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Whether you want to hike through the jaw-dropping scenery of Acadia, see rare wildlife and natural wonders in Yellowstone, or go river-rafting in the Grand Canyon, the local Fodor''s travel experts in all the National Parks are here to help! Fodor''s Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.
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AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 70 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, activities, and more PHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Ultimate Experiences," "Best Campgrounds," "Best Lodges," and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, art, architecture, geography and more SPECIAL FEATURES on "Exploring the Colorado River," "What to Watch and Read Before You Visit," and "Yellowstone''s Geothermal Wonders" LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Acadia National Park, Arches National Park, Badlands National Park, Big Bend National Park, Biscayne National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Denali National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, Everglades National Park, Gates of the Arctic & Kobuk Valley National Park, Gateway Arch National Park, Glacier Bay National Park, Glacier & Waterton Lakes National Parks, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Haleakala National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Katmai National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, National Park of American Samoa, New River Gorge Park and Preserve, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Pinnacles National Park, Redwood National and State Parks, Rocky Mountain National Park, Saguaro National Park, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Parks, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Virgin Islands National Parks, Voyageurs National Parks, White Sands National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Zion National ParkPlanning on spending more time in any of the states? Check out Fodor''s Arizona and the Grand Canyon , Fodor''s California , Fodor''s Colorado , Fodor''s Florida , Fodor''s Essential Hawaii , Fodor''s Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire , Fodor''s U.S. & British Virgin Islands , Compass Yellowstone National Park , Compass Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks , and Fodor''s InFocus Smoky Mountains .
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Table of Contents
1 Experience the National Parks of the USA | p. 15 |
63 Ultimate Experiences | p. 16 |
What's Where | p. 36 |
The Best National Park Lodges | p. 38 |
Wildlife in the Parks | p. 40 |
The Diversity of America's National Parks | p. 44 |
Buffalo Soldiers and the Early National Park Service | p. 46 |
2 Planning Your Visit | p. 47 |
Know Before You Go | p. 48 |
Park Passes | p. 50 |
Family Fun | p. 52 |
Best Paired With | p. 54 |
Best Bets | p. 56 |
3 Great Itineraries | p. 59 |
Washington State National Parks, 8 Days | p. 60 |
The Black Hills and Badlands National Parks, 6 Days | p. 62 |
California National Parks, 9 Days | p. 65 |
Utah and Arizona National Parks, 9 Days | p. 66 |
Southeastern National Parks, 9 Days | p. 69 |
4 Acadia National Park | p. 71 |
Welcome to Acadia National Park | p. 72 |
Planning | p. 75 |
East Side of Mount Desert Island | p. 78 |
West Side of Mount Desert Island | p. 82 |
Schoodic Peninsula | p. 84 |
Isle Au Haut | p. 87 |
Activities | p. 88 |
What's Nearby | p. 90 |
