Description

Menasha Ridge Press Five-Star Trails: Raleigh and Durham is a guide to the best day-hiking trails within a 2-hour drive of the urban areas of Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.

Features

• This is the guidebook for a hiker seeking an arduous climb to a scenic overlook as much as it is for a weekend walker who wants an easy, family-friendly trail
• Raleigh is North Carolina's capital and an anchor for the state's famous Research Triangle that includes Durham and Chapel Hill
• The author leads readers to myriad places for scenic beauty, to sites of historic significance, and to neighborhoods that showcase the charms of urban life
• All of the routes stay true to the book's title, based on the series's rating system for scenery, trail condition, suitability for children, difficulty level and solitude
• To be selected, each trail must truly shine in one or more of those areas while, at the same time, all of the trails combine to offer diversity for a wide range of hikers