60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland: Including the Coast, Mount Hood, St. Helens, and the Santiam River

For 15 years, local outdoor and travel writer Paul Gerald has been the authority on Portland hiking and has just released a substantial update to 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Portland.

"Portland is second to none in the types of hiking around," Gerald says. "Everybody asks, 'What's your favorite hike?' And I always say, 'Well, that depends.'"

Consistently found on Powell's "Best of Nonfiction" shelf, Gerald has spent the last year researching the guide's 5th edition. Readers will find the same features that has made 60 Hikes: Portland the hiking guidebook to own: detailed trail descriptions, key at-a-glance information for quick planning, original maps with elevation profiles, and Gerald's own exhaustive list of hike recommendations.