Best Easy Day Hikes Shenandoah National Park, 3rd

by Bert and Jane Gildart

• ISBN13: 9780762734153
• ISBN10: 0762734159
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: FalconGuides

Summary

For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuide has set the standard for outdoor recreation guidebooks. Written by top outdoors experts and enthusiasts, each guide invites you to experience the endless adventure and rugged beauty of the great outdoors. Best Easy Day Hikes Shenandoah National Park includes concise descriptions and easy-to- follow maps for twenty-six short hikes on well-defined trails through some of the most spectacular scenery and largest red spruce trees within the park.

Author Biography

Bert and Jane Gildart are hikers, writers, and photographers specializing in outdoor recreation. They live in Bigfork, Montana.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Getting There	p. 2
What Is a "Best Easy" Hike?	p. 3
Ranking the Hikes	p. 4
Zero Impact	p. 5
About the Maps	p. 6
Map Legend	p. 7
North District
Fox Hollow Trail, Mile 4.6	p. 9
Snead Farm, Mile 5.1	p. 12
Lands Run Falls, Mile 9.2	p. 15
Traces Trail, Mile 22.2	p. 18
Byrds Nest Summit and Byrds Nest Shelter No.4, Mile 28.5	p. 21
Central District
Marys Rock, Mile 31.6	p. 25
Corbin Cabin Cutoff/Nicholson Hollow/AT Loop, Mile 37.9	p. 28
Stony Man Trail, Mile 41.7	p. 32
Millers Head, Mile 42.5	p. 34
Limberlost (wheelchair-accessible), Mile 43	p. 37
Bettys Rock and Crescent Rock, Mile 44.4	p. 41
Hawksbill Summit, Mile 45.6	p. 43
Whiteoak Canyon, Mile 31.5	p. 47
Dark Hollow Falls, Mile 50.7	p. 50
Story of the Forest Trail, Mile 51	p. 52
Lewis Spring Falls, Mile 51.2	p. 53
Rapidan Camp, Mile 52.8	p. 57
Bearfence Mountain, Mile 56.4	p. 60
Pocosin Trail, Mile 59.5	p. 63
South River Falls, Mile 62.8	p. 67
South District
Powell Gap, Mile 70	p. 72
Ivy Creek, Mile 77.5	p. 74
Loft Mountain Loop, Mile 79.5	p. 76
Blackrock Summit, Mile 84.8	p. 79
Calvary and Chimney Rocks, Mile 90	p. 82
Calf Mountain, Mile 99.5	p. 84
About the Authors	p. 87
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