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978-0-89587-277-7
0-89587-277-3
$18.95
paperback
7" x 9"
340 pages
maps, illustrations, appendices, index
Longstreet Press
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The
indispensable guide to the best the Virginia mountains have to offer.
Uncovers the geology, flora, and fauna of hundreds of sites and features
great places for activities including hiking, camping, fishing,
canoeing, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Appendices range from useful outfitters and guide services to annual
events in the mountains. A complete index makes planning a trip to the
mountains easy
Outdoors enthusiasts can use the Highroad Guides series to plan
excursions to other mountain states, including North Carolina and
Tennessee.
From
the Appalachian Plateau to the Valley and Ridge to the Blue Ridge, the Highroad
Guide to the Virginia Mountains introduces visitors to the best the
mountains have to offer. Whether
you are looking for a great spot to trout fish, descriptions of day long
or week long hikes, the perfect spot to pitch your family’s tent, or a
beautiful scenic drive, you will find it here in a format that is easy
to use and packed with detailed information.
about
the authors
Deane
Winegar is an award-winning outdoors writer and nature photographer who
especially enjoys the challenge of capturing the many moods of
wilderness areas on film. A former newspaper reporter and news bureau chief, Deane is a
native of Staunton, Virginia.
Garvey
Winegar has been the senior outdoors columnist for the Richmond
(Virginia) Times-Dispatch for
12 years and has been widely published in outdoor magazines, including Field
& Stream, Outdoor Life, and Virginia
Wildlife. The Scott
County, Virginia, native has won numerous state and national awards in
his 30 years as an outdoors writer.
They
are coauthors of Natural Wonders
of Virginia: A Guide to Parks, Preserves and Wild Places and live in
the Blue Ridge on the southern end of the Shenandoah National Park,
where park bears are their closest neighbors. Deane is the author of Highroad
Guide to the Chesapeake Bay.
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