Best of the Appalachian Trail : Day Hikes / Leonard M. Adkins, Frank Logue, and Victoria Logue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adkins, Leonard M., author.

Logue, Frank, 1963- author.

Logue, Victoria, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hiking--Appalachian Trail--Guidebooks.

Trails--Appalachian Trail--Guidebooks.

Backpacking--Appalachian Trail--Guidebooks.

Trails.

Appalachian Trail--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, AL : Menasha Ridge Press, [2018]

Summary:

A concise guide to the best day hikes along the entire Appalachian Trail. Summit the iconic Katahdin in Maine, explore Pennsylvania's Chimney Rocks, splash in Tennessee's Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls, and find out where Blood Mountain got its name in the new edition of Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes by Victoria and Frank Logue and Leonard M. Adkins. This is the most comprehensive and useful guide to this beloved long trail. The book details hikes in each of the 14 states that the Appalachian Trail passes through; previews the flora, fauna, and history of the A.T.; and offers point-by-point descriptions of each hike with trailhead directions. Hikes range in length from less than 1 mile to 11 miles.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Maine

MAINE TRAIL TABLE

1 Katahdin

2 Baxter Ponds Loop

3 Little and Big Niagara Falls

4 Gulf Hagas

5 Barren Ledges

6 Pleasant Pond Mountain

7 Avery and West Peak of Bigelow

8 West Peak of Bigelow and The Horns

9 Sugarloaf Mountain

10 Saddleback Mountain

11 Moxie, Long, and Sabbath Day Ponds

12 Dunn Notch and Falls

13 Baldpate Mountain

14 The Eyebrow

15 Speck Pond

New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIL TABLE

16 Mount Hayes

17 Wildcat Mountain

18 Mount Washington

19 Webster Cliffs

20 Ethan Pond

21 Mount Lafayette and Mount Lincoln

22 Mount Liberty

23 Lonesome Lake

24 Mount Moosilauke

25 Wachipauka Pond

26 Mount Cube

27 Smarts Mountain

Vermont

VERMONT TRAIL TABLE

28 Clarendon Gorge

29 White Rocks Cliff

30 Little Rock Pond

31 Styles Peak

32 Prospect Rock

33 Stratton Mountain

Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS TRAIL TABLE

34 Eph's Lookout

35 Mount Williams

36 The Cobbles and Gore Pond

37 Gore Pond

38 Warner Hill

39 Finerty Pond

40 Upper Goose Pond

41 Cobble Hill

42 Benedict Pond and The Ledges

43 Ice Gulch

44 East Mountain

45 Jug End

46 Jug End and Mount Everett

47 Mount Everett

Connecticut

CONNECTICUT TRAIL TABLE

48 Bear Mountain and Sages Ravine

49 Lions Head

50 Lions Head and Riga Shelter

51 Rand's View

52 The River Trail

53 St. Johns Ledges and Caleb's Peak

54 Indian Rocks

55 Ten Mile River and Hill

New York

NEW YORK TRAIL TABLE

56 Great Swamp and Corbin Hill

57 West Mountain

58 West Slope of Hosner Mountain

59 Canopus Hill

60 Denning Hill

61 Anthony's Nose

62 Buchanan Mountain

63 Fitzgerald Falls and Mombasha High Point.

64 Eastern Pinnacles and Cat Rocks

65 Prospect Rock

New Jersey

NEW JERSEY TRAIL TABLE

66 Pinwheel's Vista

67 Pochuck Crossing

68 High Point Monument

69 Sunrise Mountain and Culver Fire Tower

70 Rattlesnake Mountain

71 Sunfish Pond

Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL TABLE

72 Winona Cliff, Lookout Rock, and Mount Minsi

73 Wolf Rocks

74 Lookout Rock and Hahn's Lookout

75 Weathering Knob

76 Blue Mountain

77 Bake Oven Knob

78 The Cliffs and Bear Rocks

79 Windsor Furnace, Pulpit Rock, and The Pinnacle

80 Auburn Lookout

81 Table Rock

82 Hawk Rock

83 Boiling Springs

84 Chimney Rocks

Maryland

MARYLAND TRAIL TABLE

85 Raven Rock, Devils Racecourse, and High Rock

86 Annapolis Rock and Black Rock Cliffs

87 White Rocks

88 Weverton Cliffs

89 C&O Canal Towpath

West Virginia and Virginia

WEST VIRGINIA TRAIL TABLE

90 Harpers Ferry and Split Rock

91 Devils Racecourse

92 Bears Den Rocks and Lookout Point

93 Compton Gap to Compton Peak

94 Marys Rock

95 Hawksbill Loop

96 Lewis Spring Falls and Blackrock

97 Bearfence Mountain Loop

98 Blackrock

99 Bear Den Mountain

100 Mill Creek

101 Humpback Rocks

102 Hanging Rock

103 Brown Mountain Creek

104 Bluff Mountain

105 Fullers Rocks and Big Rocky Row

106 Apple Orchard Mountain and The Guillotine

107 Hay Rock

108 Tinker Cliffs

109 McAfee Knob

110 Wind Rock

111 Angels Rest and Pearis Mountain

112 Dismal Creek Falls

113 Garden Mountain

114 Chestnut Knob

115 Comers Creek Falls

116 Rhododendron Gap

117 Mount Rogers

118 Buzzard Rock

119 Straight Mountain and the Virginia Creeper Trail

Tennessee and North Carolina

TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TRAIL TABLE

120 Iron Mountain

121 Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls

122 Dennis Cove Loop.

123 Grassy Ridge

124 Roan Mountain

125 Little Rock Knob

126 Cliff Ridge

127 Big Bald

128 White Rocks Cliffs, Blackstack Cliffs, and Big Firescald Knob

129 Lovers Leap Rock

130 Max Patch

131 Charlies Bunion

132 Clingmans Dome and Mount Collins

133 Rocky Top

134 Shuckstack

135 Wesser Bald

136 Siler Bald

137 Standing Indian Mountain

138 Ravenrock Ridge

Georgia

GEORGIA TRAIL TABLE

139 Tray Mountain

140 Source of the Chattahoochee

141 Wolf Laurel Top Mountain

142 Blood Mountain

143 Springer Mountain and Three Forks Loop

144 Springer Mountain

Appendix: Trail-Maintenance Clubs

About the Authors

About the Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Back Cover.

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ISBN:

9781634041461

1634041461

OCLC:

1066182663