Customer Reviews

Take a Hike! : Family Walks in the Rochester Area

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Bought the book yesterday and did the 8.2 mile hike on the Hojack Trail in Webster where I live. It was easy to find, the history about the trail in the book was interesting and we are looking forward to finding other hikes around our home we didn't know were there! Very user friendly book. After each hike there is a place where you can jot down notes, great for keeping track of hikes you want to repeat.

This book is an excellent tool for hikers. If you're not an avid hiker it has tips for you so you can learn. Accurate to the regional area, and covers many trails I didn't know about! Good Buy

The book is a has many trails I never hear of. It rates them and gives a little history about the trail. I wished I bought it earlier. I bought it used and was a very good value, the only damage was the corners of the cover, the rest was in new condition.

While I certainly appreciate the effort, and the passion the authors have to spread the good word about good hiking trails and walks in the local area, the maps are at times inconsistent with trail markings, trail heads are not well described or directed, and further notation as to whether more detailed trail maps are available from a park site, etc... would be helpful. This is not an easy to follow book if one does not already know about the trail in question.

My husband, who is a teacher and home with the kids all summer, has a hiking morning with them once a week, using this book as his guide. Everyone loves it. The kids were 4 and 6 last year when they started and I think this is something they will enjoy for years. I can't believe how many trails are so close by and so interesting in different ways, and I can't imagine how we'd know about them otherwise. No one with kids wants to just set off on a walk and have no idea how far it will go before looping back!

Never hiked with young kids? Doesn't seem fun? Try it. They love looking for the trail blazes, and feeling like they are exploring. Let them lead and explore, and rather than dragging their feet grumping about the walk, they are peaceful and happy. (However, our kids do not consider it a hike unless it is in the woods. Fortunately, this book describes the scenery and terrain.)

I appreciate this book even more since the kids have wanted to hike while we were visiting my parents south of Buffalo. That area offers a lot of interesting parks as well as Zoar Valley and Allegany State Park, but getting information about trails is tough. My biggest complaint about this book is that we got spoiled and we want the same sort of information about every park and trail in the state!

5 minutes after receiving this book I learned something that I have shared with friends as far as New Jersey! Great book, I look forward to hitting some of the trails listed. The only thing I wish this book had that it doesn't is child friendly. I travel with a 3 year old and 10 month old and would love to know just how "child friendly" the terrain is. BUT since that is ever changing I can see how that type of information would be difficult to track and the book does allow sections for notes :)

There is a new edition of this book. It is fully updated & expanded to cover 60 trails. The new edition is ISBN # 0965697479. Type this number in the search field to read about the new edition.