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Take A Hike! Family Walks in the Rochester (NY) Area (Second Edition) (Trail Guidebooks) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Richard E. Freeman, Susan J. Freeman
Publisher: Footprint Press (NY)
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 353368
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Rev Exp
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0965697479
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.47890444
EAN: 9780965697477
ASIN: 0965697479
Publication Date: April 5, 2000
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Condition: very good condition
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Book Description
Second Edition - Fully Revised and Expanded Now Covers 60 Trails - Includes 25 New Trails The walks, rambles, strolls, and hikes in this book are designed for people who delight in exploring unique or little-known places. The trails lead through forests, fields, marshes, hills, and arboretums where you can enjoy the natural world. This book will help you learn more about Rochester, NY history, get much-needed exercise, introduce children to the joys of nature, or find new places to walk your dog. Don't stash it away in winter either. Many of the trails are good for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. With this guide, you'll be able to explore the Rochester area with ease and confidence. Each of the 60 walks is rated for difficulty, type of terrain, and described by length and estimated time required. In addition, you'll know how to easily find the trails and parking. Whether young or young at heart, you can enjoy the adventures this guide brings to life.
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Great book -- the foundation for our summer plans! July 27, 2008
My husband, who is a teacher and home with the kids all summer, has a hiking morning with them once a week, using this book as his guide. Everyone loves it. The kids were 4 and 6 last year when they started and I think this is something they will enjoy for years. I can't believe how many trails are so close by and so interesting in different ways, and I can't imagine how we'd know about them otherwise. No one with kids wants to just set off on a walk and have no idea how far it will go before looping back!
Never hiked with young kids? Doesn't seem fun? Try it. They love looking for the trail blazes, and feeling like they are exploring. Let them lead and explore, and rather than dragging their feet grumping about the walk, they are peaceful and happy. (However, our kids do not consider it a hike unless it is in the woods. Fortunately, this book describes the scenery and terrain.)
I appreciate this book even more since the kids have wanted to hike while we were visiting my parents south of Buffalo. That area offers a lot of interesting parks as well as Zoar Valley and Allegany State Park, but getting information about trails is tough. My biggest complaint about this book is that we got spoiled and we want the same sort of information about every park and trail in the state!
Can't say enough about this book... March 12, 2007
5 minutes after receiving this book I learned something that I have shared with friends as far as New Jersey! Great book, I look forward to hitting some of the trails listed. The only thing I wish this book had that it doesn't is child friendly. I travel with a 3 year old and 10 month old and would love to know just how "child friendly" the terrain is. BUT since that is ever changing I can see how that type of information would be difficult to track and the book does allow sections for notes :)
 When's the next hike? September 13, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought the book yesterday and did the 8.2 mile hike on the Hojack Trail in Webster where I live. It was easy to find, the history about the trail in the book was interesting and we are looking forward to finding other hikes around our home we didn't know were there! Very user friendly book. After each hike there is a place where you can jot down notes, great for keeping track of hikes you want to repeat.
New Edition Available from Amazon January 7, 2004
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
There is a new edition of this book. It is fully updated & expanded to cover 60 trails. The new edition is ISBN # 0965697479. Type this number in the search field to read about the new edition.
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