Saturday, April 12, 2008

About Us

The goal of the website is to provide free information for people hiking, walking, or snowshoeing in New England. We currently offer over 130 trail reports - written both by the Webmaster as well as other outdoor lovers. These guides are usually pretty detailed and include a description of the hike, trail distances, a difficulty rating, and driving directions; often photos or trail maps are also provided.

The home page of HikeNewEngland.com is a long listing of destinations (mountains, ponds, etc.) along with their main related facts. You can hone down what you're looking for by clicking on the column headings to sort the list by destination, region, state, difficulty rating, distance, season, date, or author; or just scan down the list to see what catches your eye. Then just click on the destination name to see the detailed narrative and related information for that trail report.

You can also use our Hike Finder at the top of the Hikes page to select exactly what types of hikes you wish to see. You can specify as few or as many options as you like: keywords, difficulty rating, distance, region, state, or season. And again, once the list of your selected hikes has been displayed, you can then choose how to sort it by clicking on one of the column headers.

Another area of this site is the Book Recommendations section. These are books from my personal collection that I would recommend to anyone interested in hiking, walking, or nature.

And a recent addition is our Articles section which contains articles related to hiking and nature, including some basic safety precautions that are good to follow.

We are not just a free site, we are also a hassle-free site:
  • No registration required
  • We do not keep any information about you, and since we don't keep any information about you, we can't share any info about you with others
  • Dial-up users will enjoy fast-loading pages - unnecessary graphics, junk, and clutter are kept to a minimum. Photos and maps will take some time to load, but in the meantime, there is plenty of relevant text to read while waiting for images to display.

Happy Trails!

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