National Geographic Guide to the National Parks
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From the publishers of the classic, highly popular National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, this full-colour guide is packed with information about the major scenic parks of the West - including the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest and Northern California - with excursions to many of lesser known parks, preserves, forests, and other areas. With its authoritative guidance, background descriptions, and tips on how best to visit and what not to miss, this visually stunning guide to the national parks of the West promises a park trip of a lifetime. Centered on the major parks - Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, Yosemite, Olympic, Waterton-Glacier, Crater Lake, and many more - the guide also includes excursions to nearby national wildlife refuges, recreation areas, wilderness preserves, and forests. Each park is presented with an overview, plus specific guidance on what to see and do given the time you have, where to camp and stay, and when best to go.
Special features include guided driving tours (Glacier's magnificent Going to the Sun Road, for example) and hikes (the Umpqua Dunes Trail in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area); and in-depth essays on natural history (how bald eagles choose a place to roost), historical figures (John Muir), plus a multitude of suggestions on activities (whale-watching off California's north coast). Detailed visitor information further enhances your park visits.
Special features include guided driving tours (Glacier's magnificent Going to the Sun Road, for example) and hikes (the Umpqua Dunes Trail in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area); and in-depth essays on natural history (how bald eagles choose a place to roost), historical figures (John Muir), plus a multitude of suggestions on activities (whale-watching off California's north coast). Detailed visitor information further enhances your park visits.
NG Guide to the National Parks: East and Midwest
by National Geographic Society
Published 1 March 2005
From the publisher of the classic and highly popular National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the U.S., this full-colour guide is packed with information on all the national parks with excursions to top recreation areas, preserves, forests, and other park areas in the eastern and Midwestern states. This handy, handsome, full-color volume offers complete guidance to the major parks of the eastern half of the United States. Not only does it include detailed information on all the national parks - including Acadia, Great Smokies, Dry Tortugas, Everglades, Biscayne, Isle Royale, Mammoth Cave - but you'll also find a wealth of suggestions for excursions to spectacular but lesser known parks and preserves, such as the National Key Deer Refuge in Florida's Keys, the Gulf Islands National Seashore, Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area in Tennessee, New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and many, many more. The guide also includes numerous features on flora and fauna, guided hikes and drives, activities, and detailed practical information on how and when to go and how to make the most of your visit given the time you have.
From the publisher of the highly popular National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the U.S., this full-colour guide covers all of Alaska's eight major parks with excursions to many of its lesser known ones. This handy, handsome, full color volume offers complete guidance to all the Alaska national parks, which protect more than 41 million acres of the state's natural treasures, including active volcanoes, mountains and glaciers, vast areas of wilderness, fjords, giant brown bears, whales, and sea lions, and herds of migrating caribou. Not only does this guide provide detailed description and full visiting information for the eight major scenic parks - Denali, Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark, and Wrangell-St. Elias - but it suggests excursions to numerous smaller parks as well, ranging from the relatively accessible Chugach National Forest and the Misty Fjords and Admiralty Island National Monuments in the southeast to the really adventurous Cape Krusenstern National Monument and the Bering Land Bride National Preserve in the Arctic.
In between there is the White Mountains National Recreation Area near Fairbanks, such wildlife preserves as the Alaska Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, and historical parks like the Klondike Gold Rush and Iditarod Trail, along with many other extraordinary and unique places accessible by car, plane, or boat. The guide tells how and when to visit and suggests hikes, fishing and canoeing spots, wildlife viewing sites, and innumerable other activities. Included too are guided drives and sidebars on many aspects of the state's culture, wildlife, and stunning landscape.
In between there is the White Mountains National Recreation Area near Fairbanks, such wildlife preserves as the Alaska Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, and historical parks like the Klondike Gold Rush and Iditarod Trail, along with many other extraordinary and unique places accessible by car, plane, or boat. The guide tells how and when to visit and suggests hikes, fishing and canoeing spots, wildlife viewing sites, and innumerable other activities. Included too are guided drives and sidebars on many aspects of the state's culture, wildlife, and stunning landscape.