An illustrated guide to 44 day-hikes on the Big Island, Kaua'i, Maui and O'ahu. For each trip, there are detailed directions, a feature-by-feature description of the route, a topographic map, and comments on common plants and animals, geological formations and historical sites.

Stuart M. Ball, Jr., has been hiking in Hawai'i for more than thirty years. He is a hike coordinator for the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club and the author of The Hikers Guide to the Hawaiian Islands, The Hikers Guide to O'ahu, Native Paths to Volunteer Trails: Hiking and Trail Building on O'ahu, and The Backpackers Guide to Hawai'i. Retired from the Bank of Hawaii, he holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University.