Hiking the Road to Ruins: Day Trips and Camping Adventures to Iron Mines, Old Military Sites, and Things Abandoned in the New York City Area...and Beyond
New Brunswick: Rivergate Books/Rutgers University Press, 2007. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. 184 pp. A user-friendly, beautifully illustrated, and occasionally eccentric guidebook to more than twenty unusual landmarks and hard-to-find destinations - all within a two-hour drive of New York City. Geared for the experienced hiker or camping adventuruer, the book includes hikes to a variety of urban ruins, including a WWII-era air force base, a vacant dairy farm, pine plantations, abandoned quarries, tunnels, cemeteries, and iron mines. Sets up the haunted atmosphere appropriate for visiting a water tower in Mountainside, New Jersey, that has links to a murder-suicide in the 1970s. Contains detailed directions, a hand-drawn map, and GPS coordinates to specific sites. Fine. Item #E30416
ISBN: 9780813540351
Price: $12.50