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Thru Hiker's Guide to America: 25 Incredible Trails You Can Hike in One to Eight Weeks (Thru-Hiker's Handbooks)

By E. Schlimmer

Liberty Mountain
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A planning guide to 25 of America's most alluring and most attainable long-distance trails..

If you dream of tackling the Appalachian, Continental Divide, or Pacific Crest Trail but lack the time or resources for a 2,000-mile-plus journey, the Thru Hiker�s Guide to America provides a cache of manageable alternatives. Here are 25 beautiful trails that can be hiked during a vacation of one to eight weeks. From Washington�s 95-mile Wonderland Trail to the 1,300-mile Florida Trail, this thoroughly researched guide covers the entire spectrum of North American geography, climate, and terrain. Whether you're looking for rimrock or alpine meadows, mountain panoramas or forest cloisters, seaside or desert, the Thru Hiker's Guide to America will help you decide which trail is perfect for you..

Following the easy-to-use format, you can quickly find the key attractions of each trail, including natural wonders, scenic vistas, flora and fauna. You�ll also learn important particulars about access to drinking water, campsite availability, and prevailing weather conditions for each trail. E. Schlimmer also includes trail-specific advice from experienced long-distance hikers and Forest Service employees..

�All the options and answers to the question, �what do I want to hike next?� are contained in this book. Choose your season, your distance, your terrain, read this guide, and head off to hike the trail that fits your personal criteria.�--Dick Anderson, International Appalachian Trail president.

Appalachian Trail Hiker, 4th: Trail-proven Advice for Hikes of Any Length

By Victoria Logue

Menasha Ridge Press
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A classic now in its Fourth Edition, The Appalachian Trail Hiker is today's platinum standard for the latest must-have information for the 4 million day, section, and thru hikers who explore the Appalachian Trail each year.

This guide contains: >The latest information on hiking the AT with a GPS >Valuable step-by-step information on preparing to hike the A.T. >Comprehensive Trail Club information, including Web sites >Crucial information on nutrition and diet >Expanded coverage on shelters, cabins, and campgrounds >Details on choosing the best equipment

Stretching more than 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian Trail is the nation's premier long trail, and The Appalachian Trail Hiker is the essential guide for anyone preparing to hike it. With the help of dozens of A.T. hikers, the authors have gathered over 100,000 miles of A.T. experience into this commonsense guide on the nation's oldest trail system.

From boots to cooking gear, The Appalachian Trail Hiker offers essential information on backpacking equipment and prepares hikers to encounter wild animals, beat foul weather, interact with fellow hikers, and more.

Whether backpackers are planning a day hike in New Hampshire, an overnighter in Virginia, a trek through the Smokies, or a thru-hike from Georgia to Maine, The Appalachian Trail Hiker is their passport to unlimited A.T. adventures.

Historic Hiking Trails: A Directory of Over 900 Routes with Awards Available to Hikers

By Steve Rajtar

McFarland & Company
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Approximately 900 hiking trails in the United States take hikers along routes or past sites of historical importance and offer commemorative embroidered patches or other souvenirs of the outing. These trails allow hikers to gain a new appreciation for history and actually experience it, instead of only reading about it—and have something to show for their hike.

The first comprehensive guide to those trails, this work covers routes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia as well as interstate trails. The book categorizes each as historic, meaning that it played some significant role in history; historical, meaning that it takes the hiker by or into buildings or sites that have some relationship to a significant person or event, but do not themselves figure in history; nature or scenic, because of the wildlife or scenery available along the way that can be viewed along with the historical site; or recreational, meaning that the trail was established for the long-distance hiker and history buff. Each entry also tells who the trail's sponsor is, if alternate means of transportation are allowed, location, length, route, type of terrain, what type of awards are given and any associated costs, registration requirements, and sites along the trail.

Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers' Companion

By Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association

Appalachian Trail Conference
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Thru-hikers--those who attempt to hike all 2,175 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Georgia and Maine in a single journey--have special needs for information on services near the trail essential to their adventure of a lifetime. Veterans of this adventure from the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association volunteer each year to check on changes in towns (motels, post offices, restaurants, laundromats, etc.) and work with the trail's managers at the Appalachian Trail Conference to note changes along the footpath itself.

The result is the Companion, all a thru-hiker needs to find water and services yet still have room for the unexpected. Included are a special glossary of thru-hiker jargon, toll-free numbers for gear manufacturers, and short guides to mammal tracks and bird calls. It's spiral-bound for ease of use on a hiking trail with a pack on your back.

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