests, pristine beaches, and 140 miles of hiking trails, Point Reyes National Seashore is a walkabout paradise. This easy 24.8 mile walkabout over three days explores the central portion of the park with stays at lovely inns and a hostel set deep in the park.

Walkabout the Mendocino Coast
This easy 14.1mile two-day hike makes for a perfect romantic holiday traipsing along the rugged and beautiful Mendocino Coast. Along the way, you will stay in charming inns, dine on sumptuous cuisine, and explore the lush forests of the coastal range and the headlands along the edge of the wild Pacific.

Walkabout the Monterey Bay
Enjoy the great beauty and power of the Pacific by hiking its shoreline along the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This 37 mile, four-day hike explores pristine beaches, unique inns, great dining, and some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing on California’s coast.

Exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park
This guide offers two walkabouts through an enchanted land of mountain lakes and streams, deep glaciated canyons, and otherworldly hydrothermal landscapes. Both stop over at Drakesbay Guest Ranch, selected by Frommer’s editorial staff as one of its worldwide “Top Destinations for 2009.”

Other Walkabout trips include:

* San Francisco to Half Moon Bay

* The Lost Coast of Northern California (Shelter Cove area and the Kings Range)

* Hiking the Lake Tahoe Basin (Donner Pass to North Lake Tahoe)

Author is Tom Courtney, a teacher at UC Berkeley in California.

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