Doggin' Long Island: The 30 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In New York's Playground

by Doug Gelbert

Overview

Long Island can be a great place to hike with your dog. Within a short drive your canine adventurer can be climbing seaside dunes that leave him panting, trotting in rolling pinelands, exploring the estates of America's wealthiest families or circling lakes for miles and never lose sight of the water. Doggin' Long Island selects the 30 best places to take your dog for an outing and ranks them according to such criteria as the variety of hikes available, opportunities for canine swimming and pleasure of the walks. The rankings include a mix of parks that feature long walks and parks that contain short walks. Doggin' Long Island tells you the parks that don't welcome dogs. Also packed inside these 116 pages are...21 great Long Island beaches to take your dog...outifitting your dog for a hike...dog-friendly campgrounds...tips on practicing low impact hiking with your dog...and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780981534633
Publisher:	Cruden Bay Books
Publication date:	03/19/2008
Series:	Hike with Your Dog Guidebooks
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Doug Gelbert is the author of 35 books, including 22 on hiking with your dog. He formed Cruden Bay Books in 1995 to publish centennial history books of golf & country clubs (Cruden Bay is a golf course in northeast Scotland). Today the company specializes in producing local guides to hiking with your dog with more than 20 in print. Cruden Bay Books also publishes the acclaimed national guide to hiking with your dog, THE CANINE HIKER'S BIBLE. Gelbert also leads hiking tours for people and their dogs between New York and Maryland.