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Map D: Potomac Gorge Area (Great Falls VA and C&O Canal NHP)
(5th edition, 2011) Updated for the first time since 2004, Map D is anchored on the Potomac River and covers all of Great Falls Park (National Park Service) and Riverbend Park and Scotts Run Nature Preserve (Fairfax County) on the Virginia side of the river, and the Palisades District of C&O Canal National Historical Park on the Maryland side (to include all of the ever popular and challenging Billy Goat Trail.). New features include brand-new topo maps using the latest GIS data, GPS-compatible grids for plotting locations using UTM Zone 18 or lat/long coordinates, shaded releif to emphasize the intricate terrain, new trails and trail realignments, expanded coverage of Riverbend Park, and information on long-distance trails through the Potomac Gorge. Printed on water-resistant, tear-resistance synthetic stock.

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Map N: Rock Creek Park Area, DC
(5th edition, 2014) Covers trails along the three north-south valleys draining into the Potomac River and along smaller east-west connector valleys. Included are; all foot, horse, and bike trails in Rock Creek Park and other parks of northwest Washington, D.C.; circuit hikes from a quarter mile to 24 miles; all National Park Service facilities; nearby Metrorail stations; and many other points of interest. The map highlights the Western Ridge Trail and the Valley Trail within Rock Creek Park, as well as yellow-blazed trails within the entire Rock Creek Park system. Printed on water-resistant, tear-resistant synthetic stock in 5 colors. Scale 1:12,000 (Rock Creek Park main map), 1:24,000 (Adjoining Areas map). Contour interval 10 feet. The grid projection is the UTM system with lines plotted 1 kilometer apart. Datum: WGS 84. The 2014 edition introduces shaded relief to assist the user in terrain visualization.

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Hikes in the Washington Region: Part A - N. Md. Counties
(7th edition, 2021) The seventh edition of PATC’s classic guide to trails in Maryland, Hikes in the Washington Region Part A: Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington Counties, is now available from our online store and from some of the outdoor outfitters who carry our products. This volume is one of three highlighting hiking opportunities close to the Washington metropolitan area, most of which are routes that can be easily done in just part of a day. The new edition has 25 carefully selected entries, including four new hikes and many old favorites that have been carefully updated. Three of the newly added hikes are in northern Frederick County along the Catoctin Trail system. The hikes comprising the volume are a mixture designed to appeal to hikers of any level. The hikes fall into five geographic clusters: Potomac River Valley; Northwest Branch and Rock Creek Valley; Monocacy Basin; Cabin John, Seneca Creek, and Patuxent River Valleys; and Catoctin and South Mountains, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam. Before beginning the description of the first hike in each cluster, the co-editors provide an informative and highly readable description of the geology and history of the area and the flora and fauna that are characteristic of it. The descriptions of the hikes include the length, the amount of elevation gain, and the WGS84 coordinates for the trailhead parking. The descriptions also include information about the type of tread (e.g., natural, paved, crushed rock), stream crossings, and any especially rocky sections or steep climbs. This is followed by a turn by turn description of the route.

The seventh edition of this guide is 152 pages and includes 25 maps and 32 photographs

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Hikes in the Washington Region: Part B - Northern Virginia
The 2015 Fifth Edition, the first since 2007, is part of a trilogy on Washington, D.C., area hiking. Part B offers a variety of hiking experiences in Northern Virginia; it describes more routes, with more options for longer and shorter variations than previous editions, and extends beyond the immediate Capital Beltway to the Shenandoah River and close to Harpers Ferry. GPS trailhead coordinates (NAD83) have also been added.

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Hikes in the Washington Region: Part C - DC/S. Md. Counties
2017 Fourth Edition. The new edition of Part C, revised by Larry Broadwell and William Needham, includes four new hikes in addition to significant updates to seven hikes familiar from prior editions. The authors have also expanded the information in the introductory sections to the individual hikes and to the seven geographic areas covered in the book; these sections now include descriptions of cultural and natural histories of the areas and other parks and preserves within them. The expanded edition, at 152 pages, still fits within a pocket and can easily be carried on the trail. (Companion books "A" and "B" cover Maryland Counties northwest of DC and Northern Virginia.)

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Climbers' Guide to the Great Falls of the Potomac
(Second Edition; Tate; 2001; 190pp.) This guide provides maps, descriptions, and ratings of technical climbing routes along the Potomac River; covers both the Maryland and Virginia shorelines. The revised edition includes dozens of new routes, and updated maps and photos that are extremely easy to read.

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Carderock Past and Present: A Climbers Guide
(2008 edition) This historic site has long offered the best bouldering close in to the Nation's Capital and the guide offers route descriptions and difficulty of the main Carderock climbing, as well as information on less populated areas. Carderock is a unique natural resource located near the Nation's capital. It has a long history as a climbing area and today it offers the best local bouldering with easy access. Carderock's character is largely defined by its history, and this guide provides a historic perspective to climbing at Carderock. This guide offers route descriptions and difficulty of the main Carderock climbing, as well as information on less populated areas. This guidebook intends to document the exploratory-and in recent years creative-spirit of climbers and mountaineers who have used the rocks along the Potomac River for decades. It is a guide to some of the newer routes as well as a partial record of the people who first actively climbed the area and named many routes.

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