Nevada Mountain Ranges
Author | : |
Publisher | : Farcountry Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781560370147 |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : Farcountry Press |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781560370147 |
Author | : Tim Palmer |
Publisher | : Yosemite Conservancy |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Hiking |
ISBN | : 9781597140775 |
A stunning photographic and text portrait of the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range with 135 full-color photographs. Unmatched in price and quality.
Author | : Mike White |
Publisher | : University of Nevada Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2006-04-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0874176670 |
Nevada boasts some of the most diverse and beautiful landscapes in North America and is rich in trails that embrace the state’s scenic, geologic, and historic resources. Mike White, renowned outdoors writer and instructor, now offers a guide to fifty of the best Nevada hikes, ranging across the entire state from the Mojave Desert to the Sierra Nevada, from sagebrush basins to the alpine heights of the Ruby Mountains. Here are hikes for every taste and level of fitness, including outings suitable for families with small children and full-scale assaults on challenging peaks. Each hike is described in terms of its route and special features, and includes a map and elevation profile. The book also offers information about the geology, wildlife, plants, history, and weather features of Nevada, as well as helpful directions to ensure safe and comfortable travel in Nevada’s rugged and isolated backcountry. This is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking enjoyable adventures in some of the country’s most spectacular natural regions.
Author | : David Alan Charlet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-06-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781647691530 |
Nevada is one of the most mountainous states in the US. Yet mapping out exactly where one range begins and another ends has never been done--until now. In this volume David Charlet provides maps and descriptions for all 319 mountain ranges in the state. Divided into three parts, the book presents a simple system recognizing the primary landscape features of Nevada. Part I describes the methods used to define the boundaries of the ranges and divides the state into meaningful landforms. Part II describes the ecological life zones and their vegetation types. Part III describes the individual mountain ranges. Each mountain range entry contains a descriptive narrative and a data summary that includes the county or counties in which the range occurs, whether the author has visited and collected plants there, the highest point, the base elevation, a brief discussion of the geology, any historic settlements or post offices located in the range, the distribution of life zones, and a list of all conifers and flowering trees. The result of over thirty years of exploration and study throughout the state, this is a long-overdue compendium of Nevada's mountains and associated flora. This book is a required reference for anyone venturing out into the Nevada wilds.
Author | : Craig H. Jones |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2017-09-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0520964233 |
From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Whether and where there was gold to be mined redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and where it doesn’t) determines whose fruit grows on trees and whose appears on slot machines. All this emerges from the geology of the range and how it changed history, and in so doing, changed the country. The Mountains That Remade America combines geology with history to show how the particular forces and conditions that created the Sierra Nevada have effected broad outcomes and influenced daily life in the United States in the past and how they continue to do so today. Drawing connections between events in historical geology and contemporary society, Craig H. Jones makes geological science accessible and shows the vast impact this mountain range has had on the American West.
Author | : Robert M. Lloyd |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2021-01-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520340299 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Author | : Clarence King |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : |
A bona fide classic, originally published in 1872, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada is still exciting reading. It describes the perils and pleasures experienced by Clarence King (1842–1901) while conducting the first geological survey of California in the 1860s. His language was equal to the marvels he found, and here with unfading brilliance are his accounts of scaling such mountains as Tyndall, Shasta, and Whitney. The chapters on the Yosemite Valley and surrounding High Sierras were written while he was surveying the boundaries of a newly designated national park. There are also delightful vignettes of western characters, including a Sierra artist and a family of Pike County hog farmers. &
Author | : Kimball Chatfield |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Medicinal plants |
ISBN | : 9780965800105 |
Author | : Francis P. Farquhar |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2007-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520253957 |
From the time it was sighted by Spanish explorers in the eighteenth century through the creation of the John Muir trail, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam, and the founding of the Sierra Club, the great snowy range of California has provided fulfillment to generations of trappers, immigrants, engineers, naturalists, and tourists. Now a mountaineering classic, this pioneering book was the first to synthesize into a single, riveting narrative all of the varied aspects of human endeavor related to the history of the Sierra Nevada. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, the book continues to be indispensable for any lover of the high country.
Author | : John Muir |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2023-12-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
In 'The Mountains of California (Illustrated Edition)', John Muir beautifully captures the essence of the Sierra Nevada mountains through vivid descriptions and detailed illustrations. Muir's lyrical prose transports the reader to the rugged landscape, depicting the flora, fauna, and geological formations with a sense of reverence and awe. This book serves as a valuable historical document of the natural beauty of the Sierra Nevada region, written in Muir's signature style that combines scientific observation with poetic storytelling. It is a must-read for nature enthusiasts and those interested in the preservation of wilderness areas. Muir's passion for the environment and his advocacy for conservation are evident throughout the pages of this book, making it a compelling read for anyone seeking to connect with the natural world on a deeper level.