Discover. Welcome to the national parks -- Reasons to love the national parks -- Explore the national parks -- The national parks your way -- A year in the national parks -- A brief history -- Experience. California -- Pacific Northwest -- Alaska -- The Rockies and the Great Plains -- The Southwest -- Great Lakes and the Northeast -- The Southeast -- The Islands -- Need to know. Before you go -- Getting around -- Practical information.
Summary:
Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. Explore Florida's river-laced Everglades, travel down the white water rapids of the Grand Canyon, trek across the deserts of Death Valley and scale the soaring summits of the Rocky Mountains with this book that brings you up close to nature's greatest adventures. Packed with maps and fascinating facts about the flora and fauna unique to each park, this fully-illustrated coast-to-coast journey documents the nation's most magnificent and sacred places--and shows why they should be preserved for future generations to enjoy. With maps and information about flora and fauna found in each of the 21 icon parks portrayed, this is a fantastic celebration of the great outdoors.
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