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50 Hikes in Southern Virginia: From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean, First Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Leonard M. Adkins
Publisher: Countryman Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1306064
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0881504939
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.5520443
EAN: 9780881504934
ASIN: 0881504939
Publication Date: February 2002
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Condition: Library discard with the usual markings.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Leonard Adkins is your guide to the incredible variety of terrain to be found in southern Virginia, from sea level on the Atlantic Coast to the highest peak in the western mountains. Here you'll find hikes on sandy beaches, into dark swamps, beside rushing rivers, through open meadows, to historic sites and Civil War battlefields, and to alpine zones, mountain crests, and hidden valleys. Adkins covers the most popular hiking destinations in the region, but also leads you to little-known, out-of-the-way trails where crowds are at a minimum. An overview chart provides information on the trips at a glance and makes it easy to pick a hike. Each hike description includes: a topographic map; information on distance, difficulty, and rise; and a detailed route description. Adkins also provides information on the human and natural history you should encounter on the trail, with details and insights into the lives of the state's plants and animals.
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| Customer Reviews:
 This book has some great hikes August 29, 2005
Barnes and Noble Junkie (Barnes And Noble, Midlothian, Virginia)
If only this book was laid out like Hiking In VA. The maps are not as good, and there are no elevation profiles, but the hikes and their descriptions are wonderful..
I have utilized this book with the Hiking VA book to come up with some exceptional hikes.. I recommend the triple crown hike #33, But do Dragon's Tooth as a day hike. Park on 624 and do the 5 mile round trip. If you have 2 cars, park the other one on 220 (near Roanoke). After doing Dragon's Tooth, grab your backpack and head North on the AT, to get to 220.. Plan a good 2-3 days.
Other great hikes are the day hike to Buzzard Rock, as well as the hikes around Mount Rogers. Combine the info in this book with that in Hiking VA and create your own trip. But whatever you do, you have to hike the Pine Mountain trail.. It is awesome..
The Appomattox hike is also great as you see some things the everyday visitor misses..
Over all an exellent book. The hikes are super, and while the maps could be slightly improved it is still a great guide.
 Great book! June 1, 2004
ben (Southern Virginia)
I live in Southern Virginia and hike often, but have to admit I never knew about many of the places the author writes about. I wish I had had this book years ago as it's great being able to discover all of these new places. I also like the way he writes. Hike descriptions are easy to follow and there is a ton of information on what you are going to see, why you should go there, and sometimes almost poetic phrases about the beauty and natural world of the place. The book cover says the author has won several writing awards and it's easy to see why. This is not just a dull "turn left, ascend 300-feet, turn right" kind of guidebook. I look forward to many happy outings using the book.
Just as fun to read as to hike September 9, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The local Roanoke paper poublished a review of this book, calling Leonard a "Great Hiking Writer." I agree. Yes, he tells you how to get to a hike, how difficult and long it is (he walked all of them with a surveyor's measuring wheel; how many other guidebook writer's do that!), and how much vertical rise you will need to negotiate. But, he also informs you of the history of the area you will be walking through and of the lives of the plants and animals that make their homes there.
I thought I was well-versed on the places to hike--and he covers those--but he also pointed me to some places I had never heard of. All in all, it beats any other book I've used for hiking around the southern part of the state. There are hikes as short as a half-mile to multi-day treks. And there's even a bit of humor thrown in from time to time.
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