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The Appalachian Trail Hiker is a one-stop guide to preparing for and hiking the A.

Anza Borrego Desert State Park is the largest desert park in the United States, drawing approximately 650,000 visitors per year.

One of the South's premier cities, Atlanta is home to an abundance of spectacular hiking and walking destinations.

Known as the City of Parks, Louisville has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation.

Carefully researched on foot, hiking enthusiast Jordan Summers introduces area residents and visitors to an array of the best day hikes from casual riverside nature hikes to rugged foothill treks within roughly an hour's drive of Sacramento.

Five-Star Trails: Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia details the 40 best hikes in and around Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol as well as the surrounding areas of Abingdon, Elizabethton, Greenville, and Rogersville.

In the first decade of the 21st century, Birmingham is building again on its natural resources, but this time it's not to fire steel-making smokestacks.

60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Cincinnati covers the best and oftentimes little-known hiking destinations within 60 miles of the greater Cincinnati area.

Best Tent Camping: Virginia takes outdoor enthusiasts to the most beautiful, yet lesser known, of the state's campsites, guaranteeing a peaceful retreat.

Spanning from southern Connecticut up to the top of the mighty Katahdin, Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England by local author Lafe Low is a thorough reference to 45 day hikes on the Appalachian Trail in New England.

With so many superb trails in the New York City area, planning a hike can be a frustrating endeavor.

The South Carolina Upcountry is gaining more popularity and people visiting will need to know how to discover all it has to offer.

From Linville Gorge to the Davidson River Valley, the land comprising Pisgah National Forest has been a source of pleasure to hikers for generations.

How did a mountain get the name Moose's Bosom?

This is a handy pocket guide for the day hiker with easy-to-follow directions to the high country and peaks surrounding Telluride and beyond.

Northern Colorado offers an exhilarating blend of recreational activities and beauty from alpine meadows and wild canyons to peaceful forests.

This rich, enthusiastic guide to the Tucson, Rincon, Santa Catalina, and Santa Rita Mountains has been completely revised.

The Flat Tops Wilderness Area is unique, a high plateau at 11,000 feet.

Truly Great Adventures Begin with a Best Friend at Your SideIt s a great big wonderful world out there so big that most young hikers, experienced or not, would do well to enlist the help of a capable guide.

Avid hiker Coco Rae shares her extensive knowledge and her love of exploration at one of New Mexico's greatest treasures in this updated and expanded edition of Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve.

This classic hiking guide to Albuquerque's Sandia Mountain is completely updated with color photographs, up-to-date trail descriptions, detailed maps, additional GPS data, and modified difficulty ratings for many of the featured hikes.

The hiking trails in the Sandia Mountains are one of the great assets of Albuquerque, for residents and visitors alike.

On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Nina Shengold embarks on a challenge: to walk the path surrounding the Catskills' glorious Ashokan Reservoir every day for a year, at all times of day and in all kinds of weather, trying to find something new every time.

A guide to 27 great day hikes and overnight backpacking trips on the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.

The how-to book for long-distance hikers who want to finish.

41 day hikes and overnight trips in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

When recent graduate Michelle Pugh sets out to fulfill a childhood dream of hiking the A.

"e;Recipes for hikers seeking an alternative to the expensive, often boring, freeze-dried prepared meals that are sold in stores.

32 day hikes and overnight trips in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

The National Outdoor Leadership School's official guide to finding your way in the wilderness.

Imagine a 7-year-old boy asking his father if they can hike the entire Appalachian Trail, and then imagine that the father says yes.

Collection of highlights from twenty-one Appalachian Trail blogs.

The keystone of the NOLS library, the Cookery has been a trusted and reliable resource used in the field by NOLS students and instructors for 50 years.

Three-time thru-hiker J.

*; Leave No Trace, minimum impact skills and ethics *; New research and field experience prescribe better minimum-impact techniques for wilderness use *; Expanded information on camping practices *; How far you should camp from water, where to pitch your tent, how to build a fire or if you should build one in the first place *; Respecting and caring for wildlands, doing your part to protect our limited resources and future recreation opportunities *; Trampling, litter, waste disposal, fire use, wildlife health, and protecting cultural resources

*; The National Outdoor Leadership Schools official guide to finding your way in the wilderness *; Covers all navigational techniques, from map and compass to GPS and gives instructions on taking bearings and planning routes on USGS maps *; Up-to-date information on tools, equipment, and software For wilderness travelers, good navigation ability can mean the difference between a successful day hike and an unplanned overnight stay.

*; The guide for planning a successful trip, short or long *; Research access to public land, domestic and international *; Create a budget and find additional funding *; Choose essential gear, with checklists for personal and group gear *; Plan food and fuel requirements *; How to prepare mentally and physically *; Health issues, including insurance, illnesses, and injuries *; Transportation and lodging *; How to deal with risks in the wilderness *; Leave No Trace principles for sustainable travel

*; 78 hikes, including 4 backpacking trails *; Updated and expanded edition with several newly blazed trails *; Paths to scenic vistas, waterfalls, and natural wonders *; Detailed maps and first-hand descriptions of each hike *; Color photos of the regions remarkable beauty *; Essential information on duration, distance, difficulty, elevation, and highlights along the way

A fascinating portrait of the community of people-and one cat-who've traveled the trail end to end, by the founder of the Appalachian Trail Museum.

Choosing and operating a compass, interpreting maps, navigating in the wild, and handling outdoor emergencies.

Map and compass reading, programs and courses, skills quizzes and exercises, conditioning and nutrition advice, and rules for competitors.

A guide to 122 hikes to more than 300 publicly accessible waterfalls .

Whether youre just setting out for a day hike or are planning to trek all the way from Maine to Georgia, Backpacker Magazines Guide to the Appalachian Trail is the definitive guide to the most famous footpath in the nation.

Stories of the original trailblazers and the first thruhikers.

The complete reference to recommended trails in the state.

How to plan and prepare for a long-distance hike on the Appalachian Trail.

The Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania covers 500,000 acres and is nationally known for its many established hiking trails.

Hiking guide to the states biggest tourist areaVaried hikes are appropriate for all abilitiesAn easy-to-use guidebook to more than 40 favorite hikes in northeast Pennsylvania (north of Route 78, east of Route 15).

Sisters Lucy and Susan Letcher begin their barefoot thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail.