We love waterfalls! We have been taking day hikes to the different falls in the white mountains. It is great exercise and a waterfall is a great relaxing place to have a picnic lunch, go swimming or take a relaxing afternoon nap.

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Product Description

This guide to over 100 waterfalls in the White Mountains of New Hampshire tells the best tmes of year and vantage points from which to view them, and also gives suggestions for further hikes, swimming holes, and uncrowded picnic spots. Excursions range in length from a short strill from the car to a hike of nearly 20 miles across the Presidential Range. Each chapter includes complete hiking information: distance, dificulty, altitude gain, and trail directions; as well as a map, essays on local history and lore.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78943 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 310 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780881504644
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
Here are all the cascading torrents, the forest-bound rills, the well-known tourist attractions, and the often overlooked gems....Here is a book to treasure. -- Laura and Guy Waterman, authors of "Forest and Craig"

[P]acked with maps, photographs, hiking, historical data, and good advice. -- New England Living

From the Inside Flap
Discover the waterfalls of new Hampshire-some of New England's finest natural attractions-and in the process learn the history and terrain of the mountains themselves. This entertaining guide will bring you to over 100 waterfalls and give you suggestions for further hikes, swimming holes, and uncrowded picnic spots. Find the crag where viewing the 600-foot Ammonoosuc Gorge is "like looking at a splendid work of architecture from a third-story window," or discover the elusive Georgiana Falls, "plunging down a sheer cliff into a deep, narrow chasm at your feet."

Features of this backcountry destination guide include:
- Excursions that range in length from a short stroll to a spectacular hike of nearly 20 miles past a dozen cascades.
- Details about 104 waterfalls: where to find the best swimming holes and bathing rocks; which falls are the tallest, which are best for children, which are the most remote; and much more.
- Photography tips, a complete camping directory, and information on alpine huts.
- Complete hiking information for 30 excursions: distance, difficulty, altitude gain, and trail directions. as well as a detailed map, and essays on local history and lore.

About the Author
Bruce Bolnick, an economist and a specialist in international development, and Dorren Bolnick, an artist and writer, lived in the White Mountains for 30 years before moving to Malawi. Their son, Daniel, who has been hiking with his parents since he "could fit in a parka pocket," updated this second edition.

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Customer Reviews

excellent guide for waterfall lovers
To my thinking there is not much more thrilling than turning a corner to find a spectacular and beautiful rush of water cascading over cliffs or through a rocky terrain. Who doesn't like waterfalls?!

This terrific guide to the waterfalls of New Hampshire's White Mountains details 30 hikes to 100 waterfalls, so many of the walks take you to several falls. A regional map pinpoints the thirty treks and a lengthy introduction relates waterfall nomenclature and origins, tells you how to use the book and offers tips to make your trip enjoyable. Detailed within four subregions (the Connecticut , Pemigewasset/Merrimack, Saco and Androscoggin watersheds), entries are 6-10 pages long and include location, distance, altitude gain, difficulty, access information, a map, trail and hike details, and a photograph of the falls.

An indispensable guide for waterfall lovers, particularly those travelling with kids.

The book concludes with appendices on regional geology and camping facilities, a bibliography and an index.

Take a hiking honeymoon with this book!
This book inspired one of the best vacations I've taken (while closest to home!)exploring the waterfalls of NH. The directions and descriptions are accurate and easy to follow, and the falls themselves are exquisite--even in dry August weather, when we saw them. This will be a gift to friends, to be sure. Experienced hikers will appreciate it, but it's suitable for beginners. Not many geriatric hikes, however.

The BEST hiking guidebook!
I am an avid hiker of the Appalachian Mountains from the Carolinas to Maine. As such, I have purchased my share of guidebooks. Without a doubt in my mind, this is the best guidebook ever published. It reads more like a novel. I live in both Florida and New Hamphire and I find myself picking up this book to read for pleasure when I'm in Florida, 1000's of miles from the White Mountains. This book is efficient. As the title suggests, one can cover 100 waterfalls in 30 hikes, most of which are not very grueling. The book describes the waterfalls in detail but reads like a novel. It uses descriptions from early guidebooks as well, some over 100 years old! The directions to the waterfalls are clear and well written and include vital statistics like distance to each, vertical elevation gained, difficulty and altitude. A sketch map is shown for each hike (although one would use a separate topographic map for the actual hike). In addition, and I think this really separates this from other guides, a history is included for each hike of the area. These histories include Indian stories predating European settlement, stories of the early European settlements, the first grand hotels and even ski resorts. It truly gives the reader/hiker a sense of time and place. If you hike the White Mountains get this book!