Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks in the Badger State

Hikers of all ages and abilities in the Badger State will find traversing the statewide trails in 50 Hikes in Wisconsin to be an educational as well as a recreational opportunity. The 50 trails relate to both the natural and cultural history of the area. It takes only a few minutes to drive from the largest forested region in the state—the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest—to the Apostle Islands Lakeshore. And some of the best hiking in the state is accessible within a half hour's drive of downtown Milwaukee.

This volume's hikes fall within four quadrants: the hilly, driftless southwest; the northwest's terminal moraine and the Ice Age trail; the heavily wooded and agricultural northeast featuring Door County, Wisconsin's Cape Cod; and the southeast's glacier-made Kettle Moraine. Also, almost all of the trails are used as Nordic ski trails in the winter; others are suited for snowshoeing.

In this all-new guide, an overview chart provides at-a-glance information on the 50 Hikes that range from 1.5 to 6 miles in length. Each hike description includes directions to the trailhead, a topographic map, and a detailed account of the route. Hikemasters John and Ellen Morgan emphasize not only the flora and fauna but also what each trail has to tell people of all ages about Wisconsin and the region's past. Also unique to this hiking guide is the fact that the authors painstakingly sought and found only loop trails throughout the state.

John, a freelance science and environment writer, is a graduate student in journalism and mass communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is also the managing editor of the Internet Scout Project (http//www.scout.wisc.edu), and is a regular contributor to Madison Magazine. Ellen, a food scientist by trade and amateur photographer, contributed the photos found in the book. The authors live in Madison with their dog Rose.

June 2004
$17.95 (Can. $27.00)
0-88150-624-9
6 x 9, 224 pages, Paperback, 50 black & white photos, 51 maps
Travel/Wisconsin