A Guide to the Knobstone Trail
Indiana's Longest Footpath
Will be published approx. on 1. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-253-22297-8 (ISBN)
Description
The comprehensive field guide to Indiana's Knobstone Trail
One of the most beautiful footpaths in the country, the Knobstone Trail offers a spectacularly rugged, 58-mile trek through 40,000 acres of forested land in southern Indiana.
A Guide to the Knobstone Trail provides readers with all they need to know to make the best of hiking this challenging trail. Charts indicate camping and water locations, while up-to-date maps provide topographical information, elevations, and where horse trails intersect hiking trails. First-person accounts, trip diaries, local lore about trees, wildflowers, and animal life, plus the latest GPS information and elevation data are included.
Lavishly illustrated with 60 photographs and 19 maps,A Guide to the Knobstone Trail is an easily portable guide and is an essential backpacker's tool for a safe and memorable adventure.
One of the most beautiful footpaths in the country, the Knobstone Trail offers a spectacularly rugged, 58-mile trek through 40,000 acres of forested land in southern Indiana.
A Guide to the Knobstone Trail provides readers with all they need to know to make the best of hiking this challenging trail. Charts indicate camping and water locations, while up-to-date maps provide topographical information, elevations, and where horse trails intersect hiking trails. First-person accounts, trip diaries, local lore about trees, wildflowers, and animal life, plus the latest GPS information and elevation data are included.
Lavishly illustrated with 60 photographs and 19 maps,A Guide to the Knobstone Trail is an easily portable guide and is an essential backpacker's tool for a safe and memorable adventure.
Reviews / Votes
"Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel. April 2011"-Nuvo Green Guide"[A]n attractive and useful guide book ... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel.July, 2011"-Nuvo
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
41 color illus., 24 b&w illus., 19 maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-22297-8 (9780253222978)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Foreword by Marion T. Jackson
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. History and Perspectives
1. The Lion's Share of the Work
2. The Rough and Hard Labor
3. The End of an Era
4. Elements of the Knobstone
Part 2. Hiking the Knobstone Trail
5. Journey Preparation
6. The Deam Lake State Recreation Area
7. Deam Lake to Jackson Road
8. Jackson Road to New Chapel
9. New Chapel to Leota
10. Leota to Elk Creek Lake
11. Elk Creek Lake to John Stuart Oxley Memorial
12. John Stuart Oxley Memorial to Spurgeon Hollow
13. Delaney Creek Park
Part 3. Reflection
14. Closing Contemplation
Part 4. Supplementary Materials
Directions to Parks and Trailheads
Evolution of the Trail Maps
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. History and Perspectives
1. The Lion's Share of the Work
2. The Rough and Hard Labor
3. The End of an Era
4. Elements of the Knobstone
Part 2. Hiking the Knobstone Trail
5. Journey Preparation
6. The Deam Lake State Recreation Area
7. Deam Lake to Jackson Road
8. Jackson Road to New Chapel
9. New Chapel to Leota
10. Leota to Elk Creek Lake
11. Elk Creek Lake to John Stuart Oxley Memorial
12. John Stuart Oxley Memorial to Spurgeon Hollow
13. Delaney Creek Park
Part 3. Reflection
14. Closing Contemplation
Part 4. Supplementary Materials
Directions to Parks and Trailheads
Evolution of the Trail Maps
Bibliography
Index