Santa Monica Mountains Trail Guide
John McKinney is the author of 20 books about hiking, parklands and nature, including The Hiker's Way: Hike Smart. Live Well. Go Green.  For 18 years, McKinney, a.k.a. The Trailmaster, wrote a weekly hiking column for the Los Angeles Times and now writes articles and commentaries about nature and outdoor recreation for both print and online publications. A passionate advocate for the environment and our need to reconnect to nature, McKinney also shares his expertise on radio, TV, in the blogosphere and at www.TheTrailmaster.com. The native Southern Californian particularly likes to share the wonders of hiking around the Southland with his fellow SoCal residents, as well as with visitors from across America and around the world. McKinney counts as some of his fondest boyhood memories the times spent surfing the Malibu Coast and hiking and camping in the Santa Monica Mountains. John McKinney is the author of A Walk Along Land's End: Dispatches from the Edge of California on a 1,600-mile hike from Mexico to Oregon; Southern California, A Day Hiker's Guide; Orange County, A Day Hiker's Guide; Day Hiker's Guide to California's State Parks; Let's go Geocaching,  plus many more books about hiking, nature, and outdoors recreation for both adults and children.