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Hiking North Carolina Guide Book

by Randy Johnson (Falcon Publishing)
Hiking North Carolina

384pp/photos/maps
ISBN: 0762731389

This newly revised and expanded edition of Hiking North Carolina describes nearly 500 routes from the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smokies – Eastern America’s highest mountains – across the rolling Piedmont, to the Outer Banks archipelago. Choose a challenging backpack adventure on the Appalachian Trail, an easy family ramble on an urban greenway, a trek through a lush subtropical enclave, or a hike to photograph wildflowers and waterfalls. Features: guaranteed binding – if the binding fails, the publisher will replace the book for free; accurate directions to the trailhead; detailed trail descriptions, and GPS-compatible maps; and difficulty ratings, elevation gains, and more for every featured hike.

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... Preview: Each spring nearly 1,500 people hoist unbelievably heavy packs onto their backs and strain down a misty trail, intent on accomplishing the most difficult task of their lives: going the length of the A ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Bakersville, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 318 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: Any hiker in North Carolina, especially a mountain-lover, eventually gets to hip, happenin’ Asheville. More Blue Ridge Parkway visitors enter and exit the road in Asheville than at any other place. Th ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 9 miles
... Preview: A short nature trail on a spectacular but private barrier island. Additional hikes in the martitime forest. Public access is available for the ferry fee. Descriptions of the following trails are inclu ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Southport, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 1 miles
... Preview: The Glen Burney Trail makes it easy to wander away from your lodging on quaint village streets to virgin timber and tumbling waterfalls. This trail has been in use since the earliest days of human hab ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Blowing Rock, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 3 miles
... Preview: Boone, a granola-inclined college town, home of Appalachian State University, is the hub of what’s called the High Country corner of northwestern North Carolina. But there are two sides to the High Co ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Boone, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 3.5 miles
... Preview: North Carolina’s Outer Banks are among the top island destinations in the East. Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the first such seaside park in the nation, makes up the bulk of this 80-mile island cha ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Manteo, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 12.6 miles
... Preview: Opportunities are excellent on these islands for all types of undeveloped recreation, from shellfishing to hiking, surf fishing, hunting, beach-combing, camping, and swimming. But the weather and elem ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Ocracoke, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.9 miles
... Preview: The Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Department boasts a diverse system of trails, with 35 miles of trails in five nature preserves and another 22 miles in eight urban greenways. This award-win ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Charlotte, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 28 miles
... Preview: Visitors enter Chimney Rock Park from the picturesque tourist town of Chimney Rock. Cross the Rocky Broad River and take the Three Mile Road through a mature forest with several nice picnic spots alon ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 4.5 miles
... Preview: This is one of western North Carolina’s best waterfall hikes—especially on a sunny spring day after significant rain. Descriptions of the following trails are included: the Crabtree Falls Loop Trail. From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.5 miles
... Preview: How can names like Craggy Gardens, Craggy Dome, and Craggy Pinnacle not inspire hikers? Visible from all over northwest North Carolina, these barren crests offer awesome views. As the Blue Ridge Parkw ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Asheville, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 9.6 miles (About Top Trails)
... Preview: Four great hikes in eastern North Carolina’s only national forest include three nature trails—Cedar Point Trail explores a tidal marsh; Island Creek Forest Walk wanders through a rare, coastal virgin ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Newport, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 31 miles
... Preview: As the closest, most dramatic mountain park to Charlotte, “crowders” may say it all. Despite occasional crowded weekends, a variety of existing trails and a major new expansion of acreage and ambitiou ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Charlotte, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 23.3 miles
... Preview: Cumberland Knob is where construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway started. This is the high road’s first recreation area. At 2,860 feet, Cumberland Knob isn’t a spectacular peak, but the 1,000-acre encl ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Sparta, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 2.5 miles
... Preview: The Blue Ridge Parkway’s Doughton Park rears to bulging meadows and dramatic headlands. The ridge that carries the Parkway encircles Basin Cove, a watershed more than 2,000 feet deep. This isolated, 6 ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Sparta, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 26.1 miles
... Preview: Duke Forest was formed from farms and woods in the 1920s to buffer the developing campus of Duke University. More than 100 species of trees have been recorded. The predominant species is pine, of many ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Durham, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 10 miles
... Preview: One of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s best self-guiding interpretive trails and evocative artifacts of human habitation make E. B. Jeffress Park a truly wonderful stop for hikers. Jeffress Park, one of the ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Blowing Rock, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 1.6 miles
... Preview: This short waterfall hike is tucked into an isolated tract of Pisgah National Forest near the border with Tennessee. This trail is a popular 0. 5-mile round-trip saunter after church on Sunday for loc ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Elk Park, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 0.5 miles
... Preview: The park’s 24 miles of blazed trails usually follow the river and its rocky bluffs, passing through forests of sycamore, river birch, ash, and musclewood. But the trails also wander away from the rive ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Durham, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 31.1 miles
... Preview: Grandfather Mountain is a rocky, spectacular summit known to tourists for great views from its privately owned road and Mile-High Swinging Bridge. The peak is one of the region’s premier natural areas ... From the guidebook "Hiking North Carolina"
Blowing Rock, NC - Hiking - Trail Length: 24.4 miles

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