This section provides information and links which could not be included in the audiobook version. For readers unable to reference the companion National Trails Guide in print or e-book format, this list provides links organized by chapter.
NATIONAL SCENIC TRAILS
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Appalachian Trail Conservancy: www.appalachiantrail.org
How to Hike the AT: The Nitty-Gritty Details, by Michelle Ray
Arizona Trail Association: www.aztrail.org
Complete Guide to the Arizona National Scenic Trail, by Matthew Nelson
Crossing Arizona (a 2006 documentary)
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
Continental Divide Trail Coalition: www.continentaldividetrail.org
Best Hikes Along the Continental Divide (by Falcon Guides)
Hiker’s Guide to Montana’s Continental Divide Trail, Tad Brooks & Sherry Jones
Florida Trail Association: www.floridatrail.org
Along the Florida Trail, by Sandra Friend
The Yearling and Cross Creek, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Ice Age Trail Alliance: www.iceagetrail.org
Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, David Mickelson
Along Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail, by Eric Sherman
Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
Official NPS site: www.nps.gov/natt
Guide to the Natchez Trace Parkway, by F. Lynne Bachleda
New England National Scenic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/neen
American Experience: We Shall Remain (2009 PBS documentary)
North Country National Scenic Trail
North Country Trail Association: www.northcountrytrail.org
Hikeable Segments of the North Country National Scenic Trail, North Country Trail Association
The North Country Trail: The Best Walks, Hikes and Backpacking Trips on America’s Longest National Scenic Trail, by Ron Strickland
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail
Pacific Crest Trail Association: www.pcta.org
Skywalker: Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Bill Walker
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon and Washington, by Jeffrey P. Schaffer & Andy Selters
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail
Pacific Northwest Trail Association: www.pnt.org
Pathfinder: Blazing a New Wilderness Trail in Modern America, by Ron Strickland
The Twilight Saga (2008-2012 film series shot along Washington’s trail corridor)
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
“Step back to life in the 1830s” by renting historic lockhouses along the C&O Canal for the night: www.canalquarters.org
Harpers Ferry rafting, zip lines, ropes course and horseback riding: www.hfadventurecenter.com
Potomac Heritage Trail – A Hikers Guide, by David Edwin Lillard & Ed Talone
NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
Ala Kahakai’s official NPS site: www.nps.gov/alka
Halema’uma’u Crater may be volcanically active during your visit:
Always check for alerts and other news at www.nps.gov/havo
California National Historic Trail
California Trail: Voyage of Discovery, Story Behind the Scenery, by Charles Dodd
American Experience: The Donner Party (1992 PBS documentary)
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chesapeake Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network and others collaborate to oversee a system of hundreds of recreation and conservation sites: www.cbf.org
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
Journey into the Land of Trials, by Manley Cobia, Jr.
The Far Battleground, F.M. Parker
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
Following the Royal Road: A Guide to the Historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, by Hal Jackson
Bosque del Apache: www.friendsofthebosque.org
Iditarod National Historic Trail
Iditarod: Great Race to Nome, by Bill Sherwonit. As a writer for the Anchorage Times, Sherwonit traveled the entire Iditarod route on assignment. An excellent “coffee table book” with superb photography and fascinating stories about the race.
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
NPS Anza Trail hub: www.anzahistorictrail.org
Deep California: Images and Ironies of Cross and Sword on El Camino Real, Craig Chalquist
The Anza Trail and the Settling of California, by Vladimir Guerrero
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/lecl
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation: www.lewisandclark.org
Lewis and Clark’s complete journals: You can experience Lewis and Clark’s personal journals from a variety of books. Lewis and Clark’s accounts are the most widely read, although the journals from the other members of the Corps, including Private Whitehouse, provide additional color and unexpected details on the expedition.
Undaunted Courage: This book by Stephen Ambrose gives you an epic, intimate view into their experiences living and adventuring together, a real human insight.
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery: Ken Burns’ 1997 PBS documentary about the corps is nothing short of masterful.
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
NPS website: www.nps.gov/mopi
LDS history website: www.history.lds.org
Trail Of Hope: The Story Of The Mormon Trail, by Lee Groberg
The Mormon Trail: Yesterday and Today, by William E. Hill
Nez Perce National Historic Trail
The West (Ken Burns’ PBS documentary) – episode 6 “Fight No More Forever”
Following the Nez Perce Trail, by Cheryl Wilfong
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy, by Kent Nerburn
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/olsp
Old Spanish Trail Association: www.oldspanishtrail.org
Oregon National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/oreg
Thunder Over the Ochoco, by Gale Ontko *Great local views of native history
Traveling the Oregon Trail, by Julie Fanselow (Falcon Guide)
The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman (firsthand account from 1830s)
Meek’s Cutoff (2011 film) A modern look at one woman’s journey on the Oregon Trail
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
NPS site (including interactive maps): www.nps.gov/ovvi
Overmountain Victory Trail Association: www.ovta.org
The Overmountain Men, by Pat Alderman
Touring the Western North Carolina Backroads, by Carolyn Sakowski
Pony Express National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/poex
NPEA’s Annual Re-Ride: www.nationalponyexpress.org
The Pony Express Trail: Yesterday and Today, by William Hill
The Traveler’s Guide to the Pony Express Trail, by Joe Bensen
Spirit of the Pony Express (2012) 150th anniversary documentary
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/safe
Santa Fe Trail Association: www.santafetrail.org
The Santa Fe Trail: Yesterday and Today, by William Hill
Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico: Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847
On the Santa Fe Trail, by Marc Simmons
Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/semo
On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail, Charles E. Cobb
From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo, by Mary Stanton
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
Francis Scott Key: Life and Times, by Edward S. Delaplaine
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/trte
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: sequoyahmuseum.org
Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears, by Theda Perdue & Michael Green
It’s My Trail, Too: A Comanche Indian’s Journey on the Cherokee Trail of Tears,
by Ronald Cooper
Washington-Rochambeau RR National Historic Trail
NPS site: www.nps.gov/waro
Yorktown site: www.visityorktown.org
Rochambeau: Washington’s Ideal Lieutenant, by Jini Jones Vail
This Glorious Struggle: George Washington’s Revolutionary War Letters, by Edward G. Lengel
