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Tuscarora Trail Guide to the North Half



NEW REVISED EDITION: This revision, edited by Pete Brown, incorporates critical trail changes and relocations completed over the past 2 years with updated trail descriptions and details of new and upgraded shelters, campsites and facilities. This new guide is a must have for hiking the Tuscarora Trail North in Maryland and Pennsylvania. This 5th edition is 108 pages in softcover format with 16 photos. Corresponding PATC maps are Maps J, K and L.

 

 

 

 

PATC volunteers contribute tens of thousands of hours of volunteer service every year. Volunteers maintain trails, cabins, and shelters, teach Leave No Trace principles to hikers and backpackers, publish maps and guidebooks, and help manage a busy headquarters operation. In addition to volunteer opportunities, the club offers a busy calendar of recreational events, including hikes, excursions, cross-country ski weekends, and mountaineering trips. The club is always in need of enthusiastic volunteers.



The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club...

is a volunteer-based organization headquartered in Vienna, Virginia. The PATC was founded in 1927 by the visionaries who planned and built the Appalachian Trail. The club now manages more than 1,050 miles of hiking trails in the Mid-Atlantic region, along with cabins, shelters, and hundreds of acres of conserved land.

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Our Volunteer Partners such as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and Corporate Partners such as REI provide invaluable cooperation and support for our mission.





New Hikes in the Washington Region - Part A: Montgomery, Frederick & Washington Counties, 6th Edition, 2013

Trail builders in Maryland counties northwest of Washington have been busy. So have the PATC volunteers who produce the pocket guides that are must-haves for new and experienced hikers alike. The new Part A, like its predecessors, covers Maryland's Montgomery and Frederick Counties, but this edition adds Washington County to the geographic coverage. The 2013 guide includes staples along the C&O Canal and other stream valleys that flow to the Potomac. It covers paths close to Washington, a few with segments on paved hiker-biker trails suitable for families and beginners, as well as challenging new hikes farther from DC. 
 
An unusual number of parks and preserves closed or rerouted trails due to 2012 storm damage or erosion. New paths opened in their place, so an unusual number of old favorites have new maps and significant changes in the turn-by turn trail directions. As in all PATC pocket guides, the essentials are explained concisely and clearly to lead hikers from landmark to landmark. Maps by PATC's master, Dave Pierce, and lots of photos of the flora, fauna and landscapes make it all live.
 





May Volunteer of the Month
Gary Dickinson



This month’s Volunteer of the Month is not someone you will see patrolling a trail or building a waterbar or a checkdam (more on that later, though)...

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