{"product_id":"fivestar-trails-columbus-9780897329668","title":"FiveStar Trails Columbus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLace Up, Grab Your Pack, and Hit the Trails Around Columbus!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive-Star Trails: Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive guide to hiking Ohio's capital city. It rates hikes on the following factors: scenery, trail condition, difficulty, appropriateness for children, and solitude. For each hike, author Robert Loewendick also includes detailed notes on landmarks, flora, fauna, and local history. In this Columbus guide, an impressive collection of routes ranges north, east, south, and west from the metro center, as well as within the urban setting. This area is rich in metro parks, natural areas and preserves, state parks, and state forests. And this diversity of hiking terrain invites all levels of abilities and skills. This guidebook is geared not only to avid trekkers seeking more challenge than a paved neighborhood path, but also to families and senior citizens. Outdoor enthusiasts of every stripe will have reason to grab this book and, well, take a hike. Sized for easy carrying\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOverview Map\u003cbr\u003e Overview Map Key\u003cbr\u003e Dedication\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Recommended Hikes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Central\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park \u003cbr\u003e2. Blacklick Woods Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blendon Woods Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 4. Gahanna Woods: City Park and State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 5. Glacier Ridge Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 6. Highbanks Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 7. Pickerington Ponds Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 8. Prairie Oaks Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sharon Woods Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 10. Three Creeks Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNorth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. Hogback Ridge Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 12. Malabar Farm State Park\u003cbr\u003e 13. Mohican State Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dawes Arboretum\u003cbr\u003e 16. Denison University Biological Reserve\u003cbr\u003e 17. Flint Ridge State Memorial\u003cbr\u003e 18. Hebron Fish Hatchery\u003cbr\u003e 19. Infirmary Mound Park\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSouth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 20. A.W. Marion State Park\u003cbr\u003e 21. Alley Park\u003cbr\u003e 22. Chestnut Ridge Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 23. Clear Creek Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 24. Conkle’s Hollow State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 25. Hocking Hills State Park: Old Man’s Cave\u003cbr\u003e 26. Rockbridge State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 27. Shallenberger State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 28. Slate Run Metro Park\u003cbr\u003e 29. Stage’s Pond State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 30. Glen Helen Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e 31. John Bryan State Park\/Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Outdoor Retailers\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Hiking Clubs\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Author\u003cbr\u003e Map Legend\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Menasha Ridge Press Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359277711703,"sku":"9780897329668","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780897329668.jpg?v=1754124188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fivestar-trails-columbus-9780897329668","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}