Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage by Danny Bernstein

Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage by Danny Bernstein

Western North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains are some of the oldest on earth, boasting old-growth forests, pristine streams, and ancient heath balds with stunning views. This guide includes 72 great day hikes ranging from 1 to 13 miles, with destinations like the stone tower of Hanging Rock State Park, Max Patch on the Appalachian Trail, the Opera Box at Chimney Rock State Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway's Craggy Gardens, the waterfalls of Linville Gorge, and Gregory Bald in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Each entry includes complete driving and hiking directions, maps, trailhead GPS coordinates, elevation gain, trail highlights, and related historical anecdotes, plus books and movies set in each locale.

Bernstein, Danny: - Danny Bernstein's mission is to get people out of their cars and walking. She's been a committed hiker for over forty years, completing the Appalachian Trail, all the trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST), and many other hiking challenges. Danny hikes and leads hikes for the Carolina Mountain Club, Friends of the Smokies, and other outdoor groups. She's written two hiking guides, Hiking the Carolina Mountains and Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, and a narrative on her MST hike, The Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina. She blogs at www.hikertohiker.com. In her previous life, she worked in computer science for thirty-five years, long before computing was cool, first as a software developer, then as a professor of computer science. Her motto is no place is too far to walk if you have the time. She plans to die with her boots on.

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ISBN 13	9781889596211
ISBN 10	1889596213
Title	Hiking North Carolina's Blue Ridge Heritage
Author	Danny Bernstein
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Milestone Press (NC)
Year published	2009-03-30
Number of pages	384
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