The Best of the Appalachian Trail: Day Hikes

336 Pages·2004·4.21 MB·English

by  Victoria Logue

Book list
Also by Victoria and Frank Logue T B A T :
HE EST OF THE PPALACHIAN RAIL
O H
VERNIGHT IKES
THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL HIKER
APPALACHIAN TRAIL FUN BOOK
Also by Victoria Logue H B : E S
IKING AND ACKPACKING SSENTIAL KILLS TO
A T
DVANCED ECHNIQUES
GUIDE TO THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
Also by Leonard M. Adkins T A T : A VI ’
HE PPALACHIAN RAIL SITOR S
C
OMPANION
WILDFLOWERS OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL
WALKING THE BLUE RIDGE: A GUIDE TO THE TRAILS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
50 HIKES IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA: FROM THE CUMBERLAND GAP TO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN
50 HIKES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA: WALKS, HIKES, AND BACKPACKS
FROM THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
50 HIKES IN MARYLAND: WALKS, HIKES, AND BACKPACKS FROM THE
ALLEGHENY PLATEAU TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
MARYLAND: AN EXPLORER’S GUIDE
ADVENTURE GUIDE TO VIRGINIA
THE CARIBBEAN: A WALKING AND HIKING GUIDE
WILDFLOWERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS

The hikes in this book describe the route of the Appalachian Trail at the time of publication. The Trail is
occasionally relocated and the route may differ at the time of your hike. Severe damage to the Trail caused
by storms may impact your hike as well. If the white blazes differ from the hike described in this book,
follow the trail as it is marked. Neither the authors nor the publishers can guarantee your safety on the hikes
described in this book. Use caution and your best judgment.
Note: Water sources are identified for hikers’ convenience, but this is not an endoresment of their purity.
All water should be treated before consuming.
© 1994, 2004 by Victoria and Frank Logue and Leonard M. Adkins All rights reserved
Printed in Canada
Published by Menasha Ridge Press and The Appalachian Trail Conservancy Distributed by Publishers
Group West Second edition, second printing, 2007
Hiker cover shot by Ron Watts/Corbis Text and design by Palace Press International Cartography by Travis
Bryant
Typesetting by Annie Long
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Logue, Victoria, 1961– The best of the
Appalachian Trail: day hikes/Victoria and Frank Logue.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 10: 0-89732-527-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-89732-527-1
1. Hiking—Appalachian Trail—Guidebooks. 2. Appalachian Trail—Guidebooks.
I. Logue, Frank, 1963– II. Title.
GV199.42.A68L646 2004
796.51’0974--dc22 2004048
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Appalachian Trail Conservancy
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In memory of Hulda Kramp Kelly: a great lady, a good friend, and the best
grandmother a girl could have.—Victoria
Dedicated to the thousands of volunteers, past, present, and future, who make
our ramblings on the Appalachian Trail possible. Your efforts are appreciated
and do not go unnoticed.—Leonard