Recreation and Outdoors Books at Internet Archive

This page brings together free online books, topic searches and audiobooks related to camping, hiking, backpacking, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, nature study, parks, boating, and other outdoor recreation pursuits. The materials range from older public domain works to modern scholarly studies.

The Topics section below helps readers find books and documents within the huge Internet Archive collection, which includes periodicals and other materials, from older historical works to recent publications.  Each topic link generates an Internet Archive search focused on that subject.  Browsing the topics and selecting those of interest is usually easier and more effective than searching Internet Archive directly.

The section below Topics provides links to related audiobooks. See that section for more information.

Topics – Camping and Hiking Books – Outdoor Recreation

The topic links below lead to Internet Archive search results related to camping, hiking, and other outdoor recreation subjects. Each link opens a books-and-documents search focused on a particular topic.

Search results generally include fully readable books, periodicals, and other documents. For some subjects, Internet Archive also contains other media, such as images, audio, or video files. These can be selected from the media options above the search results. Filters on the left side of Internet Archive pages can help narrow search results by year, language, or related subjects.

Camping and Hiking Books

Outdoor Recreation Activities Books

Outdoor Recreation Audiobooks Free in English

Listen to free audiobooks on outdoor recreation, provided by Librivox. These recordings, read by volunteers, are typically from books in the public domain (pre-1930). Stream online or download MP3s.

These audiobook links lead to public domain recordings from LibriVox at Internet Archive. The books recorded by Librivox volunteers were nearly all published before 1930.  Recordings include camping, bicycling, mountaineering, boating, fishing, hunting, and related subjects.

All Librivox audiobooks are free and can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening.

Related Pages on Century Past

See our Century Past directories for hundreds of webpages of Books;  Magazines;  Articles, maps, & photos; and Newspapers. You’ll find the same directories on the top Menu.  Here are a few suggested pages: