| Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Southern Virginia: From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean Contributor(s): Adkins, Leonard M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0881507288 ISBN-13: 9780881507287 Publisher: Countryman Press OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: A thoroughly revised and updated edition, with four new hikes. "The Roanoke Times" calls Leonard M. Adkins "a great hiking writer," and for this new edition of "50 Hikes in Southern Virginia" he has thoroughly updated all of the hike descriptions. Working in concert with the administrative personnel of the many national forest ranger districts, state parks, national wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and national parks, he re-hiked many of the trails, and four of them are so completely different that they qualify as entirely new outings. Closed services and facilities have been deleted, new ones have been added, and relevant Web sites are now included in the contact information. 50 color photos, 51 maps, index. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - Senior - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) |
| Dewey: 917.520 |
| Series: Explorer's 50 Hikes |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.04" W x 8.96" (1.05 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
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| Publisher Description: The Roanoke Times calls Leonard M. Adkins "a great hiking writer," and for this edition of Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Southern Virginia he has thoroughly updated all of the hike descriptions. Working in concert with the administrative personnel of the many national forest ranger districts, state parks, national wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, and national parks, he re-hiked many of the trails, and four of them are so completely different that they qualify as entirely new outings. Closed services and facilities have been deleted, new ones have been added, and relevant Web sites are now included in the contact information. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adkins, Leonard M.: - Leonard M. Adkins has walked the length of the Appalachian Trail four times and has logged more than 16,000 miles in backcountry areas of North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. The author of numerous books on hiking and the outdoors, he has been awarded the National Outdoor Book Award and a Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award. Adkins lives in Virginia. |