Books for Your End-of-Summer Staycation Adventure!

There's still time to wring some more fun adventures out of the summer, without even leaving the state! We are still hoping to check out Tinkertown and Meow Wolf. The Santa Fe Opera's season continues until the end of August. Gallup's Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial is just around the corner, as is Santa Fe's Indian Market. All fun things, but maybe you have a more strenuous adventure in mind, or closer to nature? Camping, birding, hiking - there's a lot of scope for outdoor adventures here in the Land of Enchantment! We hope you'll take advantage of some of the resources the library catalog has to offer when planning your summer fun, whether it's outdoorsy or not so much! Here are some books you might helpful:

Camping

Camping in America's Western County and City Parks by Don Wright

Best Tent Camping, New Mexico: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape From Civilization by Monte Parr

Camping New Mexico: A Comprehensive Guide to Public Tent and RV Campgrounds by Melinda Crow 

Birding

Birding Hot Spots of Santa Fe, Taos, and Northern New Mexico by Judy Liddell and Barbara Hussey

Winging It: A Beginner's Guide to Birds of the Southwest by Catherine Coulter ... [et al.]

Hiking

Hiking Four Corners: A Guide to the Areas' Greatest Hiking Adventures by J. D. Tanner and Emily Ressler-Tanner 

Hiking to History: A Guide to Off-Road New Mexico Historic Sites by Robert Julyan 

Best Hikes Near Albuquerque by JD Tanner and Emily Ressler-Tanner 

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Wild Guide, 2014 edited by Tina Deines

60 Hikes Within 60 Miles Albuquerque: Including Santa Fe, Mount Taylor, and San Lorenzo Canyon by Stephen Ausherman

Cycling

Best Bike Rides Albuquerque and Santa Fe: A Guide to the Greatest Recreational Rides in the Area by J. D. Tanner, Emily Ressler-Tanner, and Shey Lambert

Mountain Biking Northern New Mexico: A Guide to Northern New Mexico's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides by Bob D'Antonio 
 

Miscellaneous Adventure

Walking Albuquerque: 30 Tours of the Duke City's Historic Neighborhoods, Ditch Trails, Urban Nature, and Public Art by Stephen Ausherman

By the Way--: A Guide to New Mexico's 25 Scenic Byways by Laurie Evans Frantz, Lesley S. King, Marti Niman

Roadside New Mexico: A Guide to Historic Markers by David Pike

The Basic New Mexico Bucket List: 100 Things To Do in New Mexico Before You Die by by Barbe Awalt

Off the Beaten Path New Mexico: A Guide to Unique Places by Nicky Leach

Signs & Shrines: Spiritual Journeys Across New Mexico by Sharon Niederman

A Spy's Guide to Santa Fe and Albuquerque by E.B. Held

Touring New Mexico Hot Springs by Matt Bischoff

Backroads & Byways of New Mexico: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions by Sally Moore

Light, Landscape, and the Creative Quest: Early Artists of Santa Fe; with, Walking in the Path of the Artists: A Guide Booklet to the Artists' Homes by Stacia Lewandowski      


Want more ideas? There's always the New Mexico Tourism Department. Or, check out a Museum Discovery Pass from a library branch near you - some of them are expiring at the end of the month. In September, you might also check out: ¡Globalquerque!, The Pie Town Pie Festival, or The State Fair. Do you have any last minute summer fun plans? Let us know your destination in the comments!

Picture credit:

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