AMC's Best Day Hikes in the Catskills & Hudson Valley: Four-Season Guide to 60 of the Best Trails from New York City to Albany

by Peter Kick

Book Overview

With more than 600 miles of trails within just a few hours of New York City, the Catskills and the Hudson River Valley are a hiker's paradise, boasting varied and scenic terrain from Westchester... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929173849
• ISBN13: 9781929173846
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I like this

I really enjoy this guide a whole lot. I'm a moderate hiker who frequent Sterling Forest and Bear Mountain, but mostly hike outside of NYS. Since I wanted to stay in my own backyard, so to speak, I found this to be really informative on how to get to a certain area, along with a history of each park.

Nice book

I use to be a 2ce a week hiker but have slowed down with age. This book helps and other have helped me find some special places to hike in the Catskills that I can take my child with me.

Excellent guide

I love to hike with my children. This book is filled with simple yet clear maps, excellent directions, helpful descriptions, and useful information. I rely on it to assess the level of difficulty of and what to expect from a particular hike. The authors put a lot of hard work and heart into this guide. I highly recommend it.

Great All Around Guide

An excellent guide at a great price. Included are an overall map, a chart summarizing the hikes, a map and details (difficulty, distance, time, elevation change) for each hike, directions to the starting point and lots of useful information about each trail. Several pictures are included and there's good reference information in the back of the book.

The premier guide for anyone planning an excursion in New York's Catskills and Hudson Valley country

There are more than 600 miles of hiking trails in the Catskill mountains and the Hudson Valley, locales that are within just a few hours of New York City. "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" is a practical "day trip" guide to varied and scenic terrains that range from Westchester County to Albany, showcasing sixty of the most scenic and spectacular of these trails which suited for anything from short family nature walks to day-long hikes with magnificent views. Each individual trail trip includes a detailed map and a summary of the trip time, distance, and difficultly. An icon indicates whether the trail is also good for snowshoeing or cross-country skiing in the winter, making "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" an all weather, all-season reference of value for both local residents and vacationing visitors. Enhanced with hiking and safety tips, advice for hiking with children, an 'At-a-Glance Trip Planner' for finding the best hikes suited to the reader's aspirations and limitations, "AMC's Best Day Hikes In The Catskills & Hudson Valley" is the premier guide for anyone planning an excursion in New York's Catskills and Hudson Valley country!