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While it is true that Christopher Columbus might never have discovered the “New World” if he’d had a guidebook, it’s also true that few of us have the gumption or wherewithal to spend two years wondering where it is we are wandering. Thankfully, Marcus Woolf has done more than enough wandering for all of us, and the result is a wonderfully engaging guidebook that ensures your explorations of Atlanta’s many wild and less-wild trails are well planned and memorable for the right reasons.

—Michael Hodgson,

former president of SNEWS, the premier trade website and magazine for the outdoor industry

If you have the spirit and gumption to hit the trails but maybe not the time to spend all day looking for them, this book is for you. Woolf’s comprehensive guide will not only get you on some of the finest trails in the Southeast but will also prime you for deeper forays into the vast wilderness just beyond your Atlanta doorstep.

As an outdoor photographer, I have often asked Marcus for tips on this or that hiking area, since I know he has been to all of them. As a rock climber, I can also appreciate the inclusion of some great cliffs and boulder fields in this book—areas that can add diversity and adventure to the Atlanta hiker’s experience.