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100 Hikes in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Second Edition

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You don't have to just hike the Appalacian trail if you visit the Smokey Mountain National Park....and this book proves it. Packed with information about the parks and it's trails and non-trail hiking, it's a good book to pack for that vacation you are taking to the area. For day hikes, overnight hikes, or thru hikes of the area, this is a good resource.

This book is great for anyone visiting or living nearby the smoky mountains. With one hundred trails detailed in the book it has most every trail you have heard of. Each section covers regions of the park and their popular trails. Each of the trails has a little history, trail description, elevation, directions, etc. I bought this book after researching all the other books on these mountains. This one I found to be the most informative if you are looking for a book that guides you along most of the trails in the park. Not only does the book walk you through the trail, it gives you a brief history which is really interesting. Definitely a bargain of a book with what it packs in the pages.

Any book by Russ is great and this is no disappointment. If you wanna know a lot of trails in the area then this is a great start.

I miss a simple map with all the hikes marked. You always have to search the one you need out of 24 detail maps. And exept for the cover no page is in colour. Don't get me wrong - the hikes in the book are nice ones. But I like it simple - with better coloured maps and just basic information about the hikes. An approx. duration of the hikes would be helpful, too.

First off, I was thrilled to get this book on time. There was plenty of time that we could choose the hikes that looked interesting before arriving at GSNP. After arrival and exploring some hikes mentioned we found the information was accurate and extremely helpful. Each hike has a black/white drawn map and gives not only the length of the hike but the elevation and grade. The descriptions are well written. Hikes are listed by groups in the area of the park. Each night after returning we would eagarly search for more hikes. I couldn't help myself constantly telling my husband how glad I was to have bought this book! The only drawback of this book might be the larger size (about 7 x 10 x 1.75" thick should you want to carry it in your pocket. (We left ours in the car while hiking).

This is a great book for locating trails in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is organized well and the maps are great. You can do your research before you leave, or you can just take the book with you on the hike. Excellent.

I love this book as well as the other Russ Manning guide books. Although I try to keep books in great shape this one is so well used that it is dog-eared, written in, and just generally bent from all of the backpacking it has done. I rely on the guide book to get me to new heights in the Smokies. Russ Manning does a great description with the maps and with the hikes. And I know that he keeps up with the changes in the terrain since I have met him on one of my hikes in the Smokies.