Trails of the Triangle: 170 Hikes in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Area

By Allen De Hart

TRAILS OF THE TRIANGLEThe book offers close to 250 different trails within a 60-mile radius of the Triangle. The hikes can be found on federal, state, city/county, and even private property. Trails... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895871602
• ISBN13: 9780895871602
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Good resource for area trails

My husband and I bought this book last year after we found ourselves looking for a new place to walk. We had been frequenting the Chapel Hill Greenway, and, well, it's just not very challenging. So, we picked up this book.It's a very informative book. There are maps of most of the trails, which really helps you get a feel of the lay of the trail. Each trail has is accompanied by a lengthy description which include items such as:*driving directions*flora on the trail*total distance of the trail*distance of trail segements*types of trails (dirt, gravel, footbridges)*geography of trail (hills, streams, roads to cross)The only issue we really had with the book were the driving directions. We were trying to get to a trail at Jordan Lake during the summer, and we weren't totally familiar with the area. We were following the directions in the book, but we really needed a few more geographical points to help us find the roads. Also, once we got to the trail area, we couldn't find the trailhead. The state did not do a good job marking the head, but it would have been nice to have known this in the trail description. However, we did "discover" the Duke cross country trail from this book. We enjoy this trail- it is the perfect length for us and it's difficult enough to be a challenge. We also discovered that if you get caught in a rainstorm out there, there's absolutely nowhere to go!If you like to walk in the Triangle, get this book!