Full Description
Your Comprehensive Guide to the AT's Best Overnight Hikes
From Maine to Georgia, the nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail is an iconic destination. Whether you're an experienced backpacker or a casual explorer, let Best of the Appalachian Trail: Overnight Hikes guide you along the way. Traverse Virginia's Three Ridges, enjoy North Carolina's Mount Cammerer Loop, and summit Vermont's Killington Peak. Appalachian Trail experts Leonard M. Adkins and Victoria and Frank Logue have carefully selected their top 64 hikes—ranging from 10 to 30 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 64 hikes throughout the 14 states of the AT. Discover the best overnight hikes in this useful guide to the beloved long trail.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Maine
MAINE TRAIL TABLE
Rainbow Lake
Nahmakanta Lake to Abol Bridge
Cooper Pond to Nahmakanta Stream
Barren-Chairback Range
Little Wilson and Big Wilson Falls
Moxie Bald, Bald Mountain, and Horseshoe Canyon
Bigelow Range Loop
Saddleback Range
Hike of the Five Ponds
Bemis Range Loop
The Baldpates
Mahoosuc Range
New Hampshire
NEW HAMPSHIRE TRAIL TABLE
Gentian Pond
The Northern Presidential Range
Zealand Falls, Ethan Pond, and Webster Cliffs
Franconia Ridge and Lonesome Lake
Western New Hampshire
Vermont
VERMONT TRAIL TABLE
Eastern Vermont
Pico Peak
Killington Peak
Little Rock Pond to Clarendon Gorge
Stratton Mountain and Lye Brook Wilderness Loop
Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS TRAIL TABLE
Mount Greylock Loop
Finerty Pond to Benedict Pond
Jug End, Mount Everett, and Sages Ravine
Connecticut
CONNECTICUT TRAIL TABLE
Housatonic River to Ten Mile Hill
New York
NEW YORK TRAIL TABLE
Shenandoah Mountain to Bear Mountain Inn
Harriman State Park
New Jersey
NEW JERSEY TRAIL TABLE
Pochuck Crossing and Wallkill Valley
Kittatinny Mountains
Delaware Water Gap and Kittatinny Mountains
Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA TRAIL TABLE
Wind Gap to Delaware Water Gap
Blue Mountain
The Pinnacles and Pulpit Rock
Hawk Rock and the Cumberland Valley
South Mountain
Maryland
MARYLAND TRAIL TABLE
Annapolis Rock to Pen Mar Park
West Virginia and Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA TRAIL TABLE
South and North Marshall Loop
Stony Man and Big Meadows
Southern Shenandoah
Mill Creek and Humpback Mountain
Three Ridges Loop
Bald Knob to The Priest
Thunder Hill to Jennings Creek
Dragons Tooth, McAfee Knob, and Tinker Cliffs
Angels Rest and Dismal Creek Falls
Virginia Highlands Traverse
Fairwood Valley and Mount Rogers Loop
Tennessee and North Carolina
TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA TRAIL TABLE
Iron Mountain Traverse
Grassy Ridge and The Humps Traverse
Bald Mountains
State Line Traverse
Max Patch and Hot Springs
Mount Cammerer Loop
Mount Collins and Clingmans Dome
Russell Field, Spence Field, and Rocky Top Loop
Northern Nantahala Traverse
Wayah Bald and Siler Bald
Standing Indian Loop
Georgia
GEORGIA TRAIL TABLE
Tray Mountain Wilderness
Tesnatee Gap to Woody Gap
Blood Mountain Loop
Woody Gap and Springer Mountain
Springer Mountain and Three Forks Loop
Appendix: Trail-Maintenance Clubs
Index
About the Authors
About the Appalachian Trail Conservancy
