Rail-Trails Southeast

Rail-Trails Southeast

Author: Rails-to-Trails-Conservancy

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2012-01-15

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0899977081

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The official guidebooks for the nationwide rail-trails system, the new Rail-Trails series books have an easy-to-use layout and design, clear maps, and precise trip descriptions. With 55 rural, suburban, and urban trails spanning 630 miles, Rail-Trails Southeast covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. Visit historic battlefields, see the world's largest cast-iron statue, travel through a gorge, and watch beavers and herons along the Southeast's historic rail-trails. Includes two-color maps for each trip and succinct directions.


Rail-Trails Florida

Rail-Trails Florida

Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2016-04-18

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0899978207

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Florida visitors are often surprised by both the beauty of its trails and by the great variety of its landscapes. Although Florida doesn't have any mountains, it does offer trails with views of everything from beaches and bluffs to prairies and wetlands. In this comprehensive trail guide, you'll find some of the best, most beautiful trails in Florida. Many of the trails were converted from unused railroad corridors to become some of the best multiuse rail-trails in the state. In this guidebook, experts from Rail-to-Trails Conservancy present their final list of the top trails and rail-trails in Florida, selected from more than 100 in the state. In addition to details about each trail, Rail-Trails Florida also provides information about trail amenities, including restrooms, parking facilities, and water fountains.


The Official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Guidebook

The Official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Guidebook

Author: David Gluckman

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Published in cooperation with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, these regional destination guides to U.S. rail-trails examine particular states & regions, highlighting the most popular trails, those that provide the greatest recreational opportunities, & others of special interest.


Florida's Paved Bike Trails

Florida's Paved Bike Trails

Author: Jeff Kunerth

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Published: 2023-05-02

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 0813073146

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Since the release of the first edition of Florida’s Paved Bike Trails, the Sunshine State has added more than 200 miles of multiuse asphalt and concrete paths. This updated edition of the best-selling guide to bicycling in Florida adds twenty-three new trails to an already impressive roster, offering cyclists—as well as rollerbladers, joggers, and walkers—vital details on over sixty trails across Florida. From where to find parking, water, restrooms, and benches, to how to reach nearby beaches, restaurants, museums, and other attractions, the authors expertly guide readers through Florida’s beautiful terrain.


Rail-Trails West

Rail-Trails West

Author: Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0899974899

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In this newest edition in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the best of the West. With 70 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through 1,050 miles, Rail-Trails West covers 60 trails in California, eight in Arizona, and two in Nevada. Many rail-trails offer escapes from city life, like the Mount Lowe Railway Trail, high above the buzzing Los Angeles basin on a rail line vacationers once took to a mountaintop resort. Others offer the pure sensory thrill of sweeping terrain, like Arizona's 7-mile Prescott Peavine Trail. Still more juxtapose the natural world with the railroad's industrial past, like Nevada's Historic Railroad Hiking Trail, which passes through five massive tunnels to reach Hoover Dam. Every trip has a detailed map, directions to the trailhead, and information about parking, restroom facilities, and other amenities. Many of the level rail-trails are suitable for walking, jogging, bicycling, inline skating, wheelchairs, and horses.


Mountain Bike! Florida

Mountain Bike! Florida

Author: Steve Jones

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780897322317

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A comprehensive guide to the trails and biking opportunities in Florida, listing 84 rides that cover more than 1,200 miles.


Biking Ohio's Rail Trails

Biking Ohio's Rail Trails

Author: Shawn E. Richardson

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 1996-03

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781885061164

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Biking Ohio's Rail-Trails shows all of the major bicycling trails in the state of Ohio, most of which were converted from abandoned railroads. Included are trail length, surface, use, parking, points of interest, 41 detailed maps of the trails, locator maps, addresses, and other resources.


From Rails to Trails

From Rails to Trails

Author: Peter Harnik

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1496226550

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If, as Wallace Stegner said, the national park is “the best idea we ever had,” the rail-trail is certainly a close runner-up. Part transportation corridor, part park, the rail-trail has revolutionized the way America creates high-quality, car-free pathways for bicyclists, runners, walkers, equestrians, and more. It was only a few decades after railroad barons had run roughshod over America’s economy and politics that they began to shed nearly one hundred thousand miles of unneeded railroad corridor. At the same time, bicyclists were being so thoroughly pushed off ever-more-intimidating roadways they came close to extinction. Through political organizing and lawyerly grit, an unlikely, formerly marginalized advocacy arose, seized on seemingly worthless strips of land, and created a resource that is treasured by millions of Americans today for recreation, purposeful travel, tourism, conservation, and historical interpretation. From Rails to Trails is the fascinating tale of the rails-to-trails movement as well as a consideration of what the continued creation of rail-trails means for the future of Americans’ health, nonmotorized transportation networks, and communities across the country.


Florida Trail Hikes

Florida Trail Hikes

Author: Sandra Friend

Publisher:

Published: 2024-04-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780813080529

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A guide to the best scenic day hikes and overnight trips along the state-spanning Florida Trail, this book helps readers of all backgrounds and experience levels plan an adventure exploring natural Florida.