60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Sacramento

Jordan Summers has had more fun sleeping on rock, snow, and dirt than any one person should be allowed. As a boy in Virginia, he would camp in the woods behind his house. Since then, he’s spent absurd amounts of time in the three major ranges and many minor ones, in forests, canyons, and deserts in every season and weather condition. Jordan’s children were both veterans of several wilderness hikes by the age of 5. They both became llama-wranglers and guides a few years later, when their dad began leading llama treks in Oregon and the Sierra Nevada. They hiked several of the new edition’s trails with Jordan and continue to explore backcountry trails alongside him. In 2009, Jordan solo-hiked 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from the California-Mexico border to Echo Lake Dam. He resumed his northbound journey in 2012 and hiked into Canada that fall. In 2016 and 2017, Jordan hiked the PCT from south of Mount Whitney to the Canada border in order to update the Wilderness Press volumes of Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California and Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon & Washington. Jordan is an alumnus of the National Outdoor Leadership School’s (NOLS) Outdoor Educator program and Wind River rock climbing.  He is a NOLS/Wilderness Medicine Institute Wilderness First Responder, and a Leave No Trace Trainer. The training and expertise gained help Jordan pursue his passion: “to help hikers of all abilities get out there, have a great time there, leave no trace there, and come home safely from there.” Jordan and his partner, Karin, live 44 miles west of the PCT in Pioneer, California.

Overview Map



Acknowledgments



Foreword



Preface



60 Hikes by Category



Introduction



Map Legend



Sacramento and Vicinity






Capitol Park Loop
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Riverwalk Park
William Land Park Trail
Effie Yeaw Nature Center Trails
UC Davis Arboretum Trail
David-Covell Greenbelt



West Sacramento Valley






Homestead-Blue Ridge Trail
Blue Ridge-Fiske Peak Trail
High Bridge Trail
Judge Davis Trail
Redbud Trail
Perkins Creek Ridge Trail
Johnson Ridge-Gunsight Rock Trail



Delta Area






Grizzly Island Wildlife Area Trail
River Bend-Majestic Oaks Loop Trail
Lodi Lake Nature Trail
Cosumnes River Preserve Trails



Foothills South






China Gulch Trail
River of Skulls Trail
Big Trees North Grove Trails
Big Trees South Grove Trail
Indian Grinding Rock Loop Trails
Jenkinson Lake Trail



Foothills Central






Pioneer Express Trail
Avery’s Pond Trail
Rattlesnake Bar-Horseshoe Bar Trail
Sweetwater Trail
Monroe Ridge Trail
Dave Moore Nature Area Trail
South Fork American River-Gerle Loop Trail
South Fork American River Trail
Cronan Ranch Trails
Olmstead Loop Trail
Robie Point Firebreak Trail
Lake Clementine Trail
Confluence Trail
Quarry Road Trail to American Canyon Falls
American Canyon-Dead Truck Trail
Wendell T. Robie Trail
Ruck-A-Chucky Rapids Trail
Foresthill Divide Loop Trail
Codfish Falls Trail
North Fork Middle Fork American River Trail
Yankee Jim’s-Indian Creek Trail
Windy Point Trail
Stevens Trail West
Stevens Trail East
Green Valley Trail
Euchre Bar Trail to Humbug Canyon
American Eagle Mine Trail



Foothills North






Hidden Falls Trails
Fairy Falls Trail
Hardrock Trail
Independence Trail: East Branch
Independence Trail: West Branch
Buttermilk Bend Trail
Point Defiance Trail
Humbug Trail
Diggins Loop Trail



Appendices






Appendix A: Outdoor Shops
Appendix B: Map Sources
Appendix C: Hiking Organizations
Appendix D: Managing Agencies
Appendix E: Additional Reading



Index



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