HIKING VERMONT                                                                          (Falcon) 60 of Vermont’s Greatest Hiking Adventures             2nd edition                                                                                          Larry Pletcher Sixty of the best hiking trails across the Green Mountain State are described with maps, photos, and updated details on routes, restaurants, and accommodations. From half-day family hikes to overnight adventures, this guidebook will appeal to locals and visitors alike. Larry Pletcher is a writer, photographer, and avid outdoorsman. Vermont is a land of lush farmlands and green mountains, waterfalls and marshlands, a national forest, and the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the country. This newly revised edition of Hiking Vermont covers that ground and more in sixty of the finest hikes in Vermont. Enjoy views and rambles along the Taconic Range, poetic stops along the partially barrier-free Robert Frost Interpretive Trail, wilderness wanderings, and visits to a farmstead and a sugar bush with a nearby swimming hole. Several hikes follow sections of the Long Trail that offer rugged wilderness opportunities in manageable portions. This guide will introduce you to these natural wonders and other splendors of the Green Mountain State. For more than twenty-five years, FalconGuides(R) have set the standard for outdoor guidebooks. Written by top experts each guide invites you to experience the adventure and beauty of the outdoors. Features: - Hikes suited to every ability- Accurate directions to popular as well as less-traveled trails- Detailed trail descriptions and easy-to-follow trail maps- Difficulty ratings, elevation gains, and special attractions for every featured hike Tom Seymour is a two-time award-winning outdoor colulmnist and book author and a regular contributor to Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine. July 2006 marked the twentieth anniversary of Tom¿s award-winning outdor column "Waldo County Outdoors," which appears in the Republican Journal and Waldo Independent . Tom's book credits include Hiking Maine, Foraging New England, Fishing Maine , and the soon-to-be-released Birding Maine (FalconGuides). Additionally Tom wrote Tom Seymour's Maine: A Maine Anthology , and he edited and updated Maine Off the Beaten Path, and Hiking Vermont (Globe Pequot Press). Tom wrote Maine Wildlife, a Maine Sportsman publication. Tom also writes From The Ground Up, a regular column on gardening, for Courier Publications. Tom pens a blog, Wild Plants and Wooly Bears, for Courier Publications MaineCoast.com website. Tom appeared regularly on the Maine television show The Maine Outdoors, and also starred in the Ursus Productions vidio Nature¿s Garden. Tom is a registered Maine Guide.