Summer Reads: Walks and Hikes

Want to spend time in the great outdoors? Check out these reads for some great local spots:

• 50 hikes in Connecticut: From the Berkshires to the Coast, by David Hardy (2002);

• Nature walks in Connecticut: AMC Guide to the Hills, Woodlands, and Coast of Connecticut, by Charles W.G. Smith (2004);

• Short nature walks: Connecticut, by Eugene Keyarts (2002); and
  

• The Connecticut Walk Books, by the Connecticut Forest & Park Association (2006).