Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
- Published by: Menasha Ridge Press
- Edition: 2nd Edition May 1, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0897326229
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0897326223
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 13.6 ounces
Product Description
The Best in tent Camping: New England, 2nd is the only guide to the best
tent campgrounds New England has to offer. The book includes campground layout maps, directions to each campground, and descriptive profiles.
Back Cover Copy
If you subscribe to the opinion that televisions, Japanese lanterns, and electric guitars are not essential camping equipment, The Best in
tent Camping: New England should be your constant companion.
Each campground profile includes:
Detailed campground maps
Key information such as fees, restrictions, and dates of operation
Driving directions to the campgrounds
Ratings for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, quiet, security, and cleanliness
The Best in
tent Camping: New England guides you to the quietest, most gorgeous, most secure, and best-managed campgrounds in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Reader ReviewsAnyone with a favorite campground knows the ritual of driving around with a map, circling the prime sites for future visits while crossing out those that don't make the grade. "The Best in Tent Camping: New England" basically does the same but for top parks across New England, taking much of the guesswork out of finding not only a great campground but also the best possible campsite. I've consulted my own well-thumbed first edition of this book (published 2002) before camping in 6-8 state parks around New England, and I've seldom been disappointed. The book really helps make the most of my all-too-limited camping time: In addition to maximizing my enjoyment of classic spots like Acadia National Park and Vermont's Green Mountains, I've discovered some wonderful and unforgettable parts of New England that are well off the beaten path. I've generally found the ratings to be fairly accurate, although I think the cleanliness rankings should give somewhat more weight to the condition of bathrooms and showers (where available) along with the state of the sites and grounds. I've stayed in some parks with five stars where the bathroom facilities were pristine, and in others where I honestly wouldn't feel comfortable showering without donning flip-flops. The previous reviewer's complaint struck a chord, since I just camped at Lamoine State Park last week (site 62, formerly site 48 -- which was indeed Rockefeller-worthy). I know firsthand that the sites in both Lamoine and Smugglers Notch State Park in Vermont have been renumbered since the book's original publication, and several other parks I've visited have gained new facilities that remain unmentioned in the revised edition. While some inaccuracies or omissions are entirely forgivable (parks are by no means static, after all), what's less forgivable is that a lot of the outdated information made it into the book's second edition. It's disappointing that nobody actually revisited the parks before slapping a new cover on what is basically the same content. In the grand scheme of things, though, these shortcomings are minor. "The Best in Tent Camping: New England" is a winner, infinitely more useful than most other campground guides in giving a real flavor for state parks and other campgrounds. Every New England camper who's eager to try new venues should have a copy.
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