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60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville, 2nd: Including Clarksville, Gallatin, and Murfreesboro (60 Hikes - Menasha Ridge)

60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville, 2nd: Including Clarksville, Gallatin, and Murfreesboro (60 Hikes - Menasha Ridge)
By Johnny Molloy

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Nashville is best known as the capital of country music, but located in the Cumberland River Valley surrounded by hills of the Highland Rim, the city is also home to a great variety of hiking trails. With five new hikes and updated text, the new edition of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville gives outdoor enthusiasts plenty of hikes to choose from throughout middle Tennessee. From historical hikes such as the Gordon House and Ferry Site Walk and the Confederate Earthworks Walk to great recreational trails like the Anderson Fitness Trail and the Couchville Lake Loop, hikers of all ages and fitness levels will find a trail to their liking within a short drive from home.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #519667 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-01-19
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 232 pages

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“To help take the sweat out of finding a trail near you…buy one of the 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles guidebooks.” Newsweek (praise for the series)

From the Back Cover

It’s time to take a hike!
Nashville residents grab your boots and get outside! Using clear and entertaining narrative, the revised and updated new edition of 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville eliminates doubts about where to hike and what to expect when you get to the trailhead. To locate and assess the best hikes within a 60-mile radius of the Nashville area, this guide is indispensable.
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville blows the lid off the myth that you can’t have a great trek close to home. The Music City may be an ever-expanding metropolis, but there are still plenty of thrilling hiking options. Choose among short and long hikes, hikes for children, hikes for dogs, hikes for wildflowers and for waterfalls, historic and scenic hikes, and many others.
Trail Descriptions allow you to assess each trail before you hike it
GPS-Based Trail Maps provide you with accurate trail information
Trail Profiles help you visualize altitude gain and loss
Directions and UTM coordinates lead you to the trailheads
Whether you live in Nashville, Clarksville, Gallatin, or Murfreesboro, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Nashville provides you with the information you need to choose the perfect day hike in your area, including trail lengths, hiking times, and trail difficulty. So lace up those shoes or boots, sling that daypack, and hit the trail!


About the Author

Johnny Molloy is an outdoor writer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has averaged over 100 nights in the wild per year since the early 1980’s, backpacking and canoe camping throughout our country. He has written numerous books covering much of the U.S. from Florida to Wisconsin to Colorado and articles for magazines and websites.

Customer Reviews

Breaking out of the same ol routine...5
This book is fabulous! I get in such a habit of going to the same park all the time for hiking...it's beautiful, but I like to have a change of pace and scenery. Molloy's collection of easily accessible hikes from the city has taken the "same-ol-same-ol" out of my weekend hikes, and has helped me to see new and different (but of course still beautiful) areas around Middle Tennessee. From enjoying views of the Cumberland River I've never seen, to exploring different section of the Natchez Trace, Molloy gives very accurate trail descriptions and length of hikes, making for an enjoyable day outside alone or with a group.

Mistakes and insufficient information3
There are quite a few typos in this book, some of which are quite frustrating - it's hard to find a hike when the street names in the directions are incorrect. Additionally, the information given on the hikes is insufficent for us retentive types. Elevation gains aren't given (you have to guess what "moderate" means), maps don't include segment lengths, and sometimes the maps aren't very detailed.

That said, it's the only hiking book centered on Nashville, and it includes a good selection. Do be aware that many of the hikes are short, and whether they're worth the drive from Nashville is a toss-up - but that's the nature of the hikes within 60 miles of town.

Good hiking book4
Good hiking book for people living in the Nashville area. I've gone on about 5 of the hikes and so far the books been pretty accurate.