Recreation Books

By: Bill Buss & Loie Belknaps Chock-full of detailed information, this is a necessary guide for anyone looking to river run in Dinosaur National Monument. This guide runs down the Green River, from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to the Split Mountain Campground. This guidebook includes...

By: Charles Garrett & Roy Lagal You can find gold with a metal detector. It's easy... when you know how! Just follow three simple rules:1. Look in the right places, areas where gold has been found;2. Search correctly, using a modern high quality detector;3....

By: Michael R. Kelsey Introducing the new and updated Hiking and Exploring the Paria River 5th edition! In this full-color edition, Michael R. Kelsey has added an additional 96 pages of new hiking adventures, photographic tours, Indian ruins, and local histories. Focusing on the...

By: Jeffrey & Brad Probst Best Easy Day Hikes Utah's High Uintas includes concise descriptions and easy-to-follow maps for thirty-one hikes through some of the most spectacular scenery in this backcountry wilderness. Featuring: GPS-compatible trail maps Trails within an hour's drive from major towns...

By: Lynn Arave and Ray Boren Newest book in Arcadia's Images of America series. Great Salt Lake is bleak yet beautiful, mysterious and alluring, an endangered "dead sea" vital to life. Explorer Jedediah Smith, surrounded by a vast wilderness, realized this felt to him...

Find your own path through the beautiful state of Utah Visit the vast open lands and widely varied terrain of Utah. These routes are some of the most interesting, beautiful, visually diverse, and historically and culturally relevant sections of road and points of interest...

A complete guide to riding the epic and famous Kokopelli's Trail between Fruita, Colorado and Moab, Utah. Includes nine full-color detailed maps, camping information, water sources, lots of history and trivia, and information about the towns at each end. Although the book is mountain-bike...

An indispensable resource for selecting a destination and planning a trip in the High Uintas.High Uinta Wilderness—three emotion-charged words that describe a very precious place. The highest mountains, the unique alpine ecosystem, and the largest designated Wilderness in Utah are all found here.This is...

By: Stephen L. Carr & Robert W. Edwards Enjoy finding and learning about the ghost rails of Utah with Utah Ghost Rails. Find spots where there used to be twin rails carrying hundreds of passengers. This book briefly outlines the history of railways which...

By: Michael R. Kelsey In this all new second edition of Technical Slot Canyons of the Colorado Plateau you will find over 330 pages documenting over 110 different major technical canyons plus many, many more smaller (though no less challenging) tributary canyons. Several of...

By: Garret Romaine  A complete guide to finding, collecting, and preparing the state’s gems & mineralsRockhounding Idaho is a must-have book for anyone interested in collecting rocks, minerals, fossils, and gold in the Gem State. Completely up-to-date with over 200 GPS coordinates in ninety-nine collecting...

By: Bill Buss & Loie Belknaps A must-have guide for anyone running the river through Desolation and Gray Canyons. This waterproof guide covers the Green River from Split Mountain Campground in Dinosaur National Monument to the city of Green River. The all new edition...

By: M. H. Bugden This self-guided geologic trip will lead you through times when inland seas, ancient mountains, vast mud flats, sandy deserts, and massive glaciers ruled Utah's landscape. You will learn how colliding crustal plates changed Utah's face, how the metallic ores of...

Embark on an adventure through the rugged and breathtaking terrain of the central Wasatch Range, specifically within the boundaries of the Lone Peak Wilderness Area. This map unveils the heart of this renowned region, celebrated for its unparalleled backcountry access, challenging ski descents, and...

By: James Kavanagh & Raymond Leung Knots is a handy guide to tying purposeful knots. If you need to handcuff a burglar, lasso a steer, escape from an asylum or tie a perfect bowtie, this is the guide for you. Fifty effective knots that...

This exciting sticker collection invites you to create a parade of old-time trains that span 60 years of railroad history. Included are 16 sticker portraits of freight and cattle cars, an old-fashioned steam locomotive, passenger cars, a caboose from 1900, and a diesel-electric locomotive...

Since the late 1800s, when professional fossil hunters vied with each other to bring the largest and most complete specimens to the museum market, Utah has been one of the most fertile grounds for dinosaur discovery. Because rock from the Mesozoic era covers more...

By: J. K. King and G. C. Willis, editors Antelope Island, the largest of Great Salt Lake’s eight major islands, is about 15 miles (24 km) long and up to 5 miles (8 km) wide, and covers approximately 40 square miles (104 km2). Frary...

by Christa Sadler Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase region is one of the best places in the world to study the period near the end of the Age of Dinosaurs—a time called the Late Cretaceous. In a relatively short period (geologically speaking!) of about 25...

An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies including identification information, educational activities, and fun facts.Invites young naturalists to spot wildlife. Safety tips are provided and interesting activities are suggested. Color illustrations enhance the presentation.