A Guide to the Knobstone Trail: Indiana's Longest Footpath

By Nathan D. Strange

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253222974
• ISBN13: 9780253222978
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher