60 Hikes Within 60 Miles Boston: Including Coastal and Interior Regions, and New Hampshire - Couverture souple

Low, Lafe; Weatherall, Helen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0897324552 ISBN 13 : 9780897324557

Editeur : Menasha Ridge Press Inc., 2018

Synopsis

It's Time to Take a Hike!

The best way to experience Boston is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local authors and hiking experts Lafe Low and Helen Weatherall as they help you find and enjoy the top hikes within 60 miles of Beantown. A perfect blend of popular trails and hidden gems, the selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, wildlife hot spots, and historical settings that renew your spirit and recharge your body.

See Boston's stellar views from the Skyline Trail at Blues Hills Reservation. Spend hours exploring Purgatory Chasm's dramatic cliffs and rock formations. Enjoy a peaceful, meditative hike on Spectacle Island out in the Boston Harbor. Summit eastern Massachusetts' highest mountain at the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation. With lifelong New Englanders Lafe Low and Helen Weatherall as your guides, you'll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of Boston's best hikes!

Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you're going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing. Whether you're a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Boston provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from Boston and the surrounding communities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

northern section of Beaver Brook is already in the first edition. There's still a huge area of preserved land to the south, so I added a hike through there. Many of these trails overlap the Bay Circuit trail in spots. So I've also added a whole new section on the Bay Circuit Trail, a permanent recreation trail extending through 37 towns, linking parks and open spaces as it loops from Newburyport on the North Shore to Lifelong New Englander Lafe Low spends as much time as possible outside--skiing, hiking, skiing, camping, skiing, kayaking, skiing, and so on. He has nearly achieved his goal of having his garage look like a warehouse for REI or Eastern Mountain Sports.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Keene State College in 1984, he immediately went to work in the magazine world. After working for a variety of technology magazines, he launched his own magazine in 1995 entitled Explore New England (coincidentally, the same year his son was born). This was truly crossroads of his professional and personal passions. After Explore New England, he went on to be the editor of Outdoor Adventure and write for other outdoor publications.
While now back working in the technology world, he still writes about the outdoors to feed his passion. His first book, Best Tent Camping: New England, was first published in 2002. The fourth edition was published in 2012. Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England was published in 2016. He currently lives in the Boston area.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Menasha Ridge Press Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0897324552
• ISBN 13: 9780897324557
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible