Link Sections:Books:Afoot and Afield in Los Angeles County. Jerry Schad. Wilderness Press, 1991. (ISBN: 0899972675) Afoot and Afield in Orange County. Jerry Schad. Wilderness Press, 1996. (ISBN: 0899972063) Angeles National Forest. Roy Murphey. Big Santa Anita Historical Society, 1991 (ISBN: 0961542144) (I have been informed that it is not, in fact, out of print; but Amazon Books reports that it is out of stock) The Control of Nature. John McPhee. Noonday Press, 1990 (reprint). (ISBN: 0374522596)
General Links:@LA, a massive directory of Southern California and Greater Los Angeles Web sites, has more links to wilderness areas on its Parks and Recreation page. Hiking Mount Baldy -- is currently offline while moving to a new ISP. Besides its information on Mount Baldy (officially called Mount San Antonio, but only on maps), this site has lots of good book titles and links to other sites with useful info. The Angeles National Forest section of the Digital Desert Web site has some nice virtual tours of the Forest (mostly photos).
Sites About Angeles National Forest:The U.S. Forest Service's Official Angeles National Forest site. Angeles Crest Highway Elevations, devoted to (what else?) the higher points on ACH, with nice big photos. Gorp's Angeles National Forest entry, which includes a link to their list of ANF trails. Tom Chester's Hikes in the Angeles National Forest boasts logs, mileages and other info for many hikes; Chester's grand goal is to have a firsthand account of every hike in the San Gabriel Mountains and a link to every other Web site about them. Sites About The Mojave Desert:Digital Desert Website has a section on roads and places in the southwest Mojave. Joshua Tree National Park -- Here you can see Mojave-type desert. Plus, it's just a cool Web site. Last link check June 23, 2003. |