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Hiking the Red: A Complete Trail Guide to Kentucky's Red River Gorge

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For those who plan on visiting the Red River Gorge for the first time as well as for those familiar with this natural treasure, Stone and Warne's new book is a valuable and enjoyable companion. It offers the reader pragmatic information on where to go and what to do, but it also gives more: a sense of love for the Gorge and its environs and gentle reminders to tread lightly and leave no trace in this much-loved and much-visited area.

This book is amazingly thorough and more up-to-date than a couple of other books about the same region - ex: Kentucky's Land of the Arches - it was a good book, but was written in the 70's, updated in the 80's, and the trails and markers have been modified since then. On the flip-side, though, Land of the Arches has some great local lore included in the trail descriptions...

The only drawback to Hiking the Red is its price: it's a great guide if you regularly hike the Gorge region, but probably not worth the money if you're just going on one casual trip.