Your Guide to the National Parks - The Complete Guide to all 59 National Parks (Second edition)

This award-winning guide, completely updated for the 2017 edition, includes more than 450 new photographs, 160 revised maps, and 50 hiking tables, making it the only guidebook you'll need to explore the United States National Parks.

An all new design with the same intuitive layout keeps the step-by-step itineraries,kid-friendly activities, and most popular ranger programs at your fingertips to help plan your next family vacation. Thousands of hotels, restaurants, and attractions beyond the parks and 11 suggested road trips make it the ultimate dashboard companion. Exhaustive activity information--including hiking tables, easy-to-find trailhead markers, outfitter details, and backpacking essentials--serves as blueprint for an adventure of a lifetime. With something for everyone, this is Your Guide to the National Parks.

Published on: 2017-01-01

Original language: English

Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.20" w x 7.50" l, .0 pounds

Binding: Paperback

704 pages

Review 

From the First Edition ...

"In short, this is a great, almost encyclopedic, guide to help you prepare for your park visits." - Kurt Repanshek (nationalparkstraveler.com)"

"Your Guide to the National Parks is quite frankly, amazing." - On Wisconsin Magazine

Oswald provides an amazing, almost overwhelming, amount of data on each place. ...a timely and useful reference." - Library Journal

"Each entry includes location info, what to expect from nature, how to find the park, open seasons, notable attractions, and plenty of full color photography to back the details up. Your Guide to the National Parks is a must for nature and vacation collections." - Midwest Book Review

"This gem of a travel guide is one of the most comprehensive and well-crafted books of its genre on the market." - ForeWord Reviews

From the Author 

Your Guide to the National Parks (1st edition) was the bestselling national park guidebook in 2015 (according to Nielsen BookScan data).

From the Back Cover 

First Edition Accolades ...

ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Winner

Benjamin Franklin Award Winner

National Outdoor Book Award Winner

Bill Fisher Award Finalist