Hiking Indiana, 2nd: A Guide to the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures (State Hiking Guides Series) [Paperback]

Phil Bloom (Author)

Book Description

Series: State Hiking Guides Series | Publication Date: March 23, 2010

State Hiking Series

 

Each guide includes:

- Hikes suited to every ability

- Accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails

- Up-to-date trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cues
- Detailed trail maps and GPS coordinates

- Difficulty ratings, average hiking times, and best hiking seasons for each hike

- Trail Finder for best hikes with dogs, children, great views, or wildlife viewing

- Information on fees and permits, contacts, events and attractions, restaurants and accommodations, canine compatibility, and more

- Zero-impact and wilderness safety tips and techniques

 

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This second edition of Hiking Indiana adds several new trails to the choice selection in this guide. It points readers to the often-overlooked trove of natural treasures across the Hoosier State, from the living sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan to the glacial lakes of the northeast to the rugged topography of the southern hill country.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; Second edition (March 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076273843X
• ISBN-13: 978-0762738434
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #90 in Books > Travel > United States > Regions > Central

More About the Author

Phil Bloom is an award-winning journalist and lifelong resident of Indiana with a deep interest in nature that was cultivated at an early age.

An avid hunter, angler, hiker and camper, Bloom was introduced to the great outdoors on family trips led by his parents. He broadened his outdoor experiences as a Boy Scout and earned the coveted rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting's highest achievement.

He also is a certified Indiana Master Naturalist.

The knowledge and skills Bloom developed from those experiences came in handy in his professional life, where he spent the last 16 years of a 33-year newspaper career as outdoors editor for the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette. His reporting on the newspaper's popular weekly outdoors page received numerous state, regional and national awards. The outdoors page itself was twice honored as the nation's best by the Outdoor Writers Association of America, the world's largest organization of professional outdoor communicators.

He joined OWAA in 1991 and served as the group's president from 2008-09.

His travels as an outdoor writer have taken him from the Everglades of Florida to old growth forests of Oregon, from the majestic peaks of Glacier National Park to the raging waters of the New River Gorge in West Virginia.

Since retiring from the newspaper profession in 2007, Bloom has worked as director of communications for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. In that capacity, he is editor of Outdoor Indiana magazine, which has been telling the DNR story for more than 75 years.

He is the author of Hiking Indiana (Globe-Pequot), which recently was released in an updated 2nd edition. Hiking Indiana highlights more than 70 of the best adventures in the Hoosier state, from family-friendly day hikes to the challenging Knobstone Trail that stretches for 57 miles through the rugged ridges and valleys of southern Indiana.