Guide to Catskill Trails (The Forest Preserve Series : Vol 8)

By Bill Rudge, Neal Burdick, Neal S. Burdick, et al.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935272712
• ISBN13: 9780935272710
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Adirondack Mountain Club
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 5.0" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

A fine book and the definitive guide to the Catskills

The guide book as some minor errors as any guidebook does; however, it give a good description of each trail and one knows exactly what to expect. It's easy to read the trail descriptions and to narrow the search down to the trail that meets your specific needs. The maps for the region, sold separately, are referenced in the book which makes find the exact locations on the map easy. The author does a nice job of pointing out things of interest on the trail or what makes the particular trail interesting without giving away too much and thus leaves the discovery part of hiking in tact. With or without the guide book and maps the trails in the region are well marked and are very easy to follow. With a map, the trails are a snap and easy to navigate because there are not that many junctions and when there are junctions they are mark with signs showing direction and distance to various points. Additionally, once having read the guide and looked at the map a rough mental picture of what is to come is easy to create. Getting lost in the area seems like a hard task. I wold imagine that most people could use just a map and do fine, but the guide provides a sense of trails, so it's easy to decide which one to do. The above reviewer seems to lack basic hiking skills, a.k.a. a map or common sense or both, and they seem to believe that this is the guidebooks responsibility.I've done several hikes in the area and have yet to have a single problem. Don't forget to purchase the maps of the region.The guide is well written, a few minor and noticeable mistakes aside, and is the one you will want to purchase if you are going hiking in the area. Good luck