Description
Book SynopsisThe South''s best day hikes on the Appalachian Trail!
Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: South details 45 hikes along the AT from the trail''s southern terminus atop Georgia''s Springer Mountain north through North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. These superlative treks visit overlooks, waterfalls, rivers, lakes, and wilderness, as well as scenic, cultural, and historical siteseven trail towns. This selection of hikes reflects the great variety of features the southern AT provides, and the guide is authored by the Southeast''s most experienced outdoor writer, Johnny Molloy.
Table of Contents
Overview Map
Overview Map Key
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Hiking Recommendations
Introduction
Georgia
1 Springer Mountain Circuit
2 Long Creek Falls
3 Preaching Rock
4 Slaughter Creek Loop
5 Blood Mountain Loop
6 Rocky Mountain
7 Tray Mountain Wilderness
Tennessee and North Carolina
8 Standing Indian Mountain
9 Silers Bald
10 Wesser Bald Tower
11 Shuckstack Loop
12 Spence Field–Russell Field Loop
13 Clingmans Dome Vistas
14 Charlies Bunion
15 Mount Cammerer
16 Max Patch
17 Lovers Leap
18 Big Firescald Loop
19 High Rocks Vista
20 Highlands of Roan
21 Big Hump Mountain
22 Laurel Falls
23 Watauga Lake Hike
24 Views from Vandeventer
25 Cross Mountain
Virginia
26 Damascus Loop
27 Mount Rogers via Elk Garden
28 Mount Rogers High County
29 Chestnut Knob
30 Angels Rest
31 Mountain Lake Wilderness
32 Kelly Knob
33 Dragons Tooth
34 McAfee Knob
35 Apple Orchard Falls Loop
36 Ottie Powell Memorial
37 The Priest
38 Humpback Rocks Loop
39 Blackrock Summit
40 Falls Loop from Browns Gap
41 Rapidan Camp Loop
42 Lewis Spring Falls Loop
43 Stony Man Loop
44 Marys Rock via The Pinnacle
45 Sugarloaf Loop
APPENDIX A: Contact Information
APPENDIX B: Appalachian Trail Communities
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY
