Explorer's Guide The Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains
3rd Edition
Published on 28. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-88150-748-5 (ISBN)
Description
Hargan reveals where to find local produce, crafts, and music, and leads travelers to the region's many historic homes and museums. In this third edition, he has updated recommendations for scenic drives along the Blue Ridge Parkway and gentle walks in the mountains; outdoor activities from white-water rafting to bicycling to hiking the Appalachian Trail.
In addition, this comprehensive and best-selling guide to the region includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from barbecue to four-star cuisine; maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, rainy day activities, and lodgings that accept pets.
In addition, this comprehensive and best-selling guide to the region includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from barbecue to four-star cuisine; maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, rainy day activities, and lodgings that accept pets.
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Series
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Publishing group
WW Norton & Co
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Black-and-white photographs and maps throughout
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
698 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88150-748-5 (9780881507485)
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New editions
Book
08/2012
4th Edition
Countryman Press Inc.
€22.00
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Previous edition
Jim Hargan
BLUE RIDGE/SMOKY MOUNTAIN 2E PA
Book
06/2005
Countryman Press Inc.
€38.56
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Person
Jim Hargan is a world traveler whose writing and photographs have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Field & Stream, among many others. He the author of the Explorer's Guides The Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, The Photographer's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway, and The Photographer's Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.