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

Victoria Logue (Author), Frank Logue (Author)

Book Description

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

When you just have two or three days to hike, this is the perfect primer to get you where you want to be, when you want to be there.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...I relived many hikes and dreamed of others. Any hiker will find this book enjoyable and useful. -- The Caledonian-Record, July 23, 2004

Anyone from day hiker to "thru-hiker" can experience every bit of this wonderful, wooded-walking path. -- The Boston Globe, August 22, 2004 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

You love to backpack, 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 for any backpacker - novice or experienced. (6 x 8 3/4, 208 pages, maps, icons, illustrations)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (July 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897321391
• ISBN-13: 978-0897321396
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,906,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 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: Overnight Hikes (Paperback)

Just bought this and Best of the AT Day 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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not enough information, not useful, October 13, 2008

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

I was very unhappy when I received this book. I have many hiking guide books and they all have been useful. This book won't be at all. There are no maps even remotely helpful, no good directions to the trailhead, no good info on shelters, campsites, no good info on trail difficulty/rating ... I have other hiking books of specific areas, like North Carolina, the Northeast, Virginia.... They all have much more useful details about the best AT trails within their borders. Don't waste your money on this book.