Customer Reviews

Hiking Trails of the Smokies

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This book is all you will ever need for any existing hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It details hundreds of trails and includes a trail map of the park. Each trail description is highlighted with an altitude profile that shows elevation changes over mileage. The profile also pinpoints junctions with trailheads, scenic areas, or other landmarks. The book is lightweight so it is easily carried in a pack and it is a bargain for the information it contains.

This is an excellent reference book for hiking trails in the Smokies. All maintained trails are listed and a description of the trail is given by qualified personnel. The length of the trail, highlights (i.e., interesting features), cautions (i.e., steam crossings, poisonous plants,hunting area), map key, use (horse or hiking), and directions on how to get to the trailhead. Very good book for beginners or experienced hikers. The book is compact and easily fits in a daypack for reference along the trail: also comes with a trail guide map of the Smokies. I like the book because maps are included of each trail showing elevation changes in the trail and a precise description of the trail outlining junctions with other trails, stream crossings, and historic features of the trail.

I have several books on the trails in the Smokies, but this is by far the most comprehensive in terms of the number of trails covered and the information covered on each trail. A "must have" for anyone planning a hiking trip in the Smokies. The trail profiles are great.

This book (sometimes called "The Little Brown Book" is by far the best guide to hiking trails in the Smokies. By some miracle of book design, they managed to get comprehensive descriptions of all the officially-maintained trails in the park into a book that you can fit into a jacket pocket. If you only get one book on trails in the Smokies, this is the one you need.

This was a great guide in preparing to go to the Smokies and hike with my husband. It lists locations, how far, how difficult, etc.

Along with a good map, all the info you need about hiking in the Smokies.

Bought this book used for a recent trip to the Smokies and took it on every hike. It is compact and packed with great info on hikes. Found it to be accurate for each hike we did. Only improvements I would make would be to add a rating for each hike (easy, moderate, strenuous) and to standardize how the narratives are presented. Latter wouldn't be all that easy given that the pieces are written by different authors but I would like to see the same or at least similar info presented for each hike. Even without these changes though I give the book 5 stars

I have used this book as my definitive guide to hiking in the Smokies for the past 15 years. It gives very detailed descriptions, a bit of history, and elevation guides that can't be beat. The only downfalls (and the reason I took away a star) are the weight of the book and its lack of waterproofing material. While it is compact, it is dense with pages and information making it weigh quite a bit in a backpack on a trail. Overall, this book is well worth the money!