Foghorn Outdoors New England Hiking The Complete Guide to More Than 380 Hikes

by Lanza, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781566915892
• ISBN10: 1566915899
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-11
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing

Summary

Covering every worthwhile destination in the six New England states, this is the hiker's guide to finding the best spots in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. This guidebook includes coverage of New Hampshire's White Mountains, Maine's Acadia National Park and Baxter State Park, and Vermont's Long Trail. With new sections listing the best hikes for every kind of outdoor enthusiast—from best waterfalls to best hikes with kids—families, day-trippers, and seasoned hikers looking for a change of pace will all find the perfect trail among the options selected by hiker and outdoor expert Michael Lanza. Foghorn Outdoors New England Hiking has the details on the best New England hiking available.

Author Biography

Freelance writer and photographer Michael Lanza is Northwest Editor of Backpacker magazine and writes a monthly column and other articles for AMC Outdoors; his work has also appeared in National Geographic Adventure, Outside, and numerous other publications, and he is the author of three other guidebooks. An avid backpacker, climber, cyclist, and skier, he has hiked extensively in the western United States as well as New England, where he first began hiking. He formerly syndicated a weekly column about New England outdoor activities in about 20 daily newspapers throughout the region and co-hosted a call-in show about the outdoors on New Hampshire Public Radio. A native of Leominster, Massachusetts, Lanza has a B.S. in photojournalism from Syracuse University and spent 10 years as a reporter and editor at Massachusetts and New Hampshire newspapers. He now lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife, Penny Beach, and their son Nate and daughter Alex, and frequently visits New England to hike.