Short Escapes Near New York City (Gold guides) - Softcover

- 25 country getaways off the beaten path for people who love to walk, all complete with: - Detailed directions for easy-to-moderate walks along the country roads and forest footpaths. - Stops at picturesque villages and colonial ruins, remote beaches and unspoiled riverbanks, historic sites and natural wonders unknown even to many longtime residents, in the footsteps of Ichabod Crane, George Washington, Walt Whitman, and Bob Dylan. - Most walks within 1 1/2 hours of New York City in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. - Every walk accompanied by recommended inns, restaurants, picnic spots, and detailed maps. - Written by Conde Nast Traveler's Gary Stoller and travel expert Bruce Bolger, both passionate walkers and longtime area residents.

With this book, Fodor's brings the Short Escapes concept close to home, to a city where walking and getting away for the weekend are a way of life. Stoller and Bolger have uncovered corners of New York City-area countryside that are wonderfully rural and charming yet only two-and-a-half hours drive from Manhattan.