Customer Reviews

Hike Pennsylvania (Hike America Series)

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The book is mostly on hikes of less than 10 miles. It is divided into sections of PA and each section has some hikes for wildlife, scenery and good views from ridges. I'd have liked some 50 mile hikes, though. If you've been hiking in your section for a few years, then I would look elsewhere for information (you've probably been on most of the trails mentioned).

This book has been very useful and helpful!! Ive hike some of these trails and the book tells all

I've used this book since 2001 & up until this past week loved it. The descriptions, distances, & landmarks were always accurate. Both my wife & I felt this was the best guide we owned. Consequently we took it as gospel. Now I'm wondering, since it's not been updated since 2001, if some of its out of date.

My wife & I hiked Trail 33 - Conemaugh Gorge last Thursday. We picked it because of the views described in the write up. But once on the trail we soon found there are no views. All of the overlooks are overgrown. It's like hiking in a green tunnel. We hiked Trail 37 - Mt. Davis Natural Area last Monday. The trail was boring and we couldn't find the last turnoff & ended up hiking back to the car on a road. So things have changed in 8 years. If the guide is updated I'll buy it as soon as it comes out. In the mean time, I'll continue to use it, but with caution.

Our qualifications: We've been hiking for over 40 years & consider ourselves very experienced. We can easily hike 12 miles a day, climb 3000 ft in elevation, and do this at or above 11,000 ft elevation.

This is by far the best book for Pennsylvania. It has topographical maps of every trail from Northern Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania, and Southern Pennsylvania. I use this book whenever I want to hike Hawk Mountain, the Pinnacle, or bang hammers on Ringing Rocks. If you like the outdoors and want scenic views of Pennsylvania then this is the book for you! 170 of the best trails in PA from beginner to advanced. I'm a PA born hiker and I approve this book!

Without a doubt, this is the worst trail guide that I have ever used. I have done two of the hikes and I am afraid to try it again. I have found distances to be wrong, landmarks to be wrong and even trail names to be wrong. On the first hike, I was lost for nearly two hours before I was able to locate a cut-off trail at a point other than the supposedly well marked intersection. On the second, my companion and I spent an hour looking for an intersection that was poorly described. Both hikes have also included rather unattractive segments trough parking lots and along logging trails. Last summer I hiked in Poland and found more utility in trail guides written in Polish (which I don't speak) than in this book. There are several very good Pennsylvania trail guides out there; this just isn't one of them!