Off the Beaten Path: A Guide to More Than 1,000 Scenic & Interesting Places Still Uncrowded and Inviting (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Explore America’s lesser-known travel treasures! This bestselling vacation planner offers innovative ideas for quick day trips and memorable vacations for travelers of every temperament, penchant, and budget. Organized alphabetically by state, the completely revised and updated travel guide boasts almost 200 new sites, nearly 400 stunning new photographs, and all-new, detailed road maps. It shows you where to go, how to get there, and what you need to know before you begin your adventure, with a wide variety of suggested trips, including:

- Climbing the top of an Indian burial mound in Ohio
- Strolling down America’s oldest street in New York City
- Navigating jumbled lava beds in Oregon
- Discovering New Hampshire’s castle in the clouds
- And more!

With Off the Beaten Path, you can easily plan a unique and enjoyable vacation tailored to your tastes. From ancient amazements to historic adventures, rugged thrills to natural wonders, your next trip will be your best ever! --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association; 1990 Printing edition (April 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895772531
• ISBN-13: 978-0895772534
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #989,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for those who love to explore America., August 30, 1999

By	T. Caperton "tcape" (Whiteville, NC...USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is indispensable for those wanting scenic, out-of-the-way places that are (for the most part) not major tourist attractions. In my 6-week cross-country trip, this book was extremely helpful in finding the best routes and the places with the least crowds. If you like discovering small-town America and beautiful places few of your friends can say they've seen, this book is for you. I love the national parks and other major attractions, but also want to find the interesting places where the crowds don't gather. This book helped me do that. It's a must for those who love to travel and explore.

97 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Falls a little short, November 25, 2003

By	"massajd" (Hartford, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Off the Beaten Path (Off the Beaten Path: A Travel Guide to More Than 1,000 Scenic) (Hardcover)

I ordered this volume anticipating that it would be as interesting as it's sister volume "The Most Scenic Drives in America" which I would recomend highly.
"Off the Beaten Track" would be of interest to someone who perhaps hadn't done as much domestic travel as we have. For someone who's looking for a guide for unique sights and items off the beaten track I would recomend "Road Trip USA" by Jamie Jensen as a more valuable and interesting resource in this regard.
It's typical Reader's Digest high quality printing and presentation with just a bit too "plain vanilla" content for this traveler.

72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Off The Beaten Path, March 27, 2000

By	Edward J. Kelly V (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We have a motor home and love finding out of the way places. This is a great resource that we have used often. Unfortunately we tried to use it in 1999 and several of the "places" no longer exhisted. Because they are off the beaten path, we had traveled many miles off our route to our disappointment. We wish a revised edition was available