100 Classic Hikes in New England Paperback – February 24, 2010

From Block Island to Mount Katahdin and the Taconic Range to Acadia, New England offers some of the finest and most popular hiking destinations in the eastern United States. Though not perfect, this guide features the best of the best hiking the region has to offer.As its name suggests, this guide describes 100 hikes in the 6 state region northeast of New York. There are at least 6 hikes offered in each state (even tiny Rhode Island), so the entire region gets ample coverage. Highlighted areas include coastal Massachusetts, Green Mountain National Forest, the White Mountains, Acadia National Park, and Baxter State Park. Each hike features driving directions to the trailhead, a small but nice computer-generated trail map that does include contour lines, and a terse but adequate trail description. Like most guides in the Classic Hikes series, this book is printed on 7” by 9” glossy color pages, so the pictures in this guide are several notches above those in the average trail guide.I found no major problems with this guide, though I did find a couple of minor problems. First, fitting 100 hikes into 254 pages ensures that the trail descriptions are quite short. Indeed, many interpretive details are missing, but what is here is enough to keep you on the right route and give a good flavor of the hike. Also, many of the hikes in this guide are quite long and difficult. On point, 35 of the 100 hikes are at least 8 miles in length. New England features many difficult hiking trails, so this statistic is not surprising. However, depending on what part of the region you are visiting, this guide may offer few hikes to choose from for your ability.In summary, the purpose of this guide is to feature the best hikes New England has to offer, and at that it does a fantastic job. If you want a “bucket list” of New England hikes, then this is the guide for you. If you plan to visit only one part of New England, then a more localized guide will give you a better selection of nearby hikes to choose from.

The media could not be loaded. Jeff Romano's 100 Classic Hikes in New England is an easy way to pack my gear, pick a hiking spot, and get on the trail. He has done a thorough job listing multiple options for length, duration, difficulty, and fitness levels throughout New England.Particularly, I like the following about the book:- DURABLE stitch binding, printed on laminate heavy paper. It has been stuffed in my backpack and used for navigation on several hikes with very little sign of wear.- CONSISTENT RATING of hikes: I was able to correctly guess my time and ability to complete hikes from ratings. While I do go faster than an average hiker, I could properly estimate how the rating of a hike applies to fitness level.- VARIETY of hikes difficulty ranging from some I was able to do with young children to overnight backpacking trips.- TOPO MAPS included to give an indication of the elevation profile and terrain.- DIVERSE geography across the six states, high mountains, near the ocean, and on islands.- DETAILED descriptions and pictures to help prepare for the hike and navigate the trail.I only wish the book had included a CD with GPS files for each hike. I did buy the National Geographics's TOPO software used in the book, but it had very few of the trails marked in it. For the most part I had to copy the trails by hand from the book.While some will argue that one or another of their favorite hikes belong in the list of 100 classics, I say we are fortunate to live in an area so rich in beautiful hikes. Take this book with you and enjoy it.PS. The video is from Rugged Mountain (hike #17) in CT.

I am always looking for soe good hikes so I bought this book. Great quality and good basic information. It onlly has a page or two for each hike so it is really more of a basic guide to find good hikes. You will probably want to use the internet to do additional research. Good as a starting point and very well organized.

This not only compiles many of the best hikes described in a wide variety of other sources (we own them all), it also corrects and updates for trail changes and markings, etc. Being from the venerable Mountaineers Club, it will err on the side of going for the heights, as it were, but as a portly 60-something who hikes whenever he can, one could suggest this book and its fellows are in fact life-savers. Forget diet fads: take a hike!

Thrilled with the quality of this book. Pictures, maps, descriptions. I'm thoroughly satisfied! This made the perfect gift for a hiker. Would recommend!! Came in one day even when shipped Via Prime!Please let me know if my review was helpful so I can continue to write quality reviews.

I gave it as a gift. I looked at it briefly. It has a lot of beautiful scenic pictures. My husband wanted me to keep it, so that he could read it. I will probably purchase this book again in the future as a gift to my husband.

Great book my brother is a hiker so he was happy

Gift for the girlfriend's birthday. We've been on a few holes already. Would have liked to see a few more down the Cape but that's all right.