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CONTACT: Mary Ellen Hammond 828-488-6601/[email protected] Facts about Jonah McDonald’s Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests: Intown and Out ñ Includes 60 hikes at more than 45 hiking destinations, all within 30 miles of downtown ñ Of the 60 hikes in the book, 27 appear for the first time in any guide ñ Of the 60 hikes, 20 are within the perimeter and many are just outside I-285 ñ Route lengths range from less than a mile to 12 miles ñ All hike descriptions list public transportation access information ñ Lists descriptions and GPS coordinates for more than 150 sentinel trees, including city and state champion trees ñ Hikes from Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests are included in Milestone Press’s new mobile hiking app, Great Hikes of the Southern Appalachians. 45 Metro Atlanta Hiking Destinations ñ Atlanta Memorial Park ñ Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park ñ Autrey Mill Nature Preserve (3 hikes) & Heritage Center ñ Line Creek Nature Area ñ Big Trees Forest Preserve ñ Leita Thompson Memorial Park ñ Blue Heron Nature Preserve ñ McDaniel Farm Park ñ Boundary Waters Park ñ Melvin L. Newman Wetlands Center ñ Cascade Springs Nature Preserve ñ Mercer University Nature Trail ñ Clinton Nature Preserve ñ Morningside Nature Preserve ñ Chattahoochee River NRA (10 hikes) ñ Murphey Candler Park ñ Cochran Mill Park ñ Olde Rope Mill Park ñ Cochran Mill Nature Center ñ Outdoor Activity Center ñ Constitution Lakes Park ñ Panola Mountain State Park ñ Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve ñ Piedmont Park ñ Davidson-Arabia Mountain ñ Reynolds Nature Preserve Nature Preserve (5 hikes) ñ Simpsonwood Conference ñ Dunwoody Nature Center & Retreat Center ñ Elwyn John Wildlife Sanctuary ñ South Peachtree Creek Trail ñ Frazer Forest & Deep Dene Park ñ Stone Mountain Park (3 hikes) ñ Glenlake Park & Decatur Cemetery ñ Sweetwater Creek State Park (2 hikes) ñ Hahn Woods & Lullwater Park ñ The Beltline (2 hikes) ñ Henderson Park ñ W.D. Thompson Park ñ Herbert Taylor Park ñ Yellow River Park (2 hikes) ñ Heritage Park .

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