5 Arches National Park | p. 91 |
Welcome to Arches National Park | p. 92 |
Planning | p. 94 |
Devils Garden | p. 96 |
Fiery Furnace | p. 97 |
Delicate Arch/Wolfe Ranch | p. 98 |
The Windows | p. 99 |
Balanced Rock | p. 100 |
Petrified Dunes | p. 101 |
Courthouse Towers | p. 101 |
Activities | p. 101 |
What's Nearby | p. 102 |
6 Badlands National Park | p. 103 |
Welcome to Badlands National Park | p. 104 |
Planning | p. 106 |
North Unit | p. 109 |
Palmer Creek Unit | p. 112 |
Stronghold Unit | p. 112 |
Activities | p. 112 |
What's Nearby | p. 114 |
7 Big Bend National Park | p. 115 |
Welcome to Big Bend National Park | p. 116 |
Planning | p. 119 |
Chisos Basin | p. 121 |
Castolon | p. 123 |
Rio Grande Village | p. 125 |
Persimmon Gap | p. 126 |
Activities | p. 127 |
What's Nearby | p. 130 |
8 Biscayne National Park | p. 131 |
Welcome to Biscayne National Park | p. 132 |
Planning | p. 135 |
In the Park | p. 136 |
Activities | p. 139 |
What's Nearby | p. 140 |
9 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | p. 141 |
Welcome to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park | p. 142 |
Planning | p. 145 |
East Portal | p. 146 |
North Rim | p. 147 |
South Rim | p. 148 |
Activities | p. 149 |
What's Nearby | p. 152 |
10 Bryce Canyon National Park | p. 153 |
Welcome to Bryce Canyon National Park | p. 154 |
Planning | p. 156 |
Bryce Canyon North | p. 159 |
Bryce Canyon South | p. 163 |
Activities | p. 164 |
What's Nearby | p. 166 |
11 Canyonlands National Park | p. 167 |
Welcome to Canyonlands National Park | p. 168 |
Planning | p. 170 |
Island in the Sky | p. 172 |
Needles | p. 174 |
Maze | p. 175 |
Horseshoe Canyon | p. 176 |
Activities | p. 176 |
What's Nearby | p. 178 |
12 Capitol Reef National Park | p. 179 |
Welcome to Capitol Reef National Park | p. 180 |
Planning | p. 182 |
Fruita | p. 184 |
Scenic Drive | p. 187 |
Cathedral Valley | p. 188 |
Muley Twist Canyon | p. 189 |
Activities | p. 189 |
What's Nearby | p. 190 |
13 Carlsbad Caverns National Park | p. 191 |
Welcome to Carlsbad Caverns National Park | p. 192 |
Planning | p. 195 |
Carlsbad Cavern Aboveground | p. 197 |
Carlsbad Cavern Belowground | p. 199 |
Rattlesnake Springs and Slaughter Canyon | p. 201 |
Activities | p. 202 |
What's Nearby | p. 202 |
14 Channel Islands National Park | p. 203 |
Welcome to Channel Islands National Park | p. 204 |
Planning | p. 206 |
Anacapa Island | p. 209 |
San Miguel Island | p. 209 |
Santa Barbara Island | p. 210 |
Santa Cruz Island | p. 211 |
Santa Rosa Island | p. 212 |
Activities | p. 212 |
What's Nearby | p. 214 |
15 Congaree National Park | p. 215 |
Welcome to Congaree National Park | p. 216 |
Planning | p. 218 |
The Swamp | p. 221 |
Activities | p. 223 |
What's Nearby | p. 224 |
16 Crater Lake National Park | p. 225 |
Welcome to Crater Lake National Park | p. 226 |
Planning | p. 229 |
Rim Village | p. 231 |
Rim Drive | p. 232 |
Cleetwood Cove and Wizard Island | p. 234 |
Mazama Village | p. 235 |
Activities | p. 235 |
What's Nearby | p. 236 |
17 Cuyahoga Valley National Park | p. 237 |
Welcome to Cuyahoga Valley National Park | p. 238 |
Planning | p. 241 |
North | p. 243 |
South | p. 246 |
Activities | p. 249 |
What's Nearby | p. 252 |
18 Death Valley National Park | p. 253 |
Welcome to Death Valley National Park | p. 254 |
Planning | p. 257 |
Central Death Valley | p. 259 |
Northern Death Valley | p. 263 |
Southern Death Valley | p. 264 |
Western Death Valley | p. 264 |
Activities | p. 265 |
What's Nearby | p. 266 |
19 Denali National Park and Preserve | p. 267 |
