Explore the haunts of hikers gone by and see for yourself whether these ghost tales are fact or fiction.

Collection of 14 ghost stories in New Hampshire, USA. Contains maps and trail descriptions of hikes pertaining to the stories. Well suited for middle school audience, adult, young adult. Special edition 3rd printing of the title is signed by author. Percentage of sales go to non profit charity.

Strange things happen in the woods—vanishing figures along backcountry paths, eerie noises half-heard near urban pathways, pungent and undefined smells blanketing forest trails. Science falls short of explaining these phenomena… Haunted Hikes tells the stories behind 100 spooky and sinister areas across the country—from the Ghost House Trail in Big Ridge State Park, Tennessee, where photographs of the cemetery yield silhouettes of families laid to rest there, to the Transept Trail at Grand Canyon National Park, where a wailing woman in a white dress with blue flowers is often seen pacing the rim. This book pinpoints the trails and reveals their unnerving histories. Within these pages are also basic hike specifications like distance and difficulty, as well as the trailhead GPS where applicable. The book won’t take you on a mile-by-mile journey—you’re on your own for that one, if you dare…

Explore the haunts of hikers gone by and see for yourself whether these ghost tales are fact or fiction. HAUNTED HIKES provides both storied history and fanciful legend along the trails of Vermont's Green Mountains and beyond. Hikes are rated according to difficulty and spookiness with something for every member of the family. This book, like HAUNTED HIKES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, glows in the dark!

Ghosts! Curses! Hoaxes! Unsolved mysteries! Paranormal events! Take a walk on the creepy side of North America's National Parks! Andrea Lankford, a 12-year veteran ranger with the National Park Service, has written a thoroughly investigated yet often tongue-in-cheek guidebook that takes the reader to the scariest, most mysterious places inside North America's National Parks. Lankford shares such eerie tales as John Brown's haunting of Harper's Ferry, the disembodied legs that have been seen running around inside the Mammoth Cave Visitor Center, and the "wailing woman" who roams the trail behind the Grand Canyon Lodge. Lankford also uncovers paranormal activities park visitors have experienced, such as the chupacabra that roams the swamps inside Big Thicket National Preserve and the teenage bigfoot who rolled a park service campground with toilet paper. She also reports on long-forgotten unsolved murders, such as the savage stabbing of a young woman on Yosemite's trail to Mirror Lake, and the execution style shooting of two General Motors executives at Crater Lake. The witnesses to the supernatural occurrences are highly credible people-rangers, park historians, river guides, and the like-and each tale has factual relevance to the cultural or natural history of the park. Haunted Hikes provides readers with all the information they need: for each hike: a "fright factor rating" is listed along with trailhead access information, detailed trail maps, and hike difficulty levels. Most of the haunted sites included in the book can be reached by the average hiker, some are wheelchair accessible, and others are for intrepid backpackers willing to make multi-day treks into wilderness areas. Intriguing photographs of many sites are included. Haunted Hikes is sure to satisfy readers looking for those spine-tingling moments when you begin to wonder if maybe, just maybe, we are not alone.

You may have thought hiking the woods with the bears, coyotes, snakes, and the occasional creepy deer hunter lurking in the shadows was scary enough. Well, I am going to tell you some stories that will make it a whole lot more frightening-In the early years where Maryland's Green Ridge State Forest is located, there was a tiny village called Green Ridge Station, made up of mostly lockkeepers for the C&O Canal. Those living there had little contact with the outside world until the Western Maryland Railroad paved a path with bridges and tunnels. Sometime during the years that the trains barreled through the area, a hobo was killed, buried, and covered with sticks within the tunnel at Green Ridge Station. The tunnel was dubbed Stickpile Tunnel, and the hobo's ghost rises from the dead within-The legend of Stickpile Tunnel, the hike to it, and more haunted hiking trail with their ghost stories can be found in this book along with directions, guides, and maps: The Mysterious Brown Mountain LightsSideling Tunnel Abandoned Pennsylvania TurnpikeThe Choir of the Dead of Roan MountainThe Little People of Hickory Nut Gorge The Devil's Courthouse and Tennessee Bald Great Smoky Mountains National Park Noland Creek Trail Ghost Town at Shenandoah National Park-Upper Pocosin MissGeorge Washington & Jefferson National Forests Red Fox Trail to The Killing Rock Cumberland Gap National Historical Park-The Dead Soldier in Gap CavePine Mountain State Resort Park Chained Rock Trail Mammoth Cave The Old Haunted CavePaw Paw Tunnel Headless HauntGreat Falls-Goldmine Trail Goldmine GhoulThe Red-headed Man of Dorsey's KnobTwin Falls State Park That Thing up in Poke HollerNew River Gorge National Park McKinley Rock at The Rend TrailA Haunted Hike through Harpers FerryLake Hope State Park, The Night WatchmanHaunted Battlefield Farms at GettysburgCome take a hike with folklorist and ghost story writer Jannette Quackenbush and see the scary side of Appalachia.

PATHS LESS TRAVELED By: Gordon DuBois Many a fascinating tale is told in this outstanding collection of hiking columns penned by avid tramper Gordon DuBois. Paths Less Traveled takes the reader along trails – and sometimes off-trail - far and wide across the Lakes Region, the White Mountains, and the lonesome North Country. Within these pages you’ll find vivid narratives of treks to peaks, ponds, waterfalls, old logging railroad grades, abandoned villages, big trees, little-known conservation lands, and many other interesting destinations. The trips range from family-friendly strolls to epic bushwhacks and daunting rock scrambles. Along the way the author provides a generous helping of local historical lore. Also included are useful tips on safe hiking in summer and winter, leave no trace principles, senior fitness, and a canine perspective from Reuben, the author’s faithful trail companion. Paths Less Traveled will be a treasured addition to any New Hampshire hiker’s bookshelf. Steven D. Smith, Co-Editor of the AMC White Mountain Guide Paths Less Traveled describes several trails in Meredith complete with details on how to find them and what to expect when I get there. I am a novice hiker with a young dog and Gordon's book has helped us to get started on adventures without feeling overwhelmed by trails that are too challenging or too crowded for us. Erin Apostolos, Director Meredith Public Library If you are an explorer who likes to seek out destinations that are a bit different or are off the radar away from the crowds, Paths Less Traveled is for you. Author Gordon DuBois draws upon his extensive experience hiking throughout New England to bring the reader to some locations that are more well-known and many that are not, some by trail and others by bushwhack. Peppered with personal anecdotes and interesting historical narratives, Paths Less Traveled is a captivating read and will appeal to both the experienced and novice hiker. Ken MacGray, Co-Editor of the AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide, 5th Edition