Have A Hiker On Your Gift List? This Is Perfect!

News from Walnut Creek Convention & Visitors Bureau:

Explore Mount Diablo with Mount Diablo Interpretive Association’s (MDIA) newest guide: Hiker’s Guide to Mount Diablo State Park. This beautiful full-color book is rich in maps and detailed information for 50 hikes in the park’s diverse 20,000 acres and includes several new hike ideas.

The Hiker’s Guide to Mount Diablo State Park, a perfect stocking stuffer for hiking novices and aficionados, offers hikes to suit all park visitors, with distances ranging from less than half a mile, to a full marathon that circumnavigates the mountain.

The book can be purchased for $15 at the Summit Visitor Center, the Mitchell Canyon Visitor Center, or online at MDIA.org.

Mount Diablo State Park is truly an island of wilderness surrounded by a metropolis. With its oak and pine woodlands, canyons, cliffs, meadows and chaparral, along with fine views from the highest peak in the region, it offers a quick get-away and an instant change of pace for East Bay residents and visitors. Its trails satisfy people of every age, interest and ability: walkers, hikers, bikers, rock-climbers and equestrians. Lovers of birds, wildflowers and butterflies will also find rich flora and fauna on the mountain.

The guide is organized into five geographic locations covering the park: North, South, Interior, West and East, allowing for a quick overview of the hikes in any area. Each trailhead is given detailed treatment, including an easy-to-read map, a full description of the route, a graph of the elevation changes, a difficulty rating, the trail’s overall length and some illustrative photos.

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About Mount Diablo Interpretive Association: MDIA, founded in 1974, is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that works in close partnership with Mount Diablo State Park to promote public awareness of the natural and cultural history and significance of Mount Diablo through educational programs, events, publications, and outreach. For a full list of MDIA publications, including a detailed park map to accompany the guidebook, see www.MDIA.org.

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