Moon Spotlight Oregon's Columbia River Gorge Camping & Hiking

Book excerpt: Moon Spotlight Oregon's Columbia River Gorge Camping & Hiking is an 80-page compact guide covering the region's best camping and hiking sights—including Jefferson Park, Mount Hood National Forest, and Metolius River—perfect for campers or hikers looking for a back-country campsite or a place to pitch a tent. Each camp listing has at-a-glance icons that indicate nearby hiking or biking trails, swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking and hot springs. You'll also learn what campsites and trails allow dogs. Hiking descriptions include distance, estimated hiking time, and a rating for difficulty. Outdoors writers Tom Stienstra and Sean Patrick Hill provide easy-to-follow maps and clear driving directions to lead campers and hikers to the best of the Olympic Peninsula's wilderness spots. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Oregon Camping and Moon Oregon Hiking.