Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests [Paperback]

Linda Chestney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1996

The exploding popularity of mountain biking, nationally and locally is understandable. You're away from road traffic. You commune with nature. You get exercise. What more could you want?

With over 164,000 acres of state parks, forests, and nature areas, New Hampshire is a mecca for mountain bike adventures. Because of the overwhelming popularity of mountain biking in the state, and an ever-increasing demand for a book of trails on state-owned properties, Linda Chestney recognized the need for this guidebook.

Chestney, long-time cyclist and author of Bicycling Southern New Hampshire, presents rides, maps, and easy-to-use information for all levels of mountain bikers. From the intricate network of trails in Franconia Notch to the breathtaking, nine-mile Sugar River Trail ride where two of only five historic covered railroad bridges left in the US reside, the rides in this book deliver just what you expect from New Hampshire -- beautiful wilderness and classic New England scenery.

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From the Publisher

6 x 9 trim. 13 illus. 34 maps. LC 95-50711

About the Author

LINDA CHESTNEY is also the author of Bicycling Southern New Hampshire and Bicycling New Hampshire's Seacoast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Nicolin Fields; 1st edition (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963707736
• ISBN-13: 978-0963707734
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,875,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific for family and Leisure Riders!, April 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests (Paperback)

This book is so perfect for family and for leisure riders! It is not the "carry-your-bike-up-the-legdge-and bushwhack-through-the-bushes" kind of book. Rather, you're biking on pine-needle covered trails a lot and having a chance to share in nature. It if perfect for starting a family tradition. The author does a super job of combining riding with your kids and doing other things (watching great blue herons fish, observing beavers building their lodges at a state reservoir, a visit to a science center on the Seacoast that's a part of a state park--Odiorne Point).

My kids look at this as such a family thing to do. I want to cultivate this kind of activity with my family so that video games and other sedentary activities take a back seat.

It's a gift to have all these state resources in the scenic state of New Hampshire readily available for the taking. Count me in! Let's go summer--load those bikes up. Don your helmets, kids. We're ready to roll. Ride softly!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good start, prepare to get lost though., October 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests (Paperback)

This book is a great start when you are looking for places to bike in New Hampshire. However, beware of the maps provided in this book, they are very general and WILL GET YOU LOST. I would advise using the book to select a ride then getting a topographical map of the area, or, obtaining a Forestry Service map. Either way, you are preparing yourself for a fun day of riding in a great state! Let's face it, getting lost riding is fun, right up until it's nighttime and getting cold.

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, February 10, 2009

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This review is from: Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests (Paperback)

This is a good book used it alot last summer hope to do more riding in the spring.