A Walker's Guidebook: Serendipitous Outings Near New York City
- ISBN-10
- 0935576509
- ISBN-13
- 9780935576504
- Category
- Natural history
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Michael Kesend Pub Limited
- Authors
- Marina Harrison, Lucy D. Rosenfeld
Description
For the discriminating walker with a taste for the unusual, this guidebook includes walks in New Jersey, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and a special section for bird spotters. There are walks and outings for those with specific interests: mushroom forays, walks among fragrant herbs, total fitness trails, apple picking walks and a walk amid an amazing sculpturescape.
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