Doug Gelbert, author of 17 books on hiking with your dog, has brought his pack to the coasts of the Carolinas to sniff out the best tail-friendly parks and trails for the new book, DOGGIN' THE CAROLINA COASTS: THE 50 BEST PLACES TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHORES.
The Carolina coasts can be a great place to hike with your dog. Paw-friendly sand trails, shady maritime forests, some of the most historic grounds in the South, the estates of America's wealthiest families and some of the country's dog-friendliest beaches all beckon to your canine adventurer. DOGGIN' THE CAROLINA COASTS explores the area's top trails with your best friend in mind...
Where can your dog hike through a movie set from Forrest Gump? (page 21)
Where can your dog hike to mysterious Carolina Bays? (page 69)
Where can you hike with your dog to the home of the Fort Fisher Hermit? (page 33)
No Dogs!
Is there any more dispiriting day for a dog owner than driving to a new park and encountering the dreaded "NO DOGS" sign? DOGGIN' THE CAROLINA COASTS tells you the parks that don't welcome dogs. Also packed inside these 128 pages are...
...regulations for dogs on Atlantic Ocean beaches
...dog-friendly campgrounds
...tips on practicing low impact hiking with your dog
...and much more.
What makes a great place to take your dog hiking? Well, how about a paw-friendly surface to trot on? Grass and sand are a lot more appealing than asphalt and rocks. A variety of hikes is always good - long ones for athletic dogs and short ones for the less adventurous canine.
Dogs often enjoy a refreshing place to swim as well.
For tail-friendly parks our guides describe the trail options for your dog, evaluate park traffic from other users, tell you whether you will need a guide dog to find your way around and, of course, tell you how to get to the park.
While walking the dog, Gelbert also brings along generous helpings of local history, botany, geology, architecture and more. So what are you waiting for? Your dog will want to visit a 4,000-year old shell midden (page 31), hunt for Fulgurites (page 29), hike among insectivorous plants (page 37)...
Cruden Bay Books has been publishing guidebooks to
hiking with your dog since 1998 in the A Bark In The Park series and Doggin' America series. DOGGIN' THE
CAROLINA COASTS: THE 50 BEST PLACES TO HIKE WITH YOUR DOG ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA SHORES (ISBN: 9780979557798; 128 pages; $11.95) is whimsically illustrated with 18 original drawings by
Andrew Chesworth and fully indexed.
