BERKSHIRE & TACONIC TRAILS

A Ranger’s Guide

by Edward G. Henry

If you prepare for hikes by reading about them, or want the accumulated knowledge of a veteran forest ranger while traipsing through the woods, Henry will satisfy you.
Trailwalker (review of Catskill Trails, Book Two)

See the Berkshires & Taconics through a forest ranger’s eyes! Conservation professional Edward Henry, acclaimed author of Catskill Trails and Gunks Trails, leads the way to the best vistas and scenic sites of the Berkshire and Taconic mountains of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont & Connecticut, providing scientific interpretation along the way and insights into the region’s geology, wildlife biology, botany, forest ecology, meteorology, and human history. Each hike becomes a lesson in ecology and history
New York State Conservationist Featuring Maps, Photographs, GPS Coordinates, Keys to Hikes, & Detailed Directions to:
Lenox Mountain and Yokun Seat, Saddle Ball Mountain, Mount Greylock, Spruce Mountain and Crum Hill,Spruce Hill, White Rocks and the Snow Hole, Berlin Mountain, Dorset Peak, Mount Equinox, Alander Mountain, Mount Everett and Mount Race, Monument Mountain, East Mountain, Bear Mountain, Brace and Frissell Plus 13 Shorter Hikes to Waterfalls and Overlooks: Waconnah Falls • Double Falls (and Hoosac Tunnel) • Bash Bish Falls • Tannery Brook and Parker Brook Falls • Windsor Jambs • Mount Tom • Sugarloaf • High Ledges/Massaemett Mountain Fire Tower • Chapel Falls / Chapel Ledges • Chesterfield Gorge • DAR Forest and Tower • Borden Mountain • Stissing Mountain Edward G. Henry provides a detailed portrayal of the Berkshires and other-named mountain ranges that form part and parcel of the Taconic Mountain Range. … His guide brings you not only to the place, but to the moment, and enhances one’s appreciation of the land, rivers, forests and vistas that make up this remarkable place.

Congressman John W. Olver Ranger Ed Henry will never be a ‘lone ranger,’ for thousands have read his works and through the magic of words and the power of imagination have hiked every step of the way with him. If Henry weren’t writing guidebooks, he would be a writer of nature essays, because he has the heart of a naturalist. He writes in a style that is both fluid and lyrical. He doesn’t just describe what he sees—he captures its very essence.

Russell Dunn, author of Berkshire & Taconic Waterfall Guide ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ed Henry is the author of three other books: Catskill Trails: A Ranger’s Guide to the High Peaks, Book I, The Northern Catskills; Catskill Trails: A Ranger’s Guide to the High Peaks, Book II, The Central Catskills (Black Dome Press: 2000) and Gunks Trails: A Ranger’s Guide to the Shawangunk Mountains (Black Dome Press, 2003), plus numerous magazine articles. Besides his adventures in the Taconic, Berkshire, Catskill, and Shawangunk mountains, Henry has worked for the U.S. Forest Service and as a park ranger in the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks. He now works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the Refuge Manager for the Wallkill River and Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuges. ISBN: 978-1-883789-56-5 / 1-883789-56-7
$15.95 paper, 5" x 7", 192 pages, maps, photographs and GPS coordinates