Exploring North Carolina's Natural Areas: Parks, Nature Preserves, and Hiking Trails

North Carolina boasts a natural environment of exceptional richness and diversity. From the mountains to the coast, the state is home to an extraordinary variety of publicly accessible sites that showcase aspects of its ecology, geology, biology, and natural history. This book leads the reader on thirty-eight field trips to some of the most interesting and instructive of these natural landscapes.

Written by leading naturalists from across the state, this collection of "eco-tours" includes excursions to each of its four major regions: the coast, the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the mountains. Each trip traces a thirty- to seventy-mile driving route that connects preserved areas, hiking trails, scenic overlooks, nature trails, and other sites of interest. All entries provide a map of the route, describe what can be seen and learned along the way, and discuss especially noteworthy features.

An essential resource for anyone who treasures North Carolina's natural heritage, this book will inspire and inform travelers throughout the Tar Heel state.

Author: Dirk Frankenberg
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 05/01/2000
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.14w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780807848517

About the Author
Frankenberg, Dirk: - Dirk Frankenberg was professor of marine sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Nature of the Outer Banks and The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast.