Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide, 3rd: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in Southern New Hampshire, including Monadnock, Cardigan, Kearsarge, ... Club: Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $23.95
Manufacturer: Appalachian Mountain Club Books
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Description
This handy guide, from the editors of the popular AMC White Mountain Guide, provides the most comprehensive information available about the trails of Southern New Hampshire. The up-to-date third edition describes nearly 200 trails from Monadnock, Cardigan, and Kearsarge to the Lakes Region and the seacoast, with 15 new hikes and 12 new nature area descriptions, plus fully updated information on trails. You'll also find coverage [and insert maps] of three of the largest state parks, Pisgah, Bear Brook, and Pawtuckaway.
Whether you’re looking for a day trip or backpacking trek, the AMC’s Southern
New Hampshire Trail Guide, 3rd Edition is a must-have for every hiker exploring the central and southernmost parts of the Granite State.
Reviews
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-07-03
Summary: "Great Guide but lacks maps"
The Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide is on par with AMC's most popular White Mountian Guide. The SNHTG has great details on the trails as we have come to expect from AMC. So this guide is a must have for the hiker who wants to see more of NH besides the northern part of the state.
The reason for the three stars is the lack of maps and the poor quaility of the map that is included. As most hikers, I use the guide to tell how to get to the trail and what the trail is like so I have an idea of what to expect on the trail. But once I start the trail, I use the maps to keep track of where I am and the terrain ahead of me. Some trails are more difficult to follow, but a good map will tell if you have strayed off the path.
The one folded map included is of Mount Monadnock, Mount Carigan, and Sunapee and Pillsbury State Parks. These are just small slivers of Southern New Hampshire and what areas that are covered are not in the detail that you will find in the maps with AMC's White Mountian Guide. There are no maps for The Lakes Region, The Merrimack Valley, and Southeastern New Hampshire, which are sections in the SNHTG covering the trails in the respective sections of the NH.
There is a small guide put out by the Lakes Region Conservation Trust (LRCT), that includes a map of the trails in the Castle in the Clouds Conservation Area. This map was done by an AMC map maker that is a basic map, but lacks details like GPS grids. The map also lacks trails that lead into the LRCT trails but are not part of their trail network. This is LRCT's first trail and map publication and hopefully future publications will improve on this. This guide and map can be found at [...]. I do not know if there are maps or guides available for the other areas lacking maps in the SNHTG.
The SNHTG is still well worth the money for trail information. You'll just have to seek other sources for maps like a USGS map.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-01
Summary: "great local hiking guide"
AMC has produced another great guide for hiking. I appreciate the listing of hikes by difficulty. I only wish we had better maps. The Monadnock region map covers such a small part of Southern New Hampshire. I know we will refer to it often.