Thomas M. Spencer

Five-Star Trails

Birmingham: 35 Beautiful Hikes in and Around Central Alabama

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of 35 five-star hiking trails in the Birmingham area includes popular routes and hidden treasures.

Produktdetails

• Five-Star Trails
• Verlag: Menasha Ridge Press Inc.
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781634043076
• ISBN-10: 1634043073
• Artikelnr.: 58349083

Autorenporträt

Born in Birmingham, Thomas Spencer grew up hiking and camping in his native state, and for two decades he crisscrossed Alabama as a reporter for The Anniston Star and The Birmingham News, specializing in coverage of the outdoors and the environment. During his reporting career, he covered the acquisition of the Walls of Jericho, the protection of endangered species, the development of recreational assets such as the Alabama Scenic River Trail and the Pinhoti Trail, and the movement to expand green space and trails in the Birmingham metro area. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Tom is now the senior research associate at the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, based at Samford University. An Eagle Scout, he is a founder of The Friends of Red Mountain Park and serves on the board of the Cahaba River Society.

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OVERVIEW MAP
OVERVIEW-MAP KEY
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
HIKING RECOMMENDATIONS
INTRODUCTION
City Center
* Civil Rights Heritage Trail: Birmingham's Walk to Freedom
* Oak Hill Cemetery
* Railroad Park
* Vulcan Trail-Southside Loop
Suburbs
* Aldridge Gardens
* Irondale Furnace & Mountain Brook Trails
* Shades Creek Greenway & Homewood Forest Preserve
* Vestavia Hills Library in the Forest
Moss Rock Preserve
* Moss Rock Preserve: Boulder Field
* Moss Rock Preserve: Boulder Gorge Loop
* Moss Rock Preserve: Waterfall Loop from Sulphur Springs Road
Oak Mountain State Park
* Oak Mountain State Park: King's Chair Loop
* Oak Mountain State Park: Lake Tranquility Loop
* Oak Mountain State Park: Peavine Falls
* Oak Mountain State Park: Shackleford High Points Hike
Red Mountain Park
* Red Mountain Park: Birmingham Mineral Railroad Loop
* Red Mountain Park: Grace's Gap
* Red Mountain Park: Mine History Hike
Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve
* Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Ridge & Valley Loop
* Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Tree House to Hawk's View
* Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve: Wetlands Retreat
The Cahaba River & Points South
* Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge
* Perry Lakes Park & Barton's Beach
* Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park
Cheaha & Points East
* Cheaha-Cave Creek-Pinhoti Trail Loop
* Cheaha State Park: Bald Rock & Pulpit Rock
* Chinnabee Silent Trail
* Flagg Mountain: The Southernmost Appalachian
* Pinhoti Trail: Lower Shoal Shelter Section
The Sipsey Wilderness & Points Northwest
* Big Tree Loop
* Hurricane Creek Park
* Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Little River Canyon & Points Northeast
* Little River Canyon National Preserve: Eberhart Trail
* Palisades Park & the Bridges of Blount County
* Turkey Creek Falls
APPENDIX A: SUGGESTED READING & REFERENCE
APPENDIX B: OUTDOOR RETAILERS
APPENDIX C: HIKING & OUTDOOR CLUBS
APPENDIX D: ADVOCACY & VOLUNTEER GROUPS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MAP LEGEND