Stone Road Press

04/11/2026

I've been talking Public Land.

Here's a podcast with Kurt at National Parks Traveler!

https://bit.ly/47W2kkB

Here's an interview on Allsides with Amy Juravich from yesterday's WOSU membership drive.

https://bit.ly/4tGem9U

And, if you're interested in the book, here it is on Amazon (it is available wherever books are sold).

https://amzn.to/4c5cTnJ

I think you'll like it ... Steep approves!

11/15/2025

Edition 3.5 has been flowing into the sales chain for the last couple of weeks. Just about everything about this has been less than ideal. Hopefully, I make better decisions in the future. Since I was going to be leaving my previous printer (long, stupid story), my options were to do a new release or quietly do the work and have this replace edition 3 when the time came for a reprint. I chose the latter option. They're both good books. This refreshed version is just better in many ways. Due to the pandemic and some sloppy work on my part, it was getting to the point where there was a lot of incorrect information in the third edition, and no info (or more ambiguous info) is better than wrong info. As always, buy a copy and email me ([email protected]), and I'll hook you up with a pdf version.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!!!

I’ve spent most of the last few months working on an update to Your Guide to the National Parks. While the book is still pretty good, things (mostly camping and backpacking info, and, of course, pricing) have changed uncommonly fast (and I made way too many sloppy mistakes). I have dozens of excuses, but they don’t matter. It’s my responsibility and expectation to do better. So, that’s what I’m doing. I have about 200 pages left to update, and 3.3 post-its worth of tasks after that.

Once it’s finished, printed and released, I’ll provide a pdf of the updated version to anyone who purchased the 3rd edition (moose cover). E-mail ([email protected]), call/text (414.828.6346), DM, or use snail mail (4927 Stone Road, Whitelaw, WI 54247) and share a picture of your copy or receipt or whatever, and I’ll get a better version to you when it’s time.

I recognize no information is better than wrong information, but I have no intention of watering down my work. There's value in all those details. And hopefully that pandemic was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Hope the New Year includes plenty of time in our wonderful public lands!

04/20/2024

A couple things:

New membership drive interview with WOSU'S All Sides with Anna Starver!

https://www.wosu.org/show/all-sides/2024-04-12/travel-writer-mike-oswalds-discusses-americas-national-park-system

National Park Maps won a Best in Category prize for Walsworth (my current printer who's been phenomenal)!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/walsworth-publishing_glga-walsworth-print-ugcPost-7184591619629756416-68Fq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

And The Dayhiker's Guide is a finalist for IBPA and ForeWord's annual book awards.

https://www.ibpabenjaminfranklinaward.com/winners-travel

https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2023/travel/

2024 FINALISTS - TRAVEL See below for the list of 2024 winners in the TRAVEL category, for books with a copyright date of 2023.

03/04/2024

Talked parks with Kurt at National Parks Traveler and Becky Lomax who writes for Moon.

We all could use help in planning adventures into the park system. Becky Lomax, author of “Glacier National Park: Hiking, Camping, Lakes, and Peaks” and Michael Oswald, author of “The Day Hiker’s Guide to the National Parks” join us to discuss.