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The comprehensive field guide to Indiana's Knobstone Trail One of the most beautiful footpaths in the country, the Knobstone Trail offers a spectacularly rugged, 58-mile trek through 40,000 acres of forested land in southern Indiana. A Guide to the Knobstone Trail provides readers with all they need to know to make the best of hiking this challenging trail. Charts indicate camping and water locations, while up-to-date maps provide topographical information, elevations, and where horse trails intersect hiking trails. First-person accounts, trip diaries, local lore about trees, wildflowers, and animal life, plus the latest GPS information and elevation data are included. Lavishly illustrated with 60 photographs and 19 maps, A Guide to the Knobstone Trail is an easily portable guide and is an essential backpacker's tool for a safe and memorable adventure.Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253222974
ISBN-139780253222978
eBay Product ID (ePID)92399301
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameGuide to the Knobstone Trail : Indiana's Longest Footpath
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Regional, Special Interest / Hikes & Walks, Hiking
Publication Year2011
AuthorNathan D. Strange
Subject AreaNature, Travel, Sports & Recreation
SeriesIndiana Natural Science Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight11.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2010-027453
Reviews"[A]n attractive and useful guide book... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel." -Nuvo, July, 2011, "Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel. April 2011"-- Nuvo Green Guide "[A]n attractive and useful guide book ... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel.July, 2011"-- Nuvo, Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel., "[A]n attractive and useful guide book... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel." -- Nuvo, July, 2011, [A]n attractive and useful guide book... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel., [A]n attractive and useful guide book ... Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you can easily fit in your pack or satchel.July, 2011, "Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange'sbook offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS informationand elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel." --Nuvo Green Guide, April 2011, "Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel." -- Nuvo Green Guide, April 2011, "Part travelogue, part history, part love letter to nature, Strange's book offers local lore of trees, wildflowers and animals, but also GPS information and elevation data. And all in a book you easily fit in you pack or satchel." -Nuvo Green Guide, April 2011
Grade fromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Intended AudienceTrade
Lc Classification NumberGv199.42.I6.A2k667
Table of ContentForeword by Marion T. Jackson Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. History and Perspectives 1. The Lion's Share of the Work 2. The Rough and Hard Labor 3. The End of an Era 4. Elements of the Knobstone Part 2. Hiking the Knobstone Trail 5. Journey Preparation 6. The Deam Lake State Recreation Area 7. Deam Lake to Jackson Road 8. Jackson Road to New Chapel 9. New Chapel to Leota 10. Leota to Elk Creek Lake 11. Elk Creek Lake to John Stuart Oxley Memorial 12. John Stuart Oxley Memorial to Spurgeon Hollow 13. Delaney Creek Park Part 3. Reflection 14. Closing Contemplation Part 4. Supplementary Materials Directions to Parks and Trailheads Evolution of the Trail Maps Bibliography Index
