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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits
There are ancient treasures hidden across the American Southwest.
Tucked away in remote canyons are hundreds of ruins, cultural
treasures that provide a wealth of information about the past-and
most people never visit them. This fully updated and revised
edition of Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen is your ticket to these
enchanted sites. Bruce Grubbs leads hikers of all abilities on day
hikes and overnight trips to some of the most spectacular areas of
the Southwest. Ranging in location from southern Utah to the Grand
Canyon, through central and southern Arizona and into New Mexico,
the thirty-six ruins and rock-art sites covered here are all off
the beaten path, relatively unknown to the public-each one an
adventure. Features * GPS-compatible maps * Detailed directions *
Trail descriptions with mileage points * Water availability
information * Information on hazards en route * Notes on area
scenery and wildlife
The Snowdonia Slate Trail is a waymarked trail that runs for 83
miles from Bangor on the North Wales coast, making a circuit
through the heart of Snowdonia to end at Bethesda. The trail joins
up villages with a choice of welcoming accommodation. The walking
is varied, ranging from easy valleys to mountain passes, from wild
moorland to river gorges. Highlights include the National Slate
Museum of Wales, stunning views of Snowdon and nearby mountains,
and abandoned slate villages high in the hills. The trail also
passes the Penrhyn quarry with its impressive galleries of slate
crossed by the longest, fastest zip-wire in Europe. This guidebook
is in rucksack-friendly format and printed on rainproof paper.
Lavishly illustrated with 95 colour photos, it contains large-scale
mapping and all you need to plan and enjoy your holiday: 14 pages
with clear mapping of the route at 1: 40,000 practical information
about public transport and travel section with inside knowledge on
how best to climb Snowdon detailed route descriptions including
where to find refreshments and accommodation background on the
slate industry heritage, the 'Great Little Trains of Wales' and
wildlife.
Fully updated and revised, Best Easy Day Hikes Anchorage includes
concise descriptions and detailed maps for sixteen favorite,
easy-to-follow hikes within a short drive of Anchorage. Choose from
a host of spectacular trails in Chugach State Park, including the
Flattop Mountain Trail, or inviting urban trails for after-work
jaunts in downtown Anchorage, such as the Tony Knowles Coastal
Trail. Look inside to find: * Half-hour strolls and full-day
adventures * Hikes for everyone, including families *
GPS-compatible trail maps
Looking for the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV?
Camping Idaho will take you there. This comprehensive guidebook
gives detailed descriptions of more than 300 public campgrounds
throughout Idaho's widely varied scenery. These are campsites
managed by national, state, city, and county parks; the Forest
Service, the Bureau of Land Management; and the Idaho Power
Company. They're in the remote wilderness areas and near cities, in
deserts and on mountaintops, along roaring streams and by popular
fishing and boating lakes. Easy-to-use maps and charts will help
you choose the perfect site for your next camping trip, whether
you're going alone, with your family, or as part of a group. You'll
also find vital information on campground elevations, facilities
and hookups, fees and reservations, recreational activities, and
zero-impact camping. Whether you want to fish, hunt, or just get
away from it all, let this book be your guide.
Kefalonia was popularised and made famous by Captain Corelli's
Mandolin. For your best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof,
split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Kefalonia and Ithaca Tour
and Trail Super Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate,
easy to read, easy to use map of the island you can buy at any
price. A large 960mm by 690mm double sided map sheet has both
Kefalonia and Ithaca at 1:40,000 scale with the North-West of
Kefalonia on the cover side and the South-East of Kefalonia with
neighbouring island Ithaca on the reverse. A generous common
overlap of Kefalonia reduces the need to turn the map over when
navigating. Our special concertina map fold makes your map easy to
open and easy to refold to its 230mm by 120mm pocket size. Our
legendary 'Tour & Trail' level of detail ranges from major
roads to secondary roads to minor roads to streets and narrow
country roads, plus dirt roads, tracks and walking trails. Place
names are in English and Greek to aid your navigation. Altitude
shading is designed to clearly show the altitude range when
travelling across the island by car or on foot. 20 metre and 100
metre contours combined with altitude shading bring this beautiful
landscape to life. There are plenty of individual height points and
all of the official Trig points are on the map. Tour and Trail
attention to detail includes our useful symbol range including
viewpoints, picnic areas, petrol stations, bar/restaurants and
parking areas where you can pull off the road safely. You will
easily identify springs, caves, sports grounds, cemeteries,
monasteries, churches, chapels, lighthouses, castles, camping
areas, wind turbines, hotels etc. Published walking routes are
clearly highlighted on the map. It all adds up to the most detailed
and most durable map of Kefalonia and Ithaca that you can buy
anywhere. Super Durable means a waterproof, tear-proof, map that
can take the roughest treatment and still folds up like new after
your adventures. Super Durable Maps come with a 2 year adventurous
use Wear and Tear guarantee. Digital editions of our Kefalonia and
Ithaca Tour and Trail Map are available for phone apps and Garmin
users from our Discovery Walking Guides website.
Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness is one of the most famous sections of
the Appalachian Trail – a 97-mile stretch that attracts hikers
from around the world. The area’s name derives from the fact that
it’s the longest section on the whole AT without a paved road
crossing or a town. What most people don’t know is that the
region is crisscrossed with logging roads, providing day access to
the trail as well as the mountain, ponds, and waterfalls
surrounding it. This guide will include more than forty hikes,
capturing the best of the great wilderness. Hikes will guide you
through a mixture of working forests and preserves. Discover the
highest waterfall on the entire Appalachian Trail, remote mountains
like Wadleigh, and one of the largest springs in New England. Look
inside to find detailed maps, hike descriptions, mile-by-mile
directional cues, and much more.
This attractive and cleverly structured guidebook gives dog walkers
access to 15 pubs and 15 great walks in the region of Cheshire.
With clear information, an introduction for each walk, and simple,
easy-to-read maps, this beautiful book will appeal to all who want
to venture out into the countryside with their dogs. The walks have
no stiles ensuring a hassle-free walk for both dog and owner.Both
authors are experienced walkers, qualified in mountain leadership
and countryside management. This is another book in a series of
Countryside Dog Walking books currently being developed throughout
the UK.
OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map and is
recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking,
horse riding and off-road cycling. The OS Explorer range of OL maps
now includes a digital version of the paper map, accessed through
the OS smartphone app, OS Maps. Providing complete GB coverage the
series details essential information such as youth hostels, pubs
and visitor information as well as rights of way, permissive paths
and bridleways.
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