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Your Comprehensive Guide to the AT's Best Day Hikes
From Maine to Georgia, the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic destination. Whether you're an experienced hiker or a casual explorer, let Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes guide you along the way. Summit the iconic Katahdin in Maine, explore Pennsylvania's Chimney Rocks, splash in Tennessee's Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls, and find out where Georgia's Blood Mountain gets its name. Appalachian Trail experts Leonard M. Adkins and Victoria and Frank Logue have carefully selected their top 144 hikes—ranging from less than 1 mile to 11 miles—and present them for you to experience and enjoy.
Trail difficulty ratings and profiles, which include point-by-point descriptions of each hike, help to prepare you for what's ahead. Trailhead maps and driving directions are provided to get you where you need to go. Plus, fascinating flora, fauna, and history tidbits entertain and educate you along all 144 hikes throughout the 14 states of the AT. Discover the best day hikes in this useful guide to the beloved long trail.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Maine
MAINE TRAIL TABLE
Katahdin
Baxter Ponds Loop
Little and Big Niagara Falls
Gulf Hagas
Barren Ledges
Pleasant Pond Mountain
Avery and West Peak of Bigelow
West Peak of Bigelow and The Horns
Sugarloaf Mountain
Saddleback Mountain
Moxie, Long, and Sabbath Day Ponds
Dunn Notch and Falls
Baldpate Mountain
The Eyebrow
Speck Pond
New Hampshire
NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIL TABLE
Mount Hayes
Wildcat Mountain
Mount Washington
Webster Cliffs
Ethan Pond
Mount Lafayette and Mount Lincoln
Mount Liberty
Lonesome Lake
Mount Moosilauke
Wachipauka Pond
Mount Cube
Smarts Mountain
Vermont
VERMONT TRAIL TABLE
Clarendon Gorge
White Rocks Cliff
Little Rock Pond
Styles Peak
Prospect Rock
Stratton Mountain
Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS TRAIL TABLE
Eph's Lookout
Mount Williams
The Cobbles and Gore Pond
Gore Pond
Warner Hill
Finerty Pond
Upper Goose Pond
Cobble Hill
Benedict Pond and The Ledges
Ice Gulch
East Mountain
Jug End
Jug End and Mount Everett
Mount Everett
Connecticut
CONNECTICUT TRAIL TABLE
Bear Mountain and Sages Ravine
Lions Head
Lions Head and Riga Shelter
Rand's View
The River Trail
St. Johns Ledges and Caleb's Peak
Indian Rocks
Ten Mile River and Hill
New York
NEW YORK TRAIL TABLE
Great Swamp and Corbin Hill
West Mountain
West Slope of Hosner Mountain
Canopus Hill
Denning Hill
Anthony's Nose
Buchanan Mountain
Fitzgerald Falls and Mombasha High Point
Eastern Pinnacles and Cat Rocks
Prospect Rock
New Jersey
NEW JERSEY TRAIL TABLE
Pinwheel's Vista
Pochuck Crossing
High Point Monument
Sunrise Mountain and Culver Fire Tower
Rattlesnake Mountain
Sunfish Pond
Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL TABLE
Winona Cliff, Lookout Rock, and Mount Minsi
Wolf Rocks
Lookout Rock and Hahn's Lookout
Weathering Knob
Blue Mountain
Bake Oven Knob
The Cliffs and Bear Rocks
Windsor Furnace, Pulpit Rock, and The Pinnacle
Auburn Lookout
Table Rock
Hawk Rock
Boiling Springs
Chimney Rocks
Maryland
MARYLAND TRAIL TABLE
Raven Rock, Devils Racecourse, and High Rock
Annapolis Rock and Black Rock Cliffs
White Rocks
Weverton Cliffs
C&O Canal Towpath
West Virginia and Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA TRAIL TABLE
Harpers Ferry and Split Rock
Devils Racecourse
Bears Den Rocks and Lookout Point
Compton Gap to Compton Peak
Marys Rock
Hawksbill Loop
Lewis Spring Falls and Blackrock
Bearfence Mountain Loop
Blackrock
Bear Den Mountain
Mill Creek
Humpback Rocks
Hanging Rock
Brown Mountain Creek
Bluff Mountain
Fullers Rocks and Big Rocky Row
Apple Orchard Mountain and The Guillotine
Hay Rock
Tinker Cliffs
McAfee Knob
Wind Rock
Angels Rest and Pearis Mountain
Dismal Creek Falls
Garden Mountain
Chestnut Knob
Comers Creek Falls
Rhododendron Gap
Mount Rogers
Buzzard Rock
Straight Mountain and the Virginia Creeper Trail
Tennessee and North Carolina
TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TRAIL TABLE
Iron Mountain
Laurel Fork Gorge and Falls
Dennis Cove Loop
Grassy Ridge
Roan Mountain
Little Rock Knob
Cliff Ridge
Big Bald
White Rocks Cliffs, Blackstack Cliffs, and Big Firescald Knob
Lovers Leap Rock
Max Patch
Charlies Bunion
Clingmans Dome and Mount Collins
Rocky Top
Shuckstack
Wesser Bald
Siler Bald
Standing Indian Mountain
Ravenrock Ridge
Georgia
GEORGIA TRAIL TABLE
Tray Mountain
Source of the Chattahoochee
Wolf Laurel Top Mountain
Blood Mountain
Springer Mountain and Three Forks Loop
Springer Mountain
Appendix: Trail-Maintenance Clubs
Index
About the Authors
About the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