Welcome to Denali National Park and Preserve | p. 268 |
Planning | p. 271 |
In the Park | p. 275 |
Activities | p. 279 |
What's Nearby | p. 284 |
20 Dry Tortugas National Park | p. 285 |
Welcome to Dry Tortugas National Park | p. 286 |
Planning | p. 288 |
In the Park | p. 290 |
Activities | p. 292 |
What's Nearby | p. 294 |
21 Everglades National Park | p. 295 |
Welcome to Everglades National Park | p. 296 |
Planning | p. 299 |
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center to Flamingo Visitor Center | p. 302 |
Everglades City and the Gulf Coast | p. 305 |
Flamingo | p. 307 |
Shark Valley | p. 308 |
Activities | p. 309 |
What's Nearby | p. 312 |
22 Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley National Parks | p. 313 |
Welcome to Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley National Parks | p. 314 |
Planning | p. 317 |
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve | p. 320 |
Kobuk Valley National Park | p. 323 |
23 Gateway Arch National Park | p. 325 |
Welcome to Gateway Arch National Park | p. 326 |
Planning | p. 329 |
In the Park | p. 332 |
Elsewhere in Downtown St. Louis | p. 334 |
24 Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks | p. 337 |
Welcome to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks | p. 338 |
Planning | p. 341 |
Glacier National Park | p. 344 |
Waterton Lakes National Park | p. 352 |
What's Nearby | p. 356 |
25 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | p. 357 |
Welcome to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | p. 358 |
Planning | p. 361 |
In the Park | p. 363 |
Activities | p. 366 |
What's Nearby | p. 368 |
26 Grand Canyon National Park | p. 369 |
Welcome to Grand Canyon National Park | p. 370 |
Planning | p. 373 |
Grand Canyon South Rim | p. 377 |
Grand Canyon North Rim | p. 387 |
What's Nearby | p. 392 |
27 Grand Teton National Park | p. 393 |
Welcome to Grand Teton National Park | p. 394 |
Planning | p. 397 |
Moose | p. 399 |
Jenny Lake | p. 402 |
Jackson Lake | p. 404 |
Activities | p. 407 |
What's Nearby | p. 410 |
28 Great Basin National Park | p. 411 |
Welcome to Great Basin National Park | p. 412 |
Planning | p. 415 |
Lehman Caves | p. 417 |
Wheeler Peak | p. 418 |
Snake Creek Canyon | p. 420 |
Activities | p. 420 |
What's Nearby | p. 422 |
29 Great Sand Dunes National Park | p. 423 |
Welcome to Great Sand Dunes National Park | p. 424 |
Planning | p. 427 |
Main Use Area | p. 428 |
Sand Dune Field | p. 428 |
Sangre de Cristo Mountains | p. 429 |
Southern Grasslands | p. 429 |
Medano Creek Wetlands | p. 429 |
Activities | p. 429 |
What's Nearby | p. 430 |
30 Great Smoky Mountains National Park | p. 431 |
Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park | p. 432 |
Planning | p. 435 |
Tennessee Side | p. 438 |
North Carolina Side | p. 448 |
What's Nearby | p. 455 |
31 Guadalupe Mountains National Park | p. 457 |
Welcome to Guadalupe Mountains National Park | p. 458 |
Planning | p. 461 |
Pine Springs | p. 462 |
McKittrick Canyon | p. 464 |
Dog Canyon | p. 465 |
Salt Basin Dunes | p. 466 |
Activities | p. 466 |
What's Nearby | p. 468 |
32 Haleakala National Park | p. 469 |
Welcome to Haleakala National Park | p. 470 |
Planning | p. 472 |
Summit District | p. 475 |
Kipahulu District | p. 477 |
Activities | p. 479 |
What's Nearby | p. 482 |
33 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | p. 483 |
Welcome to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | p. 484 |
Planning | p. 487 |
Kilauea Summit Area | p. 491 |
Greater Park Area | p. 495 |
Kahuku Unit | p. 498 |
