Product Description

Have you ever considered how far you walk with your dog? If you walk just 15 minutes a day you will have walked far enough in your dog's lifetime to cross the United States. With all that walking ahead of you, aren't you ready for a new place to take a hike with your dog in Maryland? DOGGIN' MARYLAND: THE 100 BEST PLACES TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG IN THE FREE STATE, the latest title in the DOGGINÕ AMERICA series, explores the state's top trails with your best friend in mind...??Where can your dog go to climb Maryland's highest mountain? (page 71) ?Where can your dog hike to a working still? (page 21) ?Where can you camp with your dog inside the Beltway? (page 97) ?Where can your dog swim under Maryland's highest waterfall? (page 36)??No Dogs!?Is there any more dispiriting day for a dog owner than driving to a new park and encountering the dreaded "NO DOGS" sign? DOGGIN' MARYLAND tells you the parks that don't welcome dogs. Also packed inside these 192 pages are...?...local beach regulations for dogs ?...tips on outfitting your dog for a hike ?...tips on practicing low impact hiking with your dog ?...and much more??Maryland is a great place to hike with your dog. Within a short drive your dog can climb mountains thatÊleave him panting, trot down sand trails, walk on some of the mostÊhistoric grounds in America, explore dark ravines or circleÊlakes for miles and never lose sight of the water.Ê While walking the dog, author Doug Gelbert also brings along generous helpings of local history, botany, geology, architecture and more. So what are you waiting for? Your dog will want to get going and look a bald eagle in the eye (page 41), stare down into America's first chromium mine (page 45), hunt for some of Maryland's 42 native orchids (page 67)...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #652444 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Doug Gelbert is the author of 19 books including, So Who The Heck Was Oscar Mayer?, You Can Be A National Champion, and Revolutionary War Sites, Memorials and Collections and the Canine Hiker's Bible. He is the creator and publisher of the DOGGINÕ AMERICA series of guidebooks to hiking with your dog. To date similar books have been published for Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island and others. A member of the Dog Writer's Association of America, he is a columnist for Fido Friendly magazine and has written for many dog publications.

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK
This book is fantastic. I have tried repeatedly to locate good places to go with my pooch - several online searches yielded very little information. This book is everything I was hoping to find.