Overview

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.

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Author:   Nathan D. Strange ,  Marion T. Jackson
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780253222978

ISBN 10:   0253222974
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword 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

Reviews

<p> 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

[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

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Nathan D. Strange is a writer and naturalist based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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