Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Ultimate Travel Guide to America's Most Popular Scenic Roadway
4. Auflage
Erschienen am 15. Oktober 2022
360 Seiten
978-1-4930-6385-7 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
There has never been a better time to explore the Blue Ridge Parkway! This updated edition of Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway is ideal for anyone who uses the Parkway as a portal to the Southern Appalachian experience. It includes the best trails in the national forests, state parks, and private preserves that line the 469-mile roadway-from the southern end of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina-making it a single-volume solution for the serious explorer, whether on foot or by car.
Look inside to find:
Hikes suited to every ability, from 0.1-mile nature walks to 13-mile backpacks, with options for longer treks
Accurate directions to both popular and less-traveled trails
Up-to-date trail descriptions and detailed trail maps
Difficulty ratings and elevation gain for each hike
Mileage log for the entire Parkway and a guide to wildflowers
Tips for zero-impact hiking, trail etiquette, and hiking with kids
Look inside to find:
Hikes suited to every ability, from 0.1-mile nature walks to 13-mile backpacks, with options for longer treks
Accurate directions to both popular and less-traveled trails
Up-to-date trail descriptions and detailed trail maps
Difficulty ratings and elevation gain for each hike
Mileage log for the entire Parkway and a guide to wildflowers
Tips for zero-impact hiking, trail etiquette, and hiking with kids
Weitere Details
Reihe
Auflage
4th Edition
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Globe Pequot Press
Dateigröße
88,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-6385-7 (9781493063857)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
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Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Randy Johnson is an authority on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the author of Hiking North Carolina and Best Easy Day Hikes Blue Ridge Parkway (both FalconGuides). He was previously the longtime editor of United Airlines' award-winning in-flight magazine, Hemispheres.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Foreword
- How to Use This Guide
- Introduction
- HIKING THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
- LIFE ON THE PARKWAY
- THE CLIMATE
- BEING PREPARED
- LEAVE NO TRACE
- HIKING WITH PETS
- HIKING WITH KIDS
- TRAIL ETIQUETTE
- MAP LEGEND
- The North-Central Blue Ridge
- 1 HUMPBACK ROCKS RECREATION AREA
- 2 GREENSTONE SELF-GUIDINGTRAIL
- 3 WINTERGREEN MOUNTAIN RESORT TRAILS
- 4 THREE RIDGES WILDERNESS
- 5 WHITE ROCK FALLS CIRCUIT AND SHERANDO LAKE RECREATION AREA HIKES
- 6 SAINT MARY'S WILDERNESS
- 7 CRABTREE FALLS
- 8 YANKEE HORSE OVERLOOK TRAIL
- 9 INDIAN GAP TRAIL
- 10 OTTER CREEK RECREATION AREA
- 11 JAMES RIVER WATER GAP
- 12 JAMES RIVER FACE WILDERNESS
- 13 THUNDER RIDGE TRAIL AND WILDERNESS
- 14 APPLE ORCHARD FALLS TRAIL AND CORNELIUS CREEK CIRCUITS
- 15 PEAKS OF OTTER
- 16 ROANOKE AREA TRAILS
- The Blue Ridge Plateau
- 17 BUCK MOUNTAIN TRAIL
- 18 SMART VIEW LOOP TRAIL
- 19 ROCKY KNOB RECREATION AREA
- 20 MOUNTAIN INDUSTRY TRAIL AT MABRY MILL
- 21 ROUND MEADOW CREEK TRAIL
- 22 BLUE RIDGE MUSIC CENTER
- 23 CUMBERLAND KNOB RECREATION AREA
- 24 DOUGHTON PARK
- 25 JUMPINOFF ROCKS TRAIL
- 26 E. B. JEFFRESS PARK
- The High Country
- 27 MOSES CONE MEMORIAL PARK
- 28 JULIAN PRICE MEMORIAL PARK
- 29 TANAWHA TRAIL AND THE PARKWAY AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN
- 30 GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN
- 31 BEACON HEIGHTS FROM THE PARKWAY AND VIA THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEATRAIL
- 32 FLAT ROCK SELF-GUIDING LOOP TRAIL
- 33 LINVILLE GORGE AREA
- 34 LINVILLE FALLS RECREATION AREA
- 35 LINVILLE GORGE WILDERNESS
- 36 CHESTOA VIEW LOOP TRAIL
- 37 CRABTREE FALLS RECREATION AREA
- 38 MOUNT MITCHELL
- 39 CRAGGY GARDENS
- The Southern Appalachians
- 40 MOUNT PISGAH AREA TRAILS
- 41 GRAVEYARD FIELDS LOOP
- 42 SHINING ROCK WILDERNESS
- 43 DEVIL'S COURTHOUSE TRAIL
- 44 RICHLAND BALSAM SELF-GUIDINGTRAIL
- 45 WATERROCK KNOB TRAIL
- Blue Ridge Parkway Mileage Log
- Appendix A: Wildflowers Are Blooming!
- Appendix B: Contact Information
- Hike Index
- About the Author
