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Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Near Cleveland author Joe Baur details the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Cleveland area perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home. Each featured hike includes detailed hike specs, a brief hike description, trailhead location, directional cues, a detailed map, and color photos.Look inside to find: Detailed trail maps and GPS coordinatesUp-to-date trail descriptions with mile-by-mile directional cuesDifficulty ratings and average hiking timesA Trail Finder for best hikes with dogs, with children, for great views, or for wildlife viewingInformation on fees and permits, contacts, attractions, restaurants, accommodations, and canine compatibilityZero-impact and wilderness safety tips and techniques.
About the Author
Joe Baur is a travel writer, author, filmmaker, photographer, and podcaster. He's even stood in front of groups of people to share his experiences and answer questions, so feel free to add "speaker" to the résumé, too.
Before moving to Costa Rica, Joe contributed a chapter to Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology and published Best Hikes Near Cleveland with Falcon Guides. Following those 10 months in Costa Rica, he returned to Cleveland where he launched the Without A Path travel podcast, Best Hikes Near Minneapolis and Saint Paul released, he completed Best Outdoor Adventures Near Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and he continued his independent travel writing and filmmaking with trips to Germany, Ireland, Japan, Honduras, England and Jordan.
Over the course of his career, his work has been featured in a variety of international publications, including BBC Travel, Viator, AFAR Magazine, Yahoo! Travel, National Geographic and more. In August of 2016, he made the move abroad again, this time to Düsseldorf, Germany where he continues his independent travel work and searches for that next big project.
His fourth book, Talking Tico: (Mis) adventures of a Gringo in and Around Costa Rica, is now available.
Contact the author at joe@joebaur.com.
