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Book SynopsisYour Comprehensive Guide to the AT’s Best Day Hikes From Maine to Georgia, the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic destination. Whether you’re an experienced hiker or a casual explorer, let Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes guide you along the way. Summit the iconic Katahdin in Maine, explore Pennsylvania’s Chimney Rocks, splash in Tennessee’s Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls, and find out where Georgia’s Blood Mountain gets its name. Appalachian Trail experts Leonard M. Adkins and Victoria and Frank Logue have carefully selected their top 144 hikes—ranging from less than 1 mile to 11 miles—and present them for you to experience and enjoy. Trail difficulty ratings and profiles, which include point-by-point descriptions of each hike, help to prepare you for what’s ahead. Trailhead maps and driving directions are provided to get you where you need to go. Plus, fascinating flora, fauna, and history tidbits entertain and educate you along all 144 hikes throughout the 14 states of the AT. Discover the best day hikes in this useful guide to the beloved long trail.
Trade Review“Ideal for those who want to experience the AT’s best in short bursts.”
—David Miller, Library Journal
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maine MAINE TRAIL TABLE Katahdin Baxter Ponds Loop Little and Big Niagara Falls Gulf Hagas Barren Ledges Pleasant Pond Mountain Avery and West Peak of Bigelow West Peak of Bigelow and The Horns Sugarloaf Mountain Saddleback Mountain Moxie, Long, and Sabbath Day Ponds Dunn Notch and Falls Baldpate Mountain The Eyebrow Speck Pond New Hampshire NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIL TABLE Mount Hayes Wildcat Mountain Mount Washington Webster Cliffs Ethan Pond Mount Lafayette and Mount Lincoln Mount Liberty Lonesome Lake Mount Moosilauke Wachipauka Pond Mount Cube Smarts Mountain Vermont VERMONT TRAIL TABLE Clarendon Gorge White Rocks Cliff Little Rock Pond Styles Peak Prospect Rock Stratton Mountain Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS TRAIL TABLE Eph’s Lookout Mount Williams The Cobbles and Gore Pond Gore Pond Warner Hill Finerty Pond Upper Goose Pond Cobble Hill Benedict Pond and The Ledges Ice Gulch East Mountain Jug End Jug End and Mount Everett Mount Everett Connecticut CONNECTICUT TRAIL TABLE Bear Mountain and Sages Ravine Lions Head Lions Head and Riga Shelter Rand’s View The River Trail St. Johns Ledges and Caleb’s Peak Indian Rocks Ten Mile River and Hill New York NEW YORK TRAIL TABLE Great Swamp and Corbin Hill West Mountain West Slope of Hosner Mountain Canopus Hill Denning Hill Anthony’s Nose Buchanan Mountain Fitzgerald Falls and Mombasha High Point Eastern Pinnacles and Cat Rocks Prospect Rock New Jersey NEW JERSEY TRAIL TABLE Pinwheel’s Vista Pochuck Crossing High Point Monument Sunrise Mountain and Culver Fire Tower Rattlesnake Mountain Sunfish Pond Pennsylvania PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL TABLE Winona Cliff, Lookout Rock, and Mount Minsi Wolf Rocks Lookout Rock and Hahn’s Lookout Weathering Knob Blue Mountain Bake Oven Knob The Cliffs and Bear Rocks Windsor Furnace, Pulpit Rock, and The Pinnacle Auburn Lookout Table Rock Hawk Rock Boiling Springs Chimney Rocks Maryland MARYLAND TRAIL TABLE Raven Rock, Devils Racecourse, and High Rock Annapolis Rock and Black Rock Cliffs White Rocks Weverton Cliffs C&O Canal Towpath West Virginia and Virginia WEST VIRGINIA TRAIL TABLE Harpers Ferry and Split Rock Devils Racecourse Bears Den Rocks and Lookout Point Compton Gap to Compton Peak Marys Rock Hawksbill Loop Lewis Spring Falls and Blackrock Bearfence Mountain Loop Blackrock Bear Den Mountain Mill Creek Humpback Rocks Hanging Rock Brown Mountain Creek Bluff Mountain Fullers Rocks and Big Rocky Row Apple Orchard Mountain and The Guillotine Hay Rock Tinker Cliffs McAfee Knob Wind Rock Angels Rest and Pearis Mountain Dismal Creek Falls Garden Mountain Chestnut Knob Comers Creek Falls Rhododendron Gap Mount Rogers Buzzard Rock Straight Mountain and the Virginia Creeper Trail Tennessee and North Carolina TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TRAIL TABLE Iron Mountain Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls Dennis Cove Loop Grassy Ridge Roan Mountain Little Rock Knob Cliff Ridge Big Bald White Rocks Cliffs, Blackstack Cliffs, and Big Firescald Knob Lovers Leap Rock Max Patch Charlies Bunion Clingmans Dome and Mount Collins Rocky Top Shuckstack Wesser Bald Siler Bald Standing Indian Mountain Ravenrock Ridge Georgia GEORGIA TRAIL TABLE Tray Mountain Source of the Chattahoochee Wolf Laurel Top Mountain Blood Mountain Springer Mountain and Three Forks Loop Springer Mountain Appendix: Trail-Maintenance Clubs Index About the Authors About the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
