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The North South Trail: A Guide for Traveling Across Rhode Island for Hikers, Equestrians, and Mountain Bikers

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As a avid hiker and naturalist, I found this guide to be the best and detailed ( it includes interesting historical facts of sites this trail transverses) guide I've ever used. It would useful to the most experience outdoorsmen to the novice hiker. I highly recommend it.

"The North South Trail" is a remarkably thorough field guide to this premier path through Rhode Island. The author has expertly manipulated 1:24,0000 US Geological Service maps to create large scale details for 34 trail sections. This handy guide and an orienteering compass are all you really need to navigate the North South Trail.

Trail descriptions for each of the 34 sections comprise most of the text. Chapters on Getting There, and Camping Along The Trail, and an appendix, and index all add the the thoroughness of this excellent guide. I particularly like the photography of rural Rhode Island, and the pronunciation guide for places such as Quonochontaug.

somewhat hard to read, chapters seam to skip around. Once you figure it out,it's invaluable. Would not hike without it!!

Vanover's work is the best way to approach the North-South Trail of Rhode Island and should be the standard that all "big" trails use to detail their routes. Numerous maps are in place to assist the hiker in learning the "lay of the land" along with prose descriptions that eliminate any confusion of where to go when the markings are scarce or confusing. With numerous parking spot details, the user can assault the NST at any pace they care to even going so far as "through hiking" with a backpack and access to the camp spots scattered along the route. The book relates a number of interesting historical, geographical, and natural factoids to give the hiker something to pause and consider and realize there's more than just a "route" involved. The NST is Rhode Island's AT/PCT, so if you are a hiker and live in Rhode Island, get out and do it!