Actions for Hikes in the southern Appalachians : Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
Hikes in the southern Appalachians : Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee / Doris Gove
- Author
- Gove, Doris
- Published
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania : Stackpole Books, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Edition
- 2nd edition.
- Physical Description
- 381 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 18 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: The Appalachian Trail in the Southern Appalachians: Landscape and Environment -- Joining Up -- Walking Lightly on the Land -- Reader Participation -- Acknowledgments -- How Hike Information Is Displayed Here -- Abbreviations -- Geographic Organization -- Maps: Legends, Skills, Sources -- Driving Time to the Trailhead -- Choosing Your Hike/Effort Required -- Blazing -- Estimating Hiking Times -- Day Hikes/Overnight Backpacking Hikes -- Avoiding the Crowds -- Circuit or Loop Hikes/Shuttle Services -- Early Exit Options -- Camping -- Shelters -- Trail Registers -- Hiking: The Basics -- Boots/Shoes -- Clothing -- Food -- Food Storage -- Water -- When Nature Calls -- Weather -- First Aid -- Hiking Alone -- Hiking in Groups -- Women Hikers -- Taking Children on the Trail -- Parking -- Hunting -- Packing Your Pack -- Backpacks and Day Packs -- Flashlight -- Matches -- Jackknife -- Weapons -- Cellular Phones -- Finding Your Way -- Map and Compass -- Being Lost and Getting Found -- Common Sense/Sense of Humor -- Appalachian Trail History -- Appalachian Trail History in the Southern Appalachians -- Georgia -- Hike #1 Springer Mt. to Hightower Gap -- Thru-Hiking Lab Report -- Hike #2 Hightower Gap to Woody Gap -- Dahlonega Gold and the Cherokee Removal -- Hike #3 Woody Gap to Neels Gap -- Hike #4 Neels Gap to Hogpen Gap -- Hike #5 Hogpen Gap to Unicoi Gap -- Hike #6 Unicoi Gap to Tray Gap -- Hike #7 Tray Gap to Dicks Creek Gap -- Hiking in Fog -- Hike #8 Dicks Creek Gap to Deep Gap(NC) -- Unfriendly Weather -- North Carolina -- Hike #9 Deep Gap to Timber Ridge Trail -- Salamanders Rule -- Hike #10 Timber Ridge Trail to Albert Mt -- Hike #11 Albert Mt. Bypass to Winding Stair Gap -- Most Gay and Brilliant Flowering Shrub -- Hike #12 Winding Stair Gap to Wayah Bald -- Botanists in the Southern Appalachians -- Hike #13 Wayah Bald to Tellico Gap -- Hike #14 Tellico Gap to Wesser -- Water Power -- Hike #15 Stecoah Gap to Wesser -- Grazing, Lightning, or What? -- Hike #16 Stecoah Gap to Yellow Creek Gap -- Hike #17 Yellow Creek Gap to Fontana Dam -- Hiking with a Hand Lens -- Great Smoky Mts. National Park Hikes #18-24 -- Hike #18 Fontana Dam to Shuck-stack and Doe Knob -- Hike #19 Doe Knob to Spence Field -- Horace Kephart -- Hike #20 Clingmans Dome to Spence Field -- A Day in the Life of an AT Maintainer -- Hike #21 Newfound Gap to Clingmans Dome -- National Parks History Lesson -- Hike #22 Newfound Gap to Charlies Bunion to Cosby Campground -- Hike #23 Cosby Campground to Low Gap -- Hike #24 Cosby Campground to Davenport Gap -- Tennessee/North Carolina -- Hike #25 Davenport Gap to Max Patch -- Hike #26 Lemon Gap to Max Patch -- Leave No Trace Sanitation -- Hike #27 Lemon Gap to Hot Springs -- War and Peace in Hot Springs -- Hike #28 Hot Springs to Tanyard Gap -- Have You Thanked a Snake Today? -- Hike #29 Tanyard Gap to Allen Gap -- Hike #30 Allen Gap to Devil Fork -- Gap -- Hike #31 Devil Fork Gap to Sams Gap -- Southern At Peak Experiences -- Hike #32 Sams Gap to Spivey Gap -- Hike #33 Spivey Gap to -- Nolichucky River -- Hike #34 Nolichucky River to Iron Mt. Gap -- The Wood Thrush -- Hike #35 Iron Mt. Gap to Hughes Gap -- Hike #36 Hughes Gap to Roan Mt. Cloudland Hotel Site -- Hike #37 Carvers Gap to Roan High Bluff and Rhododendron Gardens -- Rhododendron -- Random and Low-Tech Hiking Tips -- Hike #38 Carvers Gap to US 19E -- Tennessee -- Hike #39 Dennis Cove to US 19E -- Hike #40 Dennis Cove to Laurel Fork Gorge -- Hike #41 Laurel Falls to Pond Mt -- Hike #42 Wilbur Dam Rd. to Shook Branch Recreation Area -- Hike #43 TN 91 to Wilbur Dam Rd -- Hike #44 TN 91 to Low Gap -- Hike #45 Low Gap to Damascus -- Useful Information -- List of Maps -- Degree of Difficulty -- Shelters & Campsites -- Day/Overnight Hikes -- Other Trail Systems -- Address & Telephone -- Web Sites.
- Summary
- How to use this book -- Hiking : the basics -- Packing your pack -- Finding your way -- Appalachian trail history -- Georgia -- North Carolina -- Tennessee/North Carolina -- Tennessee.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780811710633
0811710637 - Bibliography Note
- Includes webliography (pages 362-364), bibliographical references (pages 365-367), and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2012
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