North Carolina's incredible variety of hiking trails range from the sands of Cape Hatteras to the majestic Great Smoky Mountains. Veteran hiker Allen de hart knows them all, and for many years has compiled the most comprehensive, authoritative trail information for the entire state. This all-new third edition thoroughly updates de Hart's popular and superlative guide - the best information on North Carolina hiking available. This edition includes exhaustively revised and updated descriptions of more than 900 trails; trail length, difficulty, elevation changes, connecting trails, landmarks, scenery, local wildlife, support facilities, precautions, and special features of each trail; clear and concise directions to trailheads; four color maps on two pull-out sheets showing the locations of all trails. Allen de Hart has been hiking, designing, and constructing trails, and writing about hiking for five decades. He has hiked more than 29,000 miles on 12,000 trails in the U.S. and 18 foreign countries. Off the trail he is a professor emeritus of history and special advisor to the president on cultural affairs at Louisburg College in Lousiburg, North Carolina. (5' x 7', 512 pages)