Exploring The Appalachian Trail Hikes In The Southern Appalachians
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Author |
: Timothy P. Spira |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 2015-03-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469622651 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469622653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians by : Timothy P. Spira
If you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants--or simply would like to learn more about them--you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Tim Spira's guidebook links waterfalls and wildflowers in a spectacularly beautiful region famous for both. Leading you to gorgeous waterfalls in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia, the book includes many hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. As he surveys one of America's most biologically diverse regions, Spira introduces hikers to the "natural communities" approach for identifying and understanding plants within the context of the habitats they occupy--equipping hikers to see and interpret landscapes in a new way. Each of the 30 hikes includes: * a detailed map and GPS coordinates * a lively trail description highlighting the plants you are most likely to see, as well as birds and other animals along the way * an associated plant species list Also featured: * beautiful color photographs of 30 destination waterfalls, 125 plants, and more * detailed descriptions of 125 key plant species * 22 drawings to help identify plant structures * a glossary of botanical terms
Author |
: Jack Igelman |
Publisher |
: The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0898869668 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780898869668 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Trekking the Southern Appalachians by : Jack Igelman
A guide book to treks in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Georgia--chosen for their unique natural features or cultural or historical legacy--includes 25 treks, each with three itineraries and camp options. Original.
Author |
: Doris Gove |
Publisher |
: Stackpole Books |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780811710633 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0811710637 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in the Southern Appalachians by : Doris Gove
How to use this book -- Hiking : the basics -- Packing your pack -- Finding your way -- Appalachian trail history -- Georgia -- North Carolina -- Tennesee/North Carolina -- Tennessee.
Author |
: Charles H. W. Foster |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D000052612 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Appalachian National Scenic Trail by : Charles H. W. Foster
In 1968, management of the Appalachian Trail shifted from control by an informal alliance of private-citizen volunteers to a designated responsibilty of the National Park Service. To protect it from adverse development, Congress had made the trail part of the national park system and endorsed an unique private/public cooperative management system involving scores of private organizations and public jurisdictions. The volunteers still have the lead role in defining the work, but public agencies have the accountability. This June 1987 history is the inside story of how the pieces of that puzzle were put together, by the chairman of a group of volunteers and state-appointed officials that crafted this model of private/public stewardship of public recreational lands.
Author |
: Joshua Niven |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2022-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781493060719 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1493060716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Discovering the Appalachian Trail by : Joshua Niven
From beginners to thru-hikers, Discovering the Appalachian Trail has something for anyone that wants a connection with the nation’s longest marked footpath at approximately 2,181 miles. Starting at Springer Mountain in Georgia and finishing far to the north in Maine’s Mount Katahdin, the A.T. crosses 14 states, 6 national parks, and 8 national forests. Taking on the A.T. is a pilgrimage because of both its beauty and accessibility. Let Joshua Niven and Amber Adams guide you across the best trails that the Appalachian Trail has to offer. Complete with full-color photography, you’ll also have hikes suited to every ability, mile-by-mile directional cues, sidebars, and maps.
Author |
: Bill Bryson |
Publisher |
: Anchor Canada |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2012-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385674546 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385674546 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Walk in the Woods by : Bill Bryson
God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Author |
: Joe Miller |
Publisher |
: The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1594850542 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781594850547 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis 100 Classic Hikes in North Carolina by : Joe Miller
North Carolina's classic hikes are described in this guidebook to the state's best trails
Author |
: Paul Stutzman |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2012-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780800720537 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0800720539 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hiking Through by : Paul Stutzman
With breathtaking descriptions and humorous anecdotes from his 2,176-mile journey along the Appalachian Trail, Paul Stutzman reveals how immersing himself in nature and befriending fellow hikers helped him recover from a devastating loss.
Author |
: Victoria Logue |
Publisher |
: ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages |
: 350 |
Release |
: 2011-04-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781459618046 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1459618041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Best of the Appalachian Trail Day Hikes by : Victoria Logue
Day hikes in all fourteen states the Appalachian Trail passes through are described in brief, followed by a point-by-point description of the hike and trailhead directions. Hikes range in length from less than a mile to eleven miles....
Author |
: Ben Montgomery |
Publisher |
: Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2014-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781613747216 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1613747217 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grandma Gatewood's Walk by : Ben Montgomery
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.