50 Hikes in Maryland: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacks from the Allegheny Plateau to the Atlantic Ocean
Freelance writer and lecturer Leonard Adkins has walked the length of the Appalachian Trail four times. He is the author of numerous books on hiking and the outdoors, includingThe Appalachian Trail: A Visitor's CompanionandWalking the Blue Ridge: A Guide to the Trails of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and has received the National Outdoor Book Award and the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. He lives in Catawba, Virginia.