Our new book, available now, A Bark In The Park: The 48 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Black Hills rates the best dog-walking destinations with your best friend in mind. How's the trail surface? Any water out there? What hazards are waiting for dogs on the trails?
DonÕt own a dog? Author Lucinda Schuft brings along enough local lore, botany, geology and architecture in this lively guide to entertain two-legged hikers as well.
The Black Hills region can be a great place to hike with your dog. Within a short driving distance you can hike on leafy trails, climb mountains that leave you and your dog panting, walk through some of the most historic forests in America, and even find a place to go for a swim.
...Where can your dog walk on the site of the first nuclear plant in the United States? (page 51)
...Where can your dog walk where Kevin Costner "danced with wolves? (page 59)
...Where can you walk your dog around the first memorial ever erected to President Theodore Roosevelt? (page 91)
No Dogs!
Is there any more dispiriting day for a dog owner than driving to a new park and encountering the dreaded ÒNO DOGSÓ sign? A Bark In The Park: The 48 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Black Hills lists area parks that donÕt welcome dogs. Also packed inside these 144 pages are...
...a listing of area dog parks
...tips on outfitting your dog for a hike
...tips on practicing low impact hiking with your dog
...15 Cool Things To See With Your Dog On Reno/Lake Tahoe Trails
A Bark In The Park: The 48 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In The Black Hills features 19 whimsical drawings by Andrew Chesworth.
The days are getting crisper and weÕre sure youÕll want to get out with your dog and walk in the pawprints of Presidential dogs (page 67), walk your dog across old railroad bridges (page 125), walk your dog among castle-like sandstone buildings (page 81)...
