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Hiking and traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway : the only guide you will ever need, including GPS, detailed maps, and more / Leonard M. Adkins.

Summary:

"This comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed description of every official trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But that's just the beginning: veteran hiker Leonard M. Adkins includes information on every trail that touches the Parkway, including the Appalachian Trail, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, and other public pathways on national park, state park, national forest, municipal, and private lands. You'll find GPS coordinates for official Parkway trailheads, along with fifty maps and many photographs of what you'll see along the way. Adkins notes each trail's length, difficulty, points of interest, handicap accessibility, and natural features. Far more than a guide to the trails, this book also tells you what to expect at overlooks, as well as where to dine, sleep, and find a restroom, and suggests worthwhile side trips. Elevation change charts for bicyclists, minimum tunnel heights for RVs, camping recommendations, roadside bloom calendars, sightseeing information for nearby towns, and other advice make this the perfect companion for your next Parkway adventure."-- Publisher description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781469608198
ISBN: 1469608197
Physical Description: xiii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Introduction 1 -- A Short History of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Parkway 4 -- How to Use This Book 7 -- Mountains-to-Sea Trail 11 -- Advice and Precautions 12 -- Blue Ridge Parkway Regulations 16 -- 2 Rockfish Gap to the Roanoke River: Blue Ridge Parkway Miles 0-114.8 19 -- 3 Appalachian Trail 93 -- 4 Roanoke River to Julian Price Memorial Park: Blue Ridge Parkway Miles 114.9-296.9 121 -- 5 Tanawha Trail 223 -- 6 Julian Price Memorial Park to Us Route 441: Blue Ridge Parkway Miles 297-469.1 237.