Activities | p. 498 |
What's Nearby | p. 501 |
34 Hot Springs National Park | p. 503 |
Welcome to Hot Springs National Park | p. 504 |
Planning | p. 506 |
In the Park | p. 509 |
Elsewhere in Town | p. 513 |
Activities | p. 515 |
35 Indiana Dunes National Park | p. 517 |
Welcome to Indiana Dunes National Park | p. 518 |
Planning | p. 520 |
Lakefront | p. 522 |
Inland Areas | p. 526 |
Activities | p. 527 |
What's Nearby | p. 528 |
36 Isle Royale National Park | p. 529 |
Welcome to Isle Royale National Park | p. 530 |
Planning | p. 532 |
Isle Royale | p. 535 |
Activities | p. 539 |
What's Nearby | p. 540 |
37 Joshua Tree National Park | p. 541 |
Welcome to Joshua Tree National Park | p. 542 |
Planning | p. 545 |
Park Boulevard | p. 547 |
Keys View Road | p. 548 |
Highway 62 | p. 550 |
Pinto Basin Road | p. 551 |
Activities | p. 552 |
What's Nearby | p. 554 |
38 Katmai National Park and Preserve | p. 555 |
Welcome to Katmai National Park and Preserve | p. 556 |
Planning | p. 559 |
In the Park | p. 560 |
Activities | p. 563 |
What's Nearby | p. 564 |
39 Kenai Fjords National Park | p. 565 |
Welcome to Kenai Fjords National Park | p. 566 |
Planning | p. 569 |
In the Park | p. 571 |
Activities | p. 574 |
What's Nearby | p. 574 |
40 Lake Clark National Park | p. 575 |
Welcome to Lake Clark National Park | p. 576 |
Planning | p. 579 |
In the Park | p. 581 |
41 Lassen Volcanic National Park | p. 585 |
Welcome to Lassen Volcanic National Park | p. 586 |
Planning | p. 589 |
Southwest | p. 590 |
Manzanita and Summit Lakes | p. 592 |
Warner Valley and Juniper Lake | p. 594 |
Butte Lake | p. 595 |
Activities | p. 596 |
What's Nearby | p. 598 |
42 Mammoth Cave National Park | p. 599 |
Welcome to Mammoth Cave National Park | p. 600 |
Planning | p. 603 |
Visitor Center Area | p. 608 |
Frontcountry | p. 615 |
Green River Valley | p. 617 |
Hilly Backcountry | p. 618 |
Activities | p. 619 |
What's Nearby | p. 622 |
43 Mesa Verde National Park | p. 623 |
Welcome to Mesa Verde National Park | p. 624 |
Planning | p. 626 |
Morefield | p. 629 |
Far View | p. 630 |
Chapin Mesa | p. 631 |
Wetherill Mesa | p. 634 |
Activities | p. 635 |
What's Nearby | p. 636 |
44 Mount Rainier National Park | p. 637 |
Welcome to Mount Rainier National Park | p. 638 |
Planning | p. 641 |
Longmire | p. 643 |
Paradise | p. 644 |
Ohanapecosh | p. 646 |
Sunrise and White River | p. 646 |
Carbon River and Mowich Lake | p. 648 |
Activities | p. 648 |
What's Nearby | p. 650 |
45 National Park of American Samoa | p. 651 |
Welcome to National Park of American Samoa | p. 652 |
Planning | p. 655 |
Tutuila | p. 657 |
Ofu | p. 658 |
Tail | p. 659 |
Activities | p. 659 |
What's Nearby | p. 660 |
46 New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | p. 661 |
Welcome to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve | p. 662 |
Planning | p. 665 |
In the Park | p. 666 |
Activities | p. 669 |
What's Nearby | p. 670 |
47 North Cascades National Park | p. 671 |
Welcome to North Cascades National Park | p. 672 |
Planning | p. 674 |
North Cascades Scenic Highway and Ross Lake National Recreation Area | p. 677 |
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area | p. 680 |
Activities | p. 682 |
What's Nearby | p. 684 |
48 Olympic National Park | p. 685 |
Welcome to Olympic National Park | p. 686 |
Planning | p. 689 |
Coastal Olympic | p. 691 |
Rain Forests | p. 692 |
Lake Crescent and Sol Due Valley | p. 694 |
The Mountains | p. 696 |
Activities | p. 697 |
What's Nearby | p. 700 |
49 Petrified Forest National Park | p. 701 |
