Discovering North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail

288 pp., 6 x 9, 55 color plates, 20 maps

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-7009-6
Published: April 2024
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-7010-2
Published: April 2024

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Jerry Barker has long championed North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) and led its development for many years. In Discovering North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail, he draws on that experience to take readers on a unique journey along the trail's full route, sharing the rich history and stories that live on each segment. Connecting the trail to the Indigenous history of western North Carolina, the long military presence near the Carolina coast, and more, Barker offers a new way to understand and appreciate not only the natural beauty of North Carolina but also its people and history. Dedicated long-distance hikers and day-trippers alike will value and enjoy this armchair guide.

* Includes abundant illustrations with over fifty color photographs and maps for each of the MST's nineteen segments

* Narrates significant histories related to each MST segment

* Places prominent natural features of the trail in context

* Introduces hikers to nearby attractions, cultural heritage sites, and trail towns

Jerry Barker, a writer and avid hiker, is a former president of Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

About the Author

Jerry Barker, a writer and avid hiker, is the former president of Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

For more information about Jerry Barker, visit the Author Page.

Reviews

"Well researched and timely, this guide gives readers a full picture of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, discussing its natural and historical sights. It's a novel approach to describing a long-distance trail. Birds, flowers, trees, local history . . . this book seems to do it all." —Danny Bernstein, author of The Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina: Walking a Thousand Miles through Wildness, Culture and History