Explorer's Guide The Shenandoah Valley and Mountains of the Virginias

Explorer's Guide The Shenandoah Valley and Mountains of the Virginias

Author: Jim Hargan

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2005-04-19

Total Pages: 467

ISBN-13: 0881505773

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A lively, comprehensive guide to the southern Appalachians, from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to the Monongahela National Forest of West Virginia. With visitation levels that rival Orlando and New York City, the southern Appalachians draw a huge array of weekenders, adventurers, and long-term visitors. This book offers historical insight, outdoor adventure, and all the information most travelers need to plan and enjoy their journey. This guide also serves as an insider's handbook to the nine national parks, offering active travelers the best access points and trailheads for kayaking, biking, and hiking excursions. In addition, this comprehensive guide to the region includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from barbecue to four-star cuisine; up-to-date maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, places of special value, and lodgings that accept pets.


Explorer's Guide The Santa Fe & Taos Book

Explorer's Guide The Santa Fe & Taos Book

Author: Sharon Niederman

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2006-04-17

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1581570287

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This authoritative guide to the historic, mystical hub of the Southwest is highly recommended by Travel + Leisure and New Mexico magazines. This definitive travel guide by one of New Mexico's most highly-respected and widely-published food and travel journalists will appeal to the traveler who seeks an in-depth experience of northern New Mexico. Niederman knows the major attractions, the off-beat cafés, the luxurious spas, the history, back roads, festivals, and the area's scenic beauty like her own backyard. Vivid photographs accompany hundreds of personally recommended lodging and dining establishments, along with her insider's tips for the best places to go sightseeing, shop, or just relax. This is the only guide to Santa Fe and Taos that you will ever need.


Explorer's Guide Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains (Fourth Edition)

Explorer's Guide Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains (Fourth Edition)

Author: Jim Hargan

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2012-06-04

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1581577885

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In a new, updated edition, this comprehensive guide offers full coverage of both sides of the Tennessee–North Carolina divide. In a new, updated edition, this comprehensive guide offers full coverage of both sides of the Tennessee–North Carolina divide. Spend some time in the woods in two of the most popular national parks in the country—Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. You’ll find the best scenic drives, boating, horseback riding, fishing, rock climbing, skiing, and golf, and great local produce, crafts, music, historic homes, and museums in brick-fronted downtowns and bucolic artists’ colonies.


Explorer's Guide Virginia

Explorer's Guide Virginia

Author: Candyce H. Stapen

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2011-07-04

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1581578660

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With Explorer’s Guides, expert authors and helpful icons make it easy to locate places of extra value, family-friendly activities, and excellent restaurants and lodgings. Regional and city maps help you get around and What’s Where provides a quick reference on everything from tourist attractions to off-the-beaten-track sites. Virginia is for lovers—lovers of history, the outdoors, sport, and fine food! Hike and kayak at Belle Isle State Park; soak up Revolutionary history in Colonial Williamsburg; sample Piedmont wines and Eastern Shore crab cakes; or visit Arlington National Cemetery. From ocean to mountains, wildlife sanctuaries to caves, Virginia’s joys are endless.


Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to Chesapeake Bay (Fourth Edition)

Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Northern Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to Chesapeake Bay (Fourth Edition)

Author: Leonard M. Adkins

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2015-05-04

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1581576072

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Great hikes plus the natural and human history of each area. From the rugged summits of the Allegheny Mountains to the gentle shores of Chesapeake Bay, this new edition explores more than 360 miles of pathways with up-to-date information on trail closures, route changes, and new territory. It offers a rich selection of hikes for every degree of physical stamina and for any amount of time you have available, as well as an in-depth exploration of the human and natural history that contributes to the compelling story of the region, noting historic events that occurred nearby and how the landscape itself helped shape those events.


Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in West Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River (Second Edition) (Explorer's 50 Hikes)

Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in West Virginia: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River (Second Edition) (Explorer's 50 Hikes)

Author: Leonard M. Adkins

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2013-06-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1581571747

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"West Virginia native and long-distance hiker and author Leonard M. Adkins has walked more than 400 miles to uncover 50 hikes available to outdoor travelers of all ages and abilities. From rugged Allegheny Mountain summits to the banks of the Ohio River, the author leads you to hikes beside rushing streams and crashing waterfalls, up to windswept plains whose flora and fauna resemble that of Canada's, and into hill country's hidden valleys. Other journeys traverse rocky mountain crests, reveal far-reaching vistas, travel miles of nearly level rail-trails, and explore historic sites and Civil War battlefields. One hike passes by a listing wooden shelter once used by President Lyndon B. Johnson; another goes into a series of tunnels cut through the mountains. The shortest hike is 0.5 mile, the longest is a challenging multiday backpacking trek on the state's premier long-distance route, the Allegheny Trail. An overview chart provides information on the 50 hikes at a glance, making it easy to choose the hike that's right for you. Each hike description includes trailhead directions, total distance, hiking time, vertical rise, a detailed account of the route, and a topographic map"-- Publishers website.


Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads

Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads

Author: Andrea Sutcliffe

Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780895871817

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The 13 tours cover the area from Harpers Ferry to Roanoke. History, folklore, and interesting antecdotes are provided for the sites along the routes. Black-and-white photographs and maps are included.


Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park

Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park

Author: Ann Simpson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-06-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1493067249

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This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Shenandoah National Park is an information-packed book that introduces park visitors to animals, plants, insects and more that reside in the Shenandoah Valley in a colorful, easy-to-use package. Including full-color photos and easy-to-understand descriptions and with full cooperation from the park association, this book will appeal to the 1.1 million visitors who travel to Shenandoah every year.


Explorer's Guide West Virginia (Second Edition) (Explorer's Complete)

Explorer's Guide West Virginia (Second Edition) (Explorer's Complete)

Author: Leonard M. Adkins

Publisher: The Countryman Press

Published: 2011-05-02

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 1581579268

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More than half of the country's population lives within a day's drive of West Virginia, and savvy travelers have known that it is the playground of the East. Whether you’d like to visit historic sites; take scenic drives or walking tours; go hiking, biking, whitewater rafting, or fishing; or take in museums small and large, author Leonard Adkins steers you to the best that West Virginia has to offer. The locals know where to find hidden swimmin’ holes, waterfalls, and the best barbecue joints, and now you will too! Features detailed, opinionated reviews of dining and lodging places as well as tools to help you plan and make the most of your trip.


Moon Virginia & Maryland

Moon Virginia & Maryland

Author: Michaela Riva Gaaserud

Publisher: Moon Travel

Published: 2014-03-04

Total Pages: 952

ISBN-13: 1612385699

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Area native and current Virginia resident Michaela Gaaserud provides travelers with an insider's perspective on two of the nation's most historically significant states. An experienced guidebook author, Gaaserud offers up original trip ideas to help visitors make the most of their time, such as Five Days for the Active Traveler and the Seven-Day Historical Road Trip and Pub Tour. With comprehensive coverage for all interests—from strolling Embassy Row and visiting the monuments in Washington, DC to hiking in Shenandoah National Park, from getting some sun on Colonial Beach to seeing the Beauregard Civil War Cemetery—Moon Virginia & Maryland gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience. This ebook and its features are best experienced on iOS or Android devices and the Kindle Fire.