The Best in Tent Camping: Maryland: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best in Tent Camping) | 
| Author: Evan L. Balkan
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 98794
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 179
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0897329775
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.5206842
EAN: 9780897329774
ASIN: 0897329775
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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Product Description
Maryland's natural beauty can be fully experienced only by visiting, and what better way to do so than to pitch a tent in one of the varied locations Maryland has to offer: the Atlantic Ocean lies nearby, as do the Allegheny Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay. Maryland is a camper's dream, and this valuable guide assists outdoor enthusiasts of all stripes. Including a five-star rating system, detailed travel and contact information for each site, latitude and longitude coordinates, and regional maps, this guide is an incomparable resource for anyone roughing it in this beautiful state.
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Not Helpful June 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, the author does little more than compile data that is otherwise easily available on the internet into one centralized place. While that does have some utility (hence the two stars instead of one), he does very little more than that; thus, the book offers little in the way of orginality or direction.
The book's title suggests that he's going to pare down all of Maryland's camping options into, gee, "the best" ones. But there are 50 listed in the book (ok, conveniently by region) and he doesn't go much further to opinionate (it's OK to have an opinion!) what the best choices are. For example, which would be, say, the top five for families with young children? For avid hikers? For sheer beauty, scenery, history, or isolation? While he uses a "star-rating" system that covers five sub-categories, it ends up being useless because he awards most of the camping sites either four or five stars in each category, thereby providing little meaningful distinction among them all. Also, does five stars really mean "can't miss" or is that just a level relative to Maryland?
He sometimes recommends a few campgrounds within each site, which is certainly on the right track to helping us out, but offers few concrete details and suggestions on anything else; for example, food options, maps, photos, itineraries, etc.
All in all, a wasted opportunity to cut through the chaffe to write a book that tent campers could really use.
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