Comprehensive guide to over 750 trails. Includes section on Cape Hatteras.
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North Carolina's incredible variety of hiking trails range from the sands of Cape Hatteras to the majestic Great Smoky Mountains. Veteran hiker Allen de hart knows them all, and for many years has compiled the most comprehensive, authoritative trail information for the entire state. This all-new third edition thoroughly updates de Hart's popular and superlative guide - the best information on North Carolina hiking available. This edition includes exhaustively revised and updated descriptions of more than 900 trails; trail length, difficulty, elevation changes, connecting trails, landmarks, scenery, local wildlife, support facilities, precautions, and special features of each trail; clear and concise directions to trailheads; four color maps on two pull-out sheets showing the locations of all trails. Allen de Hart has been hiking, designing, and constructing trails, and writing about hiking for five decades. He has hiked more than 29,000 miles on 12,000 trails in the U.S. and 18 foreign countries. Off the trail he is a professor emeritus of history and special advisor to the president on cultural affairs at Louisburg College in Lousiburg, North Carolina. (5' x 7', 512 pages)
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No frills, but comprehensive,
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This review is from: North Carolina Hiking Trails, 3rd (Paperback)
If there's a walkway, path, or trail in North Carolina, it's probably in this book. Perhaps more remarkably, the author has hiked every one and measured almost all of them. The descriptions are from his personal journals, augmented by some researched background information on many parks, forests, and important trails.To convey this huge quantity of information in a relatively compact book, the author has adopted a shorthand style that's reminiscent of telegrams and classified ads. The only maps are two large foldouts that show the general locations of the trailheads. However, the lack of trail maps and the terse style make it difficult to understand how various trails interconnect (until you buy the topos). If that bothers you, try Randy Johnson's "Hiking North Carolina."
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Great Book,
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This review is from: North Carolina Hiking Trails, 3rd (Paperback)
Very effective book- presents Hiking Trails in a very descriptive and accurate manner as far as I can tell. Easy to read material.
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