The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) [Paperback]

Victoria Logue (Author), Frank Logue (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail | Publication Date: August 1, 1994

Descriptions, maps, and charts for interesting day-hikes along all sections of the Appalachian Trail.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Anyone from day hiker to "thru-hiker" can experience every bit of this wonderful wooded walking path. -- The Boston Globe, August 22, 2004

As I read the books I relived hikes and dreamed of others...Hikers will find this book enjoyable and useful. -- The Caledonian-Record, July 23, 2004 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

You love to day hike, but you can only get out on the trail a few weekends a year. This book was written for you. It is the first guide to cover the length of the Appalachian Trail in a single volume. It doesn't describe every mile of the trail, but offers detailed descriptions of the suggested hikes. The best of the Appalachian Trail is all here in one book. Day hikes in all fourteen states the Appalachian Trail passes through are described in brief, followed by a point-by-point description of the hike and trailhead directions. All of the hikes have been rated for difficulty, and range in length from less than a mile to about eleven miles, so it is easy to find a hike from novice to experienced. (6 x 8 3/4, 208 pages, maps, icons, illustrations)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (August 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897321383
• ISBN-13: 978-0897321389
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,443,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hiking for the fun of it, March 28, 2000

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Alison Sweeney (Fair Lawn, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) (Paperback)

It was incredible to have somewhere to look that didn't give me 45 day journey's. I found the best trails and the steepest trails right at my fingertips. Because of this book, my husband and I decided to spend our week long vacation hiking the trail instead of day trips in NY, NJ and PA!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get in your car and go!, March 29, 2000

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William Ames (State College, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes (Official Guides to the Appalachian Trail) (Paperback)

If you like to hike, but don't like to spend too long in the mountains, this book is for you. Very well thought out and rich in detail, I've found the suggested hikes to be quite accurate in their descriptions, times, etc. One of the hardest things about day hikes is knowing how long it will take, and how you will get started and finished. the authors of this book went to great lenghts to make sure that they give you exactly the kind of information you need. I've hiked about 10 of the trails mentioned in this book, and I loved every mile of them--i even made it back in time for dinner :-)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Books!, July 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes (Paperback)

Just bought this and Best of the AT Overnight Hikes and am really enjoying them. I know I will never hike the whole trail, but these two books give me the best that the Appalachian Trail has to offer without having to hike evey inch of it. The books are well-organized and you can glean a lot of information at a glance; later you can go back and get the specifics of the hikes. This is edition has been a major revision of the first edition with more than a third of the hikes being brand new and all of the hike information--length, difficulty, trail route, driving directions, etc.--updated. I (and you will too) will be making great use of them.