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Book SynopsisYour Comprehensive Guide to the AT’s Best Overnight Hikes From Maine to Georgia, the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic destination. Whether you’re an experienced backpacker or a casual explorer, let Best of the Appalachian Trail: Overnight Hikes guide you along the way. Traverse Virginia’s Three Ridges, enjoy North Carolina’s Mount Cammerer Loop, and summit Vermont’s Killington Peak. Appalachian Trail experts Leonard M. Adkins and Victoria and Frank Logue have carefully selected their top 64 hikes—ranging from 10 to 30 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 64 hikes throughout the 14 states of the AT. Discover the best overnight hikes in this useful guide to the beloved long trail.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maine MAINE TRAIL TABLE Rainbow Lake Nahmakanta Lake to Abol Bridge Cooper Pond to Nahmakanta Stream Barren–Chairback Range Little Wilson and Big Wilson Falls Moxie Bald, Bald Mountain, and Horseshoe Canyon Bigelow Range Loop Saddleback Range Hike of the Five Ponds Bemis Range Loop The Baldpates Mahoosuc Range New Hampshire NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIL TABLE Gentian Pond The Northern Presidential Range Zealand Falls, Ethan Pond, and Webster Cliffs Franconia Ridge and Lonesome Lake Western New Hampshire Vermont VERMONT TRAIL TABLE Eastern Vermont Pico Peak Killington Peak Little Rock Pond to Clarendon Gorge Stratton Mountain and Lye Brook Wilderness Loop Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS TRAIL TABLE Mount Greylock Loop Finerty Pond to Benedict Pond Jug End, Mount Everett, and Sages Ravine Connecticut CONNECTICUT TRAIL TABLE Housatonic River to Ten Mile Hill New York NEW YORK TRAIL TABLE Shenandoah Mountain to Bear Mountain Inn Harriman State Park New Jersey NEW JERSEY TRAIL TABLE Pochuck Crossing and Wallkill Valley Kittatinny Mountains Delaware Water Gap and Kittatinny Mountains Pennsylvania PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL TABLE Wind Gap to Delaware Water Gap Blue Mountain The Pinnacles and Pulpit Rock Hawk Rock and the Cumberland Valley South Mountain Maryland MARYLAND TRAIL TABLE Annapolis Rock to Pen Mar Park West Virginia and Virginia WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA TRAIL TABLE South and North Marshall Loop Stony Man and Big Meadows Southern Shenandoah Mill Creek and Humpback Mountain Three Ridges Loop Bald Knob to The Priest Thunder Hill to Jennings Creek Dragons Tooth, McAfee Knob, and Tinker Cliffs Angels Rest and Dismal Creek Falls Virginia Highlands Traverse Fairwood Valley and Mount Rogers Loop Tennessee and North Carolina TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TRAIL TABLE Iron Mountain Traverse Grassy Ridge and The Humps Traverse Bald Mountains State Line Traverse Max Patch and Hot Springs Mount Cammerer Loop Mount Collins and Clingmans Dome Russell Field, Spence Field, and Rocky Top Loop Northern Nantahala Traverse Wayah Bald and Siler Bald Standing Indian Loop Georgia GEORGIA TRAIL TABLE Tray Mountain Wilderness Tesnatee Gap to Woody Gap Blood Mountain Loop Woody Gap and Springer Mountain Springer Mountain and Three Forks Loop Appendix: Trail-Maintenance Clubs Index About the Authors About the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
