Exploring in and Around Boston on Bike and Foot - Softcover

Sinai, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878239813 ISBN 13: 9781878239815

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 1999

Synopsis

These 40 walks, hikes, on-road bike tours, and mountain-bike trails throughout the Boston area are all accessible by public transportation.

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From the Publisher

Review and Description of Book
"Heaven, as Thoreau said, is under our feet as well as over our heads; and it's all around us in Boston, as Lee Sinai's glorious guide reveals. The pleasure of walking, running, biking are closer than Tuscany, cheaper than New York, more fun than Disney World." - Christopher Lydon, host of The Connection, WBUR, Boston's NPR news station

Newly revised, Exploring in and around Boston of Bike and Foot offers scenic tours of the Boston region. The city and its suburbs are blessed with a wealth of natural places: forested parks and preserves, urban green spaces, scenic shores. Now you can discover them-as well as important historical and cultural sites-in this selective guide to forty great walks, hikes, on-road bike tours, and mountain bike trails throughout the Boston area, all accessible by public transportation.

Each chapter includes all you need for a great excurision:

-comprehensive descriptions of a special walk, hike, bike tour, or mountain bike trail

-distance and difficulty, from easy to challenging

-detailed maps of routes and nearby attractions

-notes on local nature history, culture, architecture, and more

-additional on-route services:food and drink, restrooms, recreational options

-directions to each tour by private and public transportation

-updated contact information

From the Back Cover

Newly revised, 'Exploring in and around Boston on Bike and Foot' offers scenic tours of the Boston region. The city and its suburbs are blessed with a wealth of natural places: forested parks and preserves, urban green spaces, scenic shores. Now you can discover them - as well as important historical and cultural sites - in this selective guide to 40 great walks, hikes, on-road bike tours, and mountain bike trails throughout the Boston area, all accessible by public transportation. Each chapter includes all you need for a great excursion: comprehensive descriptions of a special walk, hike, bike tour, or mountain bike trail; distance and difficulty, from easy to challenging; detailed maps of routes and nearby attractions; notes on local nature, history, culture, architecture, and more; additional on-route services: food and drink, restrooms; recreational option; directions to each tour by private and public transportation; and updated contact information. (6 X 9, 350 pages, index, appendices, illustrations, maps, black-and-white photos)

About this edition

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1878239813
• ISBN 13: 9781878239815
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 350