A collaboration between the Appalachian Mountain Club and Connecticut Forest & Park Association, this map and guide is the ultimate resource for anyone seeking to day-hike or thru-hike the stunningly beautiful, 235-mile-long New England National Scenic Trail, which stretches from the New Hampshire–Massachusetts border to Long Island Sound and includes portions of the historic Metacomet–Monadnock and Mattabesett trails.

The map and guide pairs two waterproof, tear-resistant, topographical trail maps—one for each state—with relevant trip planning, safety, and natural history information. Contour lines highlight the trail’s dramatic ridgewalks through urban and rural areas. Get a taste for the trail with thirty suggested hikes for all ability levels, and pair easy-to-understand statistics and planning icons with descriptions of the hikes, including Ragged Mountain Preserve, Timberland Preserve, and Seven Falls in Connecticut, and Mount Holyoke, Royalston Falls, and the Bald Hills in Massachusetts.

Inside You'll Find:

Massachusetts—98 miles from Royalston, Massachusetts to the Connecticut border, with large scale insets for Metacomet–Monadnock Trail, Northfield Mountain, and the Bald Hills

Connecticut—137 miles from the Massachusetts border to Guilford, Connecticut, with large scale insets for Rockland and Braemore Preserves, Hubbard Park, and Timberland Preserve