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Your guide to the national parks, by Michael Joseph Oswald

eng

illustrationsmaps

no index present

non fiction

Your guide to the national parks

1310301977

by Michael Joseph Oswald

"His full-color travel guidebook is the ultimate tool to simplify your travel planning. Detailed maps highlighting popular attractions and trailheads help visualize your itinerary. Lodging, camping, and hiking tables make choosing where to stay and what trails to hike easy. Hiking is explored in depth, but you'll find details, including outfitter essentials, on all the most popular activities. Whether you're looking to raft the Grand Canyon, see Old Faithful erupt, climb Mount Rainier, or simply select the perfect place to lay back and stare at the stars, you'll find those details too. Tips and recommendations from the author help you decide when to visit and how to avoid crowds. Hundreds of lists put the best of America's Best Idea at your fingertips. A dozen suggested road trips, including hundreds of noteworthy stops beyond the parks, provide the building blocks for a trip of a lifetime"--, Amazon.com

Introduction -- Plan your trip -- Best of the parks -- Suggested trips -- How to use this book -- East -- North -- South -- Southwest -- West -- Alaska -- Remote islands

National parks