Hikers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Their Attitudes, Characteristics, and Implications for Management
Marsh GG. 1973. Hikers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Their Attitudes, Characteristics, and Implications for Management. Universityof Tennessee
Information on trail use and the attitudes of the hikers and their backgrounds was gathered through personal interviews and questionnaires for the use of management in planning for best use about wilderness experience. Hikers tended to hike in small groups, were generally young to middle-aged, planning 3 to 5 days in the backcountry. Most hikers were college graduates or students, with higher income levels than the regional population and were city dwellers. Among suggestions based on the data were closing US 441, employing an eucational program involving all recreational agencies, setting aside some trails for day hike use only, and reinforcing certain trails.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Marsh, Gary
- Date of Issue
- 1973-06
- Publisher
- Universityof Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Attitudes, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Hiking, Management, Recreation, SER, Southeast Region, Thesis, Trails, visitor use, Visitors