Walking the Blue Ridge: A Guide to the Trails of the Blue Ridge Parkway - Softcover

Adkins, Leonard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807854905 ISBN 13: 9780807854907

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003

Synopsis

A guide to hikes of the Blue Ridge Parkway, covering every skill and interest level from five-minute ""leg-stretchers"" to overnight hikes. For this edition the author rehiked many trails, reworked the descriptions of their physical features, added new trails, and deleted ones that have closed.

About this title

Review

"A model of what a guide for hikers and backpackers ought to be."

From the Author

Covers every trail that comes in contact with the Parkway.
Walking the Blue Ridge has detailed descriptions of every trail that comes in contact with the Blue Ridge Parkway. This includes all National Park Service, National Forest Service, state park trails, and even the trails of the privately owned Grandfather Mountain. More than 200 trails in all. I walked each of the trails with a measuring wheel to insure accuracy of mileage. The book has garnered favorable reviews and in now in its third printing, having been updated twice. In addition to route descriptions, there is information on history, plants, animals, geology, and other items of interest you may encounter while walking or hiking. Also included are places you are and are not permitted to camp, facilities along the Parkway, a roadside bloom calender so that you may enjoy the wildflowers, and other Parkway data and information.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807854905
• ISBN 13: 9780807854907
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3