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Katahdin: A Guide to Baxter Park & Katahdin

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This is an excellent hiking guide to Baxter State Park. It includes history and background of the park as well as a comprehensive guide to all the trails and peaks. It also comes with the best pocket map to the park. I only wish Mr. Clark had included a little more commentary and personality (some sneaks in). He is obviously a passionate expert and a little more depth would be welcome even though this is essentially a trail guide.

Decent book, gives some good info about the history of the park. You can get most of the info from the Baxter park website (about how to make reservations, etc) but it gives detailed descriptions of the campgrounds and really good trail guides. The included map was not all that great, so I ended up buying a larger one.

The current book has no maps, only written mileage and commentary on the trails. the older review must of been earlier printing. You would be better off buying the Maps by DeLorme or Jim Witherell available at most grocery stores up here. I have a 1969 edition of the Katahdin section of the Appalachian Trail edited byJean Stephenson that is more useful than this current book for the hiker/camper.