Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 22 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.

Spanning the border between Virginia and North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway is the most heavily visited unit of the National Park system. These short, easy hikes will entice the more than twenty million annual visitors to stretch their legs and hit the trail. At-a-glance information and maps will help readers determine which hikes are the best for them.

Spring/Summer 2010 marks an exciting new turn for Best Easy Day Hikes: four choice guides - to some of America's most popular hiking destinations - accompanied by the corresponding Trails Illustrated map from National Geographic Maps. Packaged for value, and to benefit the efforts of the American Hiking Society, each is a complete hiking resource. (Okay, you still might want a pair of boots.) The books contain descriptions of the best hikes, and the National Geographic Maps include detailed topographic information printed on waterproof, tear-resistant material.