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Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Georgia Mountains

This is one of the books that lives on the bookcase by my desk for quick reference…I swear by the series. Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Georgia Mountains (Longstreet Highlands Innactive Series) With these three guidebooks to the mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, the publisher launches a series that promises to include Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, New Hampshire, and

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Monte Sano State Park

  Monte Sano, Spanish for “Mountain of Health,” rises more than 1,600 feet above sea level. The mountain has attracted visitors since the mid 1820’s with the establishment of the town of Viduta, a derivative of the Spanish word “Vida,” meaning life.  Viduta was home to a sanatorium and a hotel resort, Hotel Monte Sano, which opened its doors in 1887

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park – at The Sinks on the Little River

Some cool Great Smoky Mountains National Park images: Great Smoky Mountains National Park – at The Sinks on the Little River Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park – LeConte Trip Great Smoky Mountains National Park – at The Sinks on the Little River Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park – LeConte Trip Great Smoky Mountains National

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A few nice Great Smoky Mountains National Park images I found: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park – LeConte Trip With the Hiking Buds March 12, 2011 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Image by numbphoto Great Smoky Mountain National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park Image by mikerhicks Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Pennsylvania Mountains (Longstreet Highlands Innactive Series)

Check out what I found at Amazon… This is my go to series of guides. It’s on my bookshelf. The indispensable guide to the best the Pennsylvania mountains have to offer. ISBN-10 : 1563524740 ISBN-13 : 978-1563524745 Dimensions : 7.04 x 0.81 x 8.96 inches Paperback : 320 pages Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing; First Edition (September 25, 1998) Language: : English

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Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes in the North Georgia Mountains: Walks, Hikes and Backpacking Trips from Lookout Mountain to the Blue Ridge to the Chattooga River (Explorer’s 50 Hikes)

Have a need to work on that Nature Deficit Disorder this week? This could be the book to guide you out to the trail that begins the cure…Sometime you just need a quick “mountain fix”, sometimes it needs to be more of a short expedition away from the humdrum realities of modern life. The best day hikes, walks, and backpacks

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Fodor’s In Focus Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1st Edition

Fodor’s In Focus Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1st Edition Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a

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