E. Dan Klepper - 100 Classic Hikes in Texas: Panhandle Plains/Pineywoods/Gulf Coast/South Texas Plains/Hill Country/Big Bend Country/Prairies and Lakes

100 CLASSIC HIKES IN

TEXAS

100 CLASSIC HIKES IN

TEXAS

Panhandle Plains / Pineywoods / Gulf Coast / South Texas Plains / Hill Country / Big Bend Country / Prairies & Lakes

E. Dan Klepper

To my fellow Texans

THE MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS is the nonprofit publishing arm of The Mountaineers, an organization founded in 1906 and dedicated to the exploration, preservation, and enjoyment of outdoor and wilderness areas.

1001 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98134

2009 by E. Dan Klepper

All rights reserved

First edition: first printing 2009, second printing 2013

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Manufactured in China

Acquiring Editor: Dana Youlin
Project Editor: Janet Kimball
Copy Editor: Jane Crosen
Cover and Book Design: The Mountaineers Books
Layout and cartography: Jennifer Shontz, Red Shoe Design

Cover photograph: Wind and erosion weather the world along the Lighthouse Trail.

Frontispiece: Eagle-eye views abound from the top of Mesa de Anguila.

Back cover photograph: The Rosillos Mountains host Buttrill Spring, a tiny desert oasis.

Maps shown in this book were produced using National Geographics TOPO! software. For more information, go to www.nationalgeographic.com/topo.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Klepper, E. Dan.

100 classic hikes in Texas : Panhandle Plains, Pineywoods, Gulf Coast, South Texas Plains, Hill Country, Big Bend Country, prairies & lakes / E. Dan Klepper. 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-59485-075-2 (ppb)

1. HikingTexasGuidebooks. 2. TrailsTexasGuidebooks. 3. TexasGuidebooks. I. Title. II. Title: One hundred classic hikes in Texas.

GV199.42.T49K54 2008

796.5109764dc22

2008039611

ISBN (paperback): 978-1-59485-075-2

ISBN (ebook): 978-1-59485-540-5

CONTENTS

KEY TO MAP SYMBOLS

	freeway
	major highway
	other paved road
	graded or dirt road
	featured trail
	other trail
	railroad
	park or wilderness boundary
	state or country boundary
	city or town
	building
	parking
	trailhead
	interstate highway
	U.S. highway
	state highway
	county road
	national forest road
	farm-to-market road
	rural route (ranch to market road)
	park road
	pass
	point of interest
	peak or summit
	picnic area
	campground or campsite
	mine
	lighthouse
	bridge
	river or stream
	waterfall
	lake, pond with dam
	spring

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

M y sincerest appreciation to the special hiking companions who make each day in the Texas outdoors all the more memorableJen, Mark A., Peaches, and the Big Bend Cowboy; to Mom and the Old Man, who blessed me with a curiosity about and a respect for the natural world; and to Maryjane especially, who inspires me with her occasional retreat under a shady spot and her boundless and unconditional enthusiasm for the trail.