Whatever your favorite outdoor recreation is, we’ve got a book for you! Check out our hiking books, field guides, memoirs by trail builders and wilderness advocates, a collection about fishing the Northwest, and many more.
Birds of Lane County, Oregon (describes the 100 best birding sites in Lane County, with maps, directions, etc.)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/birds-of-lane-county-oregon
Co
rvallis Trails: Exploring the Heart of the Valley
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/corvallis-trails
Discovering Main Street: Travel Adventures in Small Towns of the Northwest
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/discovering-main-street
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon: A Field Guide
(includes a map & description of 30 best dragonfly-observing locations in Oregon, and Portland)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/dragonflies-and-damselflies-of-oregon
Exploring the Tualatin River Basin: A Nature and Recreation Guide
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/exploring-tualatin-river-basin 
Field Guide to Oregon Rivers
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/field-guide-to-oregon-rivers
Fishing the Northwest: An Angler’s Reader
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/fishing-northwest
A Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Oregon (forthcoming, October 2016)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/guide-to-freshwater-fishes-of-oregon
Hiking from Portland to the Coast: An Interpretive Guide to 30 Trails (forthcoming, October 2016)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/hiking-from-portland-to-coast
Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon’s Wilderness (Hiking maestro Bill Sullivan’s tale of his long trek across Oregon)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/listening-for-coyote
A Naturalist’s Guide to the Hidden World of Pacific Northwest Dunes
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/naturalist%E2%80%99-guide-to-hidden-world-of-pacific-northwest-dunes
One Cit
y’s Wilderness: Portland’s Forest Park, 3rd edition
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/one-citys-wilderness
Oregon Coastal Access Guide: A Mile by Mile Guide to Scenic and Recreational Attractions
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/oregon-coastal-access-guide
Pathfinder: Blazing a New Wilderness Trail in Modern America (Memoir by Ron Strickland, founder of the Pacific Northwest Trail)
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/pathfinder
Turning Down the Sound: Travel Escapes in Washington’s Small Towns
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/turning-down-sound
Walking Distance: Extraordinary Hikes for Ordinary People
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/walking-distance
The Wallowas: Coming of Age in the Wilderness
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/wallowas 
A Week in Yellowstone’s Thorofare: A Journey Through the Remotest Place
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/week-in-yellowstone%E2%80%99-thorofare
Wild in the City: Exploring The Intertwine: The Portland-Vancouver Region’s Network of
Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas, 2nd edition
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/wild-in-city
Wild in the Willamette: Exploring the Mid-Valley’s Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas
http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/wild-in-willamette
AND: If you’re interested in traditional wayfaring skills and using natural phenomena to navigate, do check out John Edward Huth’s The Lost Art of Finding Our Way. It’s a fascinating read, with over 200 illustrations, published by Harvard University Press.