John S Burk, Michael Tougias, Alison O'Leary

Amc's Best Day Hikes Near Boston

Four-Season Guide to 60 of the Best Trails in Eastern Massachusetts

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Produktbeschreibung

"A guide to the best hikes near Boston that can be completed in a single day"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AMC Books
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781628421484
• ISBN-10: 1628421487
• Artikelnr.: 63122018

Autorenporträt

Michael Tougias is a New York Times best-selling author and co-author of 25 books, including The Finest Hours. John Burk is a photographer, historian, and author of multiple books, including AMC's Massachusetts Trail Guide .Alison O'Leary is a longtime journalist, public speaker, and the author of several books, including Inns and Adventures: A History and Explorer's Guide to New Hampshire, Vermont and the Berkshires.

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Contents
Locator Map
At-a-Glance Trip Planner
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Trip Planning and Safety
Leave No Trace
Boston/Inside Routes 95 and 128
1. Middlesex Fells: Skyline Trail
2. Middlesex Fells: Reservoir Trail
3. Middlesex Fells: Rock Circuit Trail
4. Middlesex Fells: Cross Fells Trail
5. Breakheart Reservation
6. Lynn Woods
7. Arnold Arboretum
8. Spectacle Island
9. Stony Brook Reservation
10. Blue Hills Reservation: Observation Tower Loop
11. Blue Hills Reservation: Great Blue Hill Green Loop
12. Blue Hills Reservation: Ponkapoag Pond
13. Blue Hills Reservation: Houghton's Pond Yellow Dot Loop
14. Blue Hills Reservation: Skyline Trail
North of Boston
15. Weir Hill Reservation
16. Ward Reservation
17. Baker Meadow/AVIS
18. Bald Hill Reservation
19. Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
20. Bradley Palmer State Park
21. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge at Plum Island
22. Old Town Hill
23. Crane Beach
24. Ravenswood Park
25. Halibut Point State Park and Reservation
West of Boston 127
26. Wachusett Reservoir and Reservation
27. Mount Pisgah Conservation Area
28. Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
29. Great Brook Farm State Park
30. Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
31. Minute Man National Historical Park: Battle Road Trail
32. Walden Pond
33. Lincoln Conservation Land
34. Nobscot Hill and Tippling Rock
35. Callahan State Park
36. Sudbury Reservoir
37. Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
38. Rocky Narrows Reservation and Sherborn Town Forest
39. Noanet Woodlands
40. Rocky Woods Reservation
South of Boston/Cape Cod
41. Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
42. Borderland State Park
43. Ames Nowell State Park
44. Great Esker Park
45. World's End
46. Whitney and Thayer Woods
47. Massasoit State Park
48. Burrage Pond
49. North Hill Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
50. Allen's Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
51. West Island
52. Myles Standish State Forest
53. Ellisville Harbor State Park
54. Lowell Holly Reservation
55. Sandy Neck Circuit
56. Nickerson State Park
57. Fort Hill
58. Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
59. Great Island
60. Cape Cod National Seashore: Pilgrim Heights
Nature and History Essays
Introduced Pests: A Threat to Our Eastern Forests
An Urban Oasis
Endangered Predator: Eastern Timber Rattlesnake
The Life and Times of a Bog
Massachusetts' Watershed Wilderness
Henry David Thoreau: Naturalist, Explorer, and Writer
King Philip's War: An Early American Conflict
Climate Change in New England
Great White Sharks Return to Massachusetts
The Birth of Cape Cod National Seashore
Appendices
A:Camping and State Parks
B: The Bay Circuit Trail
Index
About the Authors
AMC Book Updates
About AMC in Eastern Massachusetts