Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains (eBook)

Kenneth Wise (Autor)

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2014 | 2
540 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-068-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Hiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains is an essential guide to one of America's most breathtaking and rugged national parks. The second edition of this compellingly readable and useful book is completely updated, giving outdoor enthusiasts the most current information they need to explore this world-renowned wilderness. Included here are facts on more than 125 official trails recognized by the Park Service. Each one has its own setting, purpose, style, and theme, and author Kenneth Wise describes them in rich and vivid detail. For every route, he includes a set of driving directions to the trailhead, major points of interest, a schedule of distances to each one, a comprehensive outline of the trail's course, specifics about where it begins and ends, references to the U.S. Geological Survey's quadrangle maps, and, when available, historical anecdotes relating to the trail. His colorful descriptions of the area's awe-inspiring beauty are sure to captivate even armchair travelers. Organized by sections that roughly correspond to the seventeen major watersheds in the Smokies, Wise starts in Tennessee and moves south into North Carolina, with two major trailsthe Lakeshore and the Appalachianthat traverse several watersheds treated independently. Further enhancing the utility of this volume is the inclusion of the Great Smoky Mountains' official trail map as well as an informative introduction filled with details about the geology, climate, vegetation, wildlife, human history, and environmental concerns of the region. A seasoned outdoorsman with more than thirty years of experience in the area and codirector of the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Wise brings an exceptional depth of knowledge to this guide. Both experienced hikers and novices will find this newly revised edition an invaluable resource for trekking in the splendor of the Smokies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Outdoor Tennessee Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Abrams Falls • Alum Cave • Appalachian Trail • Backcountry • Backpacking • bear creek • Bull HEad Trail • Cades Cove • Camping • Cataloochee • Charlies Bunion • Chimney Tops • Clingmans Dome • Cosby • Eagle Creek • Elkmont • Forney Creek • Gabes Mountain • gatlinburg • Geology • greenbrier • Gregory Bald • Grotto Falls • Hazel Creek • kephart • Lakeshore Trail • Laurel Falls • little river • Maddron Bald • Martins Gap • Meigs Mountain • Mount Cammerer • Mount Le Conte • Mt LeConte • Myrtle Point • National parks • Noland Creek • Oconaluftee • outdoor exploration • Outdoors • Peregrine Peak • Rainbow Falls • Ramsey Cascades • Raven Fork • Rich Mountain • Roundtop • Smokemont • smokies • Sugarlands • trail map • Tremont • Trillium Gap • Twentymile Trail • us history • Whiteoak Sink • Wolf Ridge
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-068-1 / 1621900681
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-068-9 / 9781621900689