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Best CT Hiking Guide Available, May 4, 2000
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This review is from: 50 Hikes in Connecticut: From the Berkshires to the Coast (Paperback)
Connecticut residents who love the outdoors should consider this guide. The Hardy family offers an impressive array of hikes for people of all skill levels. Each hike is thoroughly researched and includes detailed maps and photographs. I relied heavily on the maps and found them to be 100% accurate. The site descriptions are especially helpful. They include driving directions, parking instructions, and well-informed commentary about the trail itself. You will know precisely what vegetation or bird life to look for at specific points during your trip. Keep this book open during your hikes to fully appreciate the experience. Logical organization enables efficient selection of hikes by region or length. Readers should be assured that this truly is a Connecticut book. The authors do not discriminate in favor of the oft-traversed northwest region. Connecticut hikers would do well to have this guide in their backpack.
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Potentially useful but with drawbacks, June 16, 2010
This review is from: 50 Hikes in Connecticut: From the Berkshires to the Coast (Paperback)
The authors have clearly dedicated a lot of time to this book and to the trails of Connecticut. However, it comes across as a rather disorganized attempt.
For starters the actual trails have no logical organization; trail 50 could be right next to trail 1 on the map. This isn't a major gripe, but I found it odd. A more severe shortcoming may be that the trail guides are overly specific, as in useless if you don't follow the exact routes that the author did. And therein lies my biggest gripe, I'm the type of person that would never follow someone else's route because I want to make my own discoveries and explorations based upon the framework of the trail maps. Which also highlights another potential drawback, the maps are topographically detailed, but poor at detailing the actual trails. I would be hesitant to use these maps as my sole reference when out and about and would much rather have a copy of the official map or one from the Connecticut Walk Book.
If you have already studied the park website and/or the Connecticut Walk Book this could potentially provide you with supplemental information and the most detailed topographical maps of the bunch. But I can't say that it offers anything substantially new over those resources, unless you enjoy following a predetermined route during your adventures.
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Hiking, December 9, 2010
This review is from: 50 Hikes in Connecticut: From the Berkshires to the Coast (Paperback)
Great book with helpfull info for new Hikers and seasoned Hikers. It helps to have the option to pick a hike that fits in a time slot, location & weather.
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