Five-Star Trails: Louisville and Southern Indiana: 40 Spectacular Hikes in the Derby City Region

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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Discover the Best Hikes in Louisville, Kentucky, and beyond!

Louisville is known as the City of Parks, and its population has long valued the natural landscape and the provisioning of outdoor recreation. Nestled within the Ohio Valley and bordered by the Knobs region to the south and the heavily forested areas of Indiana to the north, Louisville lies at the heart of an endless array of hiking opportunities: a patchwork of national forests, state and local parks, and nature preserves that house a network of winding trails.

Explore 40 of Louisvilles five-star trailsincluding the best walking paths and hidden hiking treasures in central Kentucky and southern Indiana. With hikes in this guide divided into five distinct areas, youll wind through hilly woodlands, around beautiful lakes, along meandering creeks, and across expansive meadows. Kentucky author and hiking expert Valerie Askren details easy strolls along Louisvilles many paved trails, treks past lovely ponds and fields of wildflowers, and longer hikes traversing densely wooded hillsall offering a broad spectrum of diverse landscapes.

Inside youll find:

• Descriptions of 40 five-star hiking trails for all levels and interests
• Full-color GPS-based trail maps, elevation profiles, and detailed directions to trailheads
• Insight into the history, flora, and fauna of the routes
• Ratings for scenery, difficulty, trail condition, solitude, and accessibility for children

Lace up, grab your pack, and hit the trail!

Author Bio

After having spent more than 20 years as a university researcher and professor, Valerie Askren traded the ivory towers of academia for the hardwood forests and sandstone arches of Kentucky. The proverbial outdoorswoman, she has swum in Africas Lake Malawi, climbed Chinas Mount Tai, sailed the coast of southern France, biked Nova Scotia, backpacked across Canada, and survived the biting cold of farm life in the Ukraine. She spent her honeymoon kayaking the Grand Canyon with her husband, Ben.

Valeries background in natural-resource economics and her love of the wilderness translated into a second career writing outdoor guides, including Hike the Bluegrass and Beyond, Fly Fishing Kentucky, Backpacking Kentucky, and Backcountry Cuisine.

Valerie lives in Lexington, Kentucky, where a peaceful wooded path, beautiful public garden, or historical walking trail is always close at hand.