The official guide for the 172 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Kent, Connecticut, to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border.An indexed book contains "omnidirectional" trail descriptions, natural and cultural history of the areas crossed, and information on road crossings, parking, shelters, water sources, points of interest, and general advice. It comes with four detached, seven-color maps--using state-of-the-art GIS materials as the starting point--on two sheets of water-resistant, tear-proof material. The scale is an inch to a mile, with 50-foot contour intervals for the topography and essential elevation profiles for the trail route. This edition includes a major relocation of the trail on Bear Mountain, one of the original pieces of the Appalachian Trail.