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Appalachian Trail Guide to New York-New Jersey |  | Author: Daniel D. Chazin
Brand: Appalachian Trail
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 16
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Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 4.8 x 1.8
ISBN: 1889386480
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781889386485
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Consists of a guidebook and two detached, double-sided maps for 172 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Kent, Connecticut, to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border. The indexed book contains "omnidirectional" t
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Essential for End to Enders; fun for local hikers December 27, 2007
Robert C. Ross (New Jersey)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've used previous editions of this guide, but the 16th edition includes validated GPS data and is certainly the best of a very good lot. The package includes a guidebook, with detailed trail descriptions for the 174 miles from Kent, Connecticut, to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania line. There are also four waterproof color maps (scale: 1 inch = 1 mile) which show the A.T., other trails in the area, and roads used to access the trails.
My favorite hike in this book includes the Agony Grind on the west side of the entrance to Harriman Park, just off Old 17. There's a short, fairly steep scramble up to a long ridge walk above Greenwood Lake with great views -- you can often see hawks flapping across the lake far below you, and then rising effortless just out of reach on the thermals formed by the ridge. It's a rewarding out and in hike, of whatever length you have time for. Save a little energy for a careful descent at the end of the hike.
There are other excellent local guides to New Jersey and New York trails. The New Jersey Walk Book: A Companion to the New York Walk Book and the New York Walk Book: A Companion to the New Jersey Walk Book are the pick of the litter.
Nonetheless it is romantic to use one of a series covering the entire Appalachian Trail. One can pretend to be an End to Ender of this most famous of our trails.
Robert C. Ross 2007 2008
Great September 16, 2008
Leonard Bollhardt Jr
This book was an excellent source of information. The maps were also helpful for planning out my mileage for my weekend adventures.
The "Bible" used by the serious thru-hikers of the A.T. April 22, 2003
L. Da Vinci (New York, NY)
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
If the reader is really serious about hiking the A.T., specifically the N.Y. /N.J. section, this book, along with the 6 very detailed maps that come with it, will be a tremendous help, with all the relevant information all packed into a (large)pocket-sized paperback.
In addition to very interesting facts behind the history and the beginnings of the AT, the information found in this book will guide you, almost hold your hand along the trail and, it will then be up to you to listen to the wisdom, advice and warnings found here or, ignore them and find out -the hard way- why only 10% of the people who attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail will finish it in a year.
Where can you find water?; where are you not allowed to camp?; is it safe to hike alone?;can you take your dog with you? (NO!). Statistically speaking, did you know that you will be safer hiking the entire A.T., than walking the streets of most large american cities?
These and many other topics, too numerous to mention here, are dealt with in this volume.
Having all of that information ahead of time will make it (just a little) easier to put on your backpack, lug your 3 liters of water needed daily, consume the 4000 calories of food needed every day and.....in about 6 months time you will have arrived at your destination, very tired, much thinner and, much wiser.
 Great guidebook, with minor deficiencies May 16, 2009
nehiker (Boston)
As many other AT guidebooks, the 16th edition of the NY/NJ guide consists of a set of maps (4 on 2 sheets) and lists of mileage points and services along the trail in the guidebook. The detailed waterproof maps include an elevation vs. distance chart at the bottom (which is a rather rough approximation, but still nice). For my personal tastes, the maps are a bit too colorful; they are quite different in appearance from the other 3 AT guides I own.
A great feature of this guidebook is very detailed information on public transportation to various points on the trail (who could have thought there would be a 1-mile side trail descending from the NY/NJ border on the AT to a NJ Transit bus stop, with the bus going to NYC!). The information on local accommodations, as well as taxis, is less detailed, but suffices for planning from home. There is no information on tenting opportunities at the shelter sites and little for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (there is a map at their website). The maps by themselves are more than sufficient to follow the trail, but the accompanying book is great for pre-trip planning.
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