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AMC's best day hikes along the Maine Coast, four-season guide to 50 of the best trails from the Maine beaches to Downeast, Carey Michael Kish

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AMC's best day hikes along the Maine Coast

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Carey Michael Kish

four-season guide to 50 of the best trails from the Maine beaches to Downeast

Explore the full length of the rugged coast of Maine in 50 hikes, enjoying classic views, historical lighthouses, and abundant natural beauty. Walk through century-old stands of white pine in Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park. Trek Portland's finest green spaces. Traverse the ridges of Camden Hills State Park and Acadia National Park's Cadillac Mountain. Explore the shoreline of Downeast Maine, from the maritime forests of Roque Bluffs State Park to the bogs of Quoddy Head State Park. With the At-a-Glance Trip Planner, you'll find the best hikes near public transportation, great trips for kids, and routes you'll enjoy on snowshoes or skis in winter. Whether you're a local resident or just visiting, this book is a must-have resource for daylong adventures along the coast of the Pine Tree State., provided by www.amazon.com

Locator map -- At-a-glance trip planner -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Trip planning and safety -- Section 1. York County: 1. Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge -- 2. Vaughan Woods Memorial State Park -- 3. Mount Agamenticus Conservation Region -- 4. Wells Reserve at Laudholm -- 5. Edwin L. Smith Preserve -- 6. Saco Beach Loop -- 7. Bauneg Beg Mountain Conservation Area -- 8. Sawyer Mountain Highlands -- Section 2. Casco Bay: 9. Eastern Trail/Scarborough Marsh -- 10. Spring Point Shoreway -- 11. Forest City Trail -- 12. Mackworth Island -- 13. Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park -- 14. Bradbury to Pineland Corridor Trail and Bradbury Mountain State Park -- 15. Harpswell Cliff Trail -- Section 3. Midcoast: 16. Cathance River Nature Preserve -- 17. Whiskeag Trail -- 18. Center Pond Preserve -- 19. Reid State Park -- 20. Ovens Mouth Preserve -- 21. Salt Bay Heritage Trail -- 22. La Verna Nature Preserve -- 23. Monhegan Island -- 24. Northern Headwaters Trail -- 25. Hidden Valley Nature Center -- 26. Georges Highland Path/Ragged Mountain -- 27. Fernald's Neck Preserve -- 28. Camden Hill State Park -- 29. Little River Community Trail -- Section 4. Acadia National Park: 30. Beach Cliff and Mountain Loops -- 31. Six Peaks Circuit -- 32. Cadillac Mountain Traverse -- 33. Ocean Path -- Section 5. Downeast: 34. Great Pond Mountain -- 35. Witherle Woods Preserve -- 36. Blue Hill Mountain Loop -- 37. Edgar M. Tennis Preserve -- 38. Branch Lake Public Forest -- 39. Amherst Mountains Community Forest -- 40. Tunk Mountain -- 41. Mayberry Cove Trail -- 42. Long Ledges Preserve/Baker Hill Easement -- 43. Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge -- 44. Great Wass Island -- 45. Machias River Heritage Trail -- 46. Roque Bluffs State Park -- 47. Cutler Coast Public reserved land -- 48. Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge -- 49. Quoddy Head State Park -- 50. Shackford Head State Park -- Nature and history essays -- The King's Pines -- Great Fire of 1947 -- East Coast Greenway -- Fairy houses -- Maine's land conservation movement -- Whaleback Shell Midden -- Poets, artists, and writers along the Maine Coast -- Acadia's carriage roads -- Maine's sustainable lobster fishery -- Maine's Ice Age Trail

Appalachian Mountain Club's best day hikes along the Maine Coast