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Wilderness Press
Parent companyKeen Communications
Founded1967
FounderThomas Winnett
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution Publishers Group West
Publication types Books, Maps
Official website www.wildernesspress.com

Wilderness Press is a publisher of outdoor guidebooks and maps that was founded in Berkeley, California in 1967. [1] [2] Its first publication was Sierra North (1967/2005). [3] Reissued in 2005, this is considered the authoritative guidebook for hikers and backpackers in the Northern Sierra Nevada.

Since the debut of Sierra North in 1967, Wilderness Press has become well known for its outdoor titles, guidebooks, and maps. [4] It has been owned by Keen Communications since 2008, and headquarters have moved to Birmingham, Alabama.

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  1. ^ "Trips abound in the Sierra's southern end". Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  2. ^ "The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search".
  3. ^ Winnett, Thomas; et al. (2005). Sierra North: Backcountry Trips in California's Sierra Nevada (9th ed.). Berkeley, CA: Wilderness Press. p. ix. ISBN  978-0-89997-396-8.
  4. ^ "Wilderness Press Sierra North 9th Edition". Retrieved 2023-10-15.

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