50 Hikes in the Adirondacks: Short Walks, Day Trips, and Backpacks Throughout the Park

by Barbara McMartin

Book Overview

Barbara McMartin has been hiking in the Adirondacks for decades; her family, for generations. She has distilled her vast experience into the 50 hikes offered here, representing a cross-section of the wilderness and wild forest: rugged peak climbs, gentle trips to distant waterfalls, bushwhacks to wild rivers. In all she describes 360 miles of trails to caves, uninhabited lakes, wetlands, cliffs, and fire towers across the Park's 6 million acres. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881505404
• ISBN13: 9780881505405
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

great book

we only had 3 days to hike and we did 4 of the hike from this book - great choices, very clear and exact details. A MUST

One Of The Experts On Lesser Known Gems!

Barbara McMartin is one of those few resident Adirondackers that has supplied the world with great information, anecdotes and history about lesser known trails in the Adirondacks. Keeping to the less over-run trails, the reader is treated to beautiful trails to remote mountaintops, caves, fire-towers, unique wetlands and historic sites. This newer edition is only slightly different (three more hikes), but it includes great topo maps, directions, trail and destination descriptions and just a ton of interesting local folklore to keep you going. A great find.

You can practically feel the Adirondacks...

Just browsing through the book and reading about the hikes took me right there. The details of the hikes are just amazing and although I haven't been there yet, my husband and I have dog-eared several pages of "must-hikes". Our 2 day trip to the Adirondacks has just turned into a week and a half long trip!

One of my favorite books

This book was my weekend getaway bible when I lived in upstate NY, and I use it heavily as a reference whenever I return for vacation. The guide was obviously written by someone who is very fond of the Adirondacks, and her pride and depth of knowledge make this book a fun and useful trail companion. The pictures help me to decide which hike I'd like to take next, and the information on difficulty level and topography is also very useful! Many thanks to Barbara and her collaborators for their time and effort.

plan your trip around this book

no one serious about the ADK should plan a hike without this book. It's that good. You need topo maps too. 5 ponds to sand pond (lake) is my personal favorite. Chimney mountain is next.