Hiking Indiana (America's Best Day Hiking Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sally Mckinney
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 283020
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 186
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0880119012
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.720443
EAN: 9780880119016
ASIN: 0880119012
Publication Date: November 1999
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Product Description
This is your complete guide to 100 of the best day hiking trails in Indiana. No matter what part of the state you want to explore or how easy or hard a trek you want, this handy book will lead you to the right trail. Full of interesting and scenic destinations in the northern, central, and southern sections of the state, Hiking Indiana offers you a guided tour of 46 featured areas. The book even provides urban hiking areas in case you want to enjoy Indianas unique cities. Hiking Indiana includes the following special features: Detailed descriptions of 100 trails, including the trail length, estimated time to hike it, and a difficulty rating 135 easy-to-read park and trail maps A map of each featured trail, with points of interest and trail distances Practical information on how to get to parks, the park hours, available facilities, permits and rules, and a contact address and phone number A convenient trail-finder grid, which provides a summary of each trails features and location in the book A section on nearby points of interest, with contact phone numbers Hiking Indiana brings to life the history, terrain, flora, and fauna of each area. And its descriptions of nearby recreational and sightseeing destinations ensure that you won't miss anything on your trip. Hiking Indiana is part of Americas Best Day Hiking Series from Human Kinetics.
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 Living Large April 3, 2006
I have lived in Indiana for 16 yrs and have walked,hiked and horseback rode all the popular spots. This book has already found me a ton of new exciting places to go!
 State park rehash June 26, 2000
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was disappointed. A large part of this book draws on the Indiana state park system. Granted, the parks have some wonderful trails, but trail maps are distributed when you enter the parks. This book gives you little of the adventurous or out-of-the-way.
Wander Indiana with this great day hiking guide May 17, 2000
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Hiking Indiana is an organized guide to finding your way around on foot. When I opened Hiking Indiana, the first surprise was its "workbook" format - the pages are perforated on the edge to be torn out and packed. It's really a book to be used and become as worn out as a hiker after a good day on the trails. The first pages include a Trail Finder chart and a state map with numbers matching the table of contents that is organized by North, Central and South regions of the state. There are 45 parks or cities as chapters that include several Trail Sites and Trails. Park Facilities are shown by key icons, miles listed and Trail Difficulty Rating that is shown by 1 boot for easiest and 5 for most difficult trails. The chart also shows Terrain/Landscape with checkmarks for hills, prairie/grass, forest, lake, wetlands, overlook and river/stream. I was also surprised to see historic trails and city trails such as Madison's Historic District Walking Tour, Columbus' Architecture Walk, and Indianapolis' Canal Walk and Eagle Creek Bird Sanctuary Loop. There's even a canoe trail for those, as they said, with extra hour to give feet a rest. There are maps of parks and trails, but you'll need your atlas or state road map to get to the site. The narrative is an easy read and informative. Sally McKinney includes cautions, such as the trail goes through remote, forested hill country and to let park officials know when you leave and expect to return, to check back in or park officials may go looking for you. Another caution is when you have to walk through shallow water - a creek without a bridge, and which trails to watch for plenty of droppings from waterfowl. Hiking Indiana throws in tidbits on the state's history. Ouabache State Park has a Wildlife Exhibit Loop with bison, and 'Did you know that a bison image decorates the Indiana state seal?' This is a book to leaf through and explore. I really liked Hiking Indiana since it is a good read, lets you explore places to go, and made it all interesting. I am ready and motivated to go from wannabe hiker to getting out the hiking boots.
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