Five Star Trails - Chattanooga - Your Guide to the Area's Most Beautiful Hikes

Informationen zum Autor Johnny Molloy is a writer and adventurer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. His outdoor passion started on a backpacking trip in Great Smoky Mountains National Park while attending the University of Tennessee. That first foray unleashed love of the outdoors that has led the Tennessee native to spending most of his time backpacking, canoe camping, and tent camping for the past 25 years. He has written more than 40 books about the outdoors including hiking guidebooks, camping guidebooks, paddling guidebooks, comprehensive guidebooks about a specific area and true outdoor adventure books throughout the Eastern United States. Molloy writes for varied magazines, for websites, and is a columnist and feature writer for his local paper, the Johnson City Press. He continues writing and traveling extensively throughout the United States, endeavoring in a variety of outdoor pursuits. Klappentext With a mosaic of natural spender, Chattanooga sets the stage for hikers. Centered on the banks of the mighty Tennessee River, and flanked to the east by the lofty Southern Appalachian Mountains and to the west by the rugged Cumberland Plateau, Chattanooga is within easy reach of an incredible array of hiking destinations. Hiking in Chattanooga can mean a ramble through the backcountry of the Cohutta Wilderness, a trek to the natural bridge on the Cumberland Plateau, a history-rich stroll along a Civil War battlefield, or a quick escape on a greenway near your house.Without this book, you might miss the hidden hiking treasures of the greater Chattanooga area. But with expert guidance of author Johnny Molloy, you'll enjoy 40 of the region's best trails. Molloy's vivid hike descriptions give insight to the history, flora, and fauna of the routes, and his concise, accurate trail descriptions will keep explorers on the right path. Zusammenfassung This guidebook will help you find your next nature adventure in this outdoorsy Tennessee town. Inhaltsverzeichnis Overview Map Overview Map Key Dedication Acknowledgments Preface Recommended Hikes Introduction Greater Chattanooga 1. Enterprise South Nature Park2. Riverwalk at Chickamauga Dam3. South Chickamauga Battlefield Loop4. North Chickamauga Battlefield Loop5. Cravens House Loop6. Sunset Rock Loop 7. Pot Point Nature Trail8. Snoopers Rock Natural Bridge Hike9. Overlooks of Mullens Cove and Ransom Hollow10. Lawsons Rock via Indian Rockhouse11. Rainbow Lake Wilderness Loop Tennessee Cumberlands 12. Foster Falls Loop13. Grundy Forest Day Loop14. Greeter Falls15. Stone Door Circuit16. Chickamauga Gulch Hike17. Cumberland Escarpment Hike18. Possum Creek Gorge19. Rock Creek Gorge Loop20. Laurel Snow Waterfall and Vista Hike Tennessee Appalachians 21. Gee Creek Wilderness22. Benton McKaye Trail on the Hiwassee River23. Benton Falls24. Falls of the Scenic Spur25. Old Copper Road Trail26. Big Frog Wilderness27. Conasauga River Walk28. Red Clay State Historic Park North Georgia and Northeast Alabama 29. Cohutta Wilderness Sampler30. Grassy Mountain Tower 31. Emery Creek Falls32. Fort Mountain State Park Loop33. The Pocket Loop34. Johns Mountain Keown Falls 35. Dicks Ridge Circuit36. George Disney Trail 37. Sitton Gulch Trail 38. Cloudland Canyon Vistas39. DeSoto State Park Loop40. Russell Cave National Monument Appendixes Appendix A: Outdoor Retailers Appendix B: Hiking Clubs Index About the Author Map Legend...

Product details

• Authors: Molloy, Johnny Molloy
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.10.2013, delayed
• EAN: 9780897326322
• ISBN: 978-0-89732-632-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Five-Star Trails; Five-Star Trails
• Subjects: Guides; Travel > Travel guides