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Outdoor Recreation Maps and Guides
The Map Collection's outdoor maps and recreation guides include United States and international road and travel maps, local hiking trail maps, and maps of national parks and national forest areas. The USGS topographic maps also include major scenic and recreation trails.
Locate library resources for outdoor recreation by a subject search for "hiking", "backpacking", mountaineering", "trails", "recreation areas", "recreation (state)", "guidebooks" and other related topics
Additional outdoor recreation resources:
USGS Fact Sheet: Finding your way with map and Compass http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html
Local
Outing Club, University of Massachusetts Amherst
http://www.umass.edu/rso/outingclub/
Outing Club, Amherst College. Amherst area trail maps
http://www.amherst.edu/%7Eacoc/trails/menu.htm
Suggested Day Hikes on the Metacomet Monadnock Trail
http://www.the-spa.com/tony.maniscalco/mmtrail.htm
Massachusetts & New England
Appalachian Mountain Club. Georgia to Maine
http://www.outdoors.org/
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.jkLXJ8MQKtH/b.1423119/k.BEA0/Home.htm
Green Mountain Club. Vermont's Long Trail
http://www.greenmountainclub.org/
Massachusetts Audubon Society. Wildlife sanctuaries.
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/sanctuaries.php
Massachusetts Bikeway Resources
http://www.massbike.org/bikeways/resource.htm
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Camping Information
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/camping.htm
Massachusetts Trail Maps. Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation.
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/hiking.htm
Massachusetts State Park Trails. Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation.
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails.htm
Massachusetts Trails. Trails by use category including biking, equestrian, greenways, hiking, snow, waterways and boating.
http://www.americantrails.org/resources/statetrails/MAstate.html
Mass Wildlife Pond Maps
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfw_pond.htm
Mount Holyoke Range State Park. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hksp.htm
Mount Washington.com. New Hampshire
http://www.mountwashington.com/
Randolph Mountain Club. New Hampshire
http://www.randolphmountainclub.org/
United States
American Trails. State trails by category of use.
http://www.americantrails.org/resources/statetrails/
National Park Service
http://www.americantrails.org/resources/statetrails/
Online USGS maps of state highpoints
http://www.americasroof.com/usgs.shtml
Last Edited: 6 January 2009
