Hike The Bluegrass And Beyond

Hike the Bluegrass and Beyond is your personal guide to walk, roll, and stroll your way across Kentucky. This newly revised full-color edition describes over 80 hikes, urban walks, and public gardens, complete with maps, photos, and side trips. Lightly doused with humor and just the right amount of historical trivia, this book focuses on many of the lesser known hiking spots in the Bluegrass region. Whether you rarely get off the couch or you do ironman triathlons for fun, you're sure to find a hike or walk to add to your favorite short list. Each entry inlcudes a description and map, trail length, directions to the trailhead, other facilities available, contact information, and lots of full-color photographs

Backpacking Kentucky is your personal guide to 34 of the best trails in the state. Endowed with a proliferation of natural bridges and sandstone arches, rhododendron thickets, towering hemlocks, spring-fed creeks, gorgeous wildflowers and hardwood forests, Kentucky has an impressive array of overnight options for the backcountry adventurer.Each backpacking entry includes explicit directions to the trailhead; a detailed map with topo lines and suggested campsites marked; comprehensive trail and route description; plus interesting tidbits about the ecology and culture of the area. Hikes are divided into three categories for those wanting simple overnight trips, multi-day forays into the wilderness, or shorter trails to introduce the next generation of hikers to the joys of backpacking.Full color maps and photographs for each entry.

Your personal guide to hiking the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. Over 50 hikes are described, with maps, photos, and suggested side trips. Includes many lesser known hiking locations, as well as sample hikes from more popular places such as Red River Gorge, Natural Bridge and Sheltowee Trace. Almost all hikes are less than one hour's drive from Lexington. Hikes are cross-referenced for a variety of factors including kid-friendly, pets, and accessible trails.

Discover the best hikes in Louisville, Kentucky, and beyond! Louisville is known as the City of Parks, and its population has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation. Nestled within the Ohio Valley and bordered by the Knobs region to the south and heavily wooded areas to the north, Louisville lies near an endless array of hiking opportunities: national forests, state and local parks, and nature preserves. Explore 40 of Louisville’s five-star trails—including the best walking paths and hidden hiking treasures in central Kentucky and southern Indiana. With hikes in this guide divided into five distinct areas, you’ll wind through hilly woodlands, around beautiful lakes, along meandering creeks, and across expansive meadows. Kentucky author and hiking expert Valerie Askren details easy strolls along Louisville’s many paved trails, treks past lovely ponds and fields of wildflowers, and longer hikes traversing densely wooded hills—all offering a broad spectrum of diverse landscapes. Inside you’ll find: Descriptions of 40 five-star hiking trails for all levels and interests Full-color GPS-based trail maps, elevation profiles, and detailed directions to trailheads Insight into the history, flora, and fauna of the routes Ratings for scenery, difficulty, trail condition, solitude, and accessibility for children Save time and make the most of your hiking adventures. Experience the area’s breathtaking scenery, varied terrain, and amazing wildlife. Lace up, grab your pack, and hit the trail!

This full-color guide to 40 five-star hiking trails in the Louisville area includes popular routes and hidden treasures.

Hiking Waterfalls in Kentucky includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for some of the state’s most scenic waterfall hikes. Hike descriptions include history, local trivia, and GPS coordinates. Hiking Waterfalls in Kentucky will take you through state and national parks, forests, monuments and wilderness areas, and from popular city parks to the most remote and secluded corners of the area to view the most spectacular waterfalls.

Walks, hikes, and backpacking trips from the Tennessee River Gorge to the Big South Fork Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, a wide tableland cut with a dizzying array of deep gorges, is a geological wonderland. It is a place to behold and savor. This updated second edition covers hikes from the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area near Kentucky to the fascinating Walls of Jericho astride the Alabama state line; from the thousand-foot gorge cut by the mighty Tennessee River down Chattanooga way to the watery beauty of Virgin Falls by Sparta. Specific emphasis is placed on the most scenic destinations and the unique places that make the plateau so special, places like the Great Stone Door, with its sandstone formations and vertical rock walls, and Cumberland Mountain State Park, with its ancient trees and evidence of ancient human history. Also included are comprehensive maps for each hike, scenic photos, and a hikes-at-a-glance table that makes choosing your desired hike a breeze.