Books & Field Guides

The original 50 Hikes guide is new again, covering northern New England's most legendary range, the crown jewel of Northeast hiking. The splendor of the White Mountains will inspire you to visit Crawford Notch and Pinkham Notch regions, as well as take...

Including Tumbledown, Saddleback, the Bigelows, and of course Katahdin, Maine has 14 mountains over 4,000 feet in elevation. For hikers, it's a shared goal to summit all 14 of them. Registered Maine Guide Doug Dunlap has done just that, multiple times in...

Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed illustrations, this informative guide makes it easy to identify birds in a backyard, favorite parks and wildlife areas. Each bird is accompanied by a detailed listing of its...

This book covers the best day hikes and weekend backpacking trips in New Hampshire's breathtaking White Mountains. It takes readers to the most scenic hikes in the state, some well-known and others off the beaten path. Hikes suited to every...

From beach peas to serviceberries, hen of the woods to Indian cucumber, ostrich ferns to sea rocket, Foraging New England guides the reader to the edible wild foods and healthful herbs of the Northeast. Helpfully organized by environmental zone, the book...

New England is one of the best regions in the country for rockhounds to hunt for minerals, gems and fossils. The complex geology of the region hosts a stunning variety of material from gold-bearing placers to fossiliferous limestone; from gem-bearing...

The White Mountains of New Hampshire are home to many gushing, cascading waterfalls waiting to be discovered. This completely revised and updated edition of Waterfalls of the White Mountains outlines hiking trails ideal for observing the more than 100...

A simple, fully-illustrated introduction to backyard nature comes packaged with a sturdy magnifying glass, a portable nature ID chart and an activity poster. Armed with a magnifying glass and an innate sense of curiosity, any child can be a nature...

Mount Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, is Maine's highest mountain. It's also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Tucked away in the remote North Woods, it's an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, backpacking, snowshoeing,...

Nothing goes better with gooey s'mores and a glowing campfire than a ghost story. Vampires, werewolves, witches, Bloody Mary, the Wendigo and other frightening specters populate the pages of this compelling collection of S.E. Schlosser's best ghost...

On Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in...

For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. In Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs, you'll learn how to forage for wild plants and herbs and identify...

Being able to identify a bird's song is a skill that brings joy and fosters an appreciation of nature. Some bird songs are distinctive and easily recognized, like the common loon and wild turkey. Hawks as a group are distinctive but the individual...

Being able to identify a bird's song is a skill that brings joy and fosters an appreciation of nature. Learning how to differentiate between the songs of a house finch and a goldfinch, however, is not easy. That is where this enchanting book comes into...

Stars offers a straightforward guide to what we know and how we know it - from the Big Bang to star nurseries and to the beginnings of life on planet Earth. Find out why you can't draw a diagram of the solar system to scale, discover how gravity holds...

This basic beginner's field guide provides spot-on descriptive information, authoritative photography and illustrations, and key facts in a handy, pleasant-to-hold, easy-to-reference volume. More robust than other beginning field guides, this book...

This basic beginner's field guide to favorite animals that slither and swim is the latest in the growing National Geographic® Pocket Guide series. Spot-on descriptive information and key facts about reptiles and amphibians are conveyed in a handy,...

This field guide for Northeast coastal birds is a fun, easy way to identify those birds playing in the ocean breezes. Bring it along to the beach or on a coastal hike. The tough, lightweight laminated card is waterproof. Durable, inexpensive, fun to...

Wilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert...

Spanning from southern Connecticut up to the top of the mighty Katahdin, Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England, by local author Lafe Low, is a thorough reference to 45 day hikes on the Appalachian Trail in New England. This is the only guide...