Welcome to Petrified Forest National Park | p. 702 |
In the Park | p. 704 |
Activities | p. 710 |
What's Nearby | p. 710 |
50 Pinnacles National Park | p. 711 |
Welcome to Pinnacles National Park | p. 712 |
Planning | p. 715 |
East Side | p. 716 |
West Side | p. 718 |
Activities | p. 719 |
What's Nearby | p. 720 |
51 Redwood National and State Parks | p. 721 |
Welcome to Redwood National and State Parks | p. 722 |
Planning | p. 725 |
South | p. 727 |
Middle | p. 728 |
North | p. 730 |
Activities | p. 732 |
What's Nearby | p. 734 |
52 Rocky Mountain National Park | p. 735 |
Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park | p. 736 |
Planning | p. 739 |
Moraine Park | p. 742 |
Sear Lake | p. 743 |
Longs Peak | p. 744 |
Trail Ridge Road | p. 745 |
Timber Creek | p. 746 |
Wild Basin | p. 747 |
Activities | p. 748 |
What's Nearby | p. 752 |
53 Saguaro National Park | p. 753 |
Welcome to Saguaro National Park | p. 754 |
Planning | p. 756 |
Saguaro East | p. 758 |
Saguaro West | p. 759 |
Activities | p. 760 |
What's Nearby | p. 762 |
54 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | p. 763 |
Welcome To Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | p. 764 |
Planning | p. 767 |
Sequoia National Park | p. 769 |
Kings Canyon National Park | p. 778 |
What's Nearby | p. 784 |
55 Shenandoah National Park | p. 785 |
Welcome to Shenandoah National Park | p. 786 |
Planning | p. 789 |
North District | p. 791 |
Central District | p. 793 |
South District | p. 796 |
Activities | p. 799 |
What's Nearby | p. 800 |
58 Theodore Roosevelt National Park | p. 801 |
Welcome to Theodore Roosevelt National Park | p. 802 |
Planning | p. 805 |
North Unit | p. 806 |
South Unit | p. 808 |
Activities | p. 811 |
What's Nearby | p. 812 |
57 Virgin Islands National Park | p. 813 |
Welcome to Virgin Islands National Park | p. 814 |
Planning | p. 817 |
St. John | p. 819 |
Hassel Island | p. 823 |
Activities | p. 824 |
What's Nearby | p. 826 |
58 Voyageurs National Park | p. 827 |
Welcome to Voyageurs National Park | p. 828 |
Planning | p. 831 |
In the Park | p. 833 |
Activities | p. 835 |
What's Nearby | p. 836 |
59 White Sands National Park | p. 837 |
Welcome to White Sands National Park | p. 838 |
Planning | p. 841 |
Dunes Drive | p. 842 |
Activities | p. 845 |
What's Nearby | p. 846 |
60 Wind Cave National Park | p. 847 |
Welcome to Wind Cave National Park | p. 848 |
Planning | p. 851 |
In The Park | p. 854 |
Activities | p. 856 |
What's Nearby | p. 859 |
61 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve | p. 861 |
Welcome to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve | p. 862 |
Planning | p. 864 |
In the Park | p. 867 |
Activities | p. 871 |
What's Nearby | p. 872 |
62 Yellowstone National Park | p. 873 |
Welcome to Yellowstone National Park | p. 874 |
Planning | p. 877 |
Mammoth Hot Springs | p. 881 |
Norris | p. 882 |
Madison | p. 883 |
Old Faithful | p. 884 |
Grant Village and West Thumb | p. 888 |
Lake Yellowstone | p. 890 |
Canyon | p. 892 |
Tower-Roosevelt | p. 894 |
Activities | p. 896 |
What's Nearby | p. 900 |
63 Yosemite National Park | p. 901 |
Welcome to Yosemite National Park | p. 902 |
Planning | p. 905 |
Yosemite Valley | p. 909 |
Wawona | p. 914 |
Tuolumne Meadows | p. 915 |
Ketch Hetchy | p. 917 |
Activities | p. 918 |
What's Nearby | p. 924 |
64 Zion National Park | p. 925 |
Welcome to Zion National Park | p. 926 |
Planning | p. 928 |
Zion Canyon | p. 931 |
Kolob Canyons | p. 935 |
Activities | p. 936 |
What's Nearby | p. 938 |
Index | p. 939 |
About the Writers | p. 956 |