The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion: Nature and History Along Southwest Virginia's National Recreation Trail

The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion: Nature and History Along Southwest Virginia's National Recreation Trail
Author: Edward H. Davis, Edward B. Morgan
Publisher: Overmountain Press; 1st edition edition (January 1, 1997)
Description: Paperback: 104 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.36 x 9.07 x 5.99
ISBN: 1570720657

The 34-mile-long Virginia Creeper Trailer, which runs from Abingdon, Virginia, to the North Carolina line near Whitetop Mountain, is the most poplar trail in Virginia. Each year the trail is visited by more than 25,000 bicyclers, hikers, horseback riders, fish-ermen, bird-watchers, railroad buffs, and folks just out for a Sunday stroll. The trail offers a convenient and scenic getaway from the stresses of modern life.

The Virginia Creeper Trail Companion is a guidebook which will enable the user to understand the trail's origin as an important railroad and the natural world one encounters along this scenic route. With photos, old train schedules, detailed maps, and es-says on geology, trees, wildflowers, fish, birds, and mammals, The Companion will enhance the trail ex-perience for anyone who travels this route. The book can also serve as a resource for teachers.

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