Backpacking Overnights introduces readers to 50 different one-night and weekend backpacking trips in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. It also includes a section introducing readers to the basics of backpacking, maps of each hike, GPS coordinates and a mile-by-mile synopsis of landmarks and points of interest along each route. Parham is an outdoor expert in a number of fields from road biking to kayaking and this is his 13th guidebook.