A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes, Updated Edition
Now With GPS-Compatible Maps
by Roger Anderson
and Carol Shively Anderson
published by Farcountry Press
- Two park rangers invite you off the beaten path and into the heart of Yellowstone. No matter your age or abilities, the park has hikes to suit your interests. A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes features 29 day hikes of different lengths and levels of difficulty. Each hike in the book has a contour map, color photograph, narrative about natural and human history, botany, geology, and other highlights along the trail.
Includes easy to read, accurate maps with contour lines showing elevation change, up-to-date descriptions and trail specific tips. The authors have hiked every mile of these routes and know them well. They share background stories on each trail's human and natural history, wildlife and wildflowers, geology, and quotations from explorers and early visitors. All regions of the park are included, with hiking levels from easy to strenuous.
168 pages, 6'' x 9'', 29 color photos, 30 map(s), index, 54 softcovers per case
softcover
ISBN 10: 1560371579
ISBN 13: 9781560371571
$12.95
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Roger Anderson and Carol Shively Anderson have been rangers with the National Park Service in four different parks since 1980, and they have more than 35 years of combined service in Yellowstone National Park. Their work has primarily been in education, sharing the values of these treasured places with people from all over the world. They also have experience in research, resource management, and wildlife firefighting. Carol currently manages interpretive services in the Lake Area of Yellowstone. Roger manages cultural resources for the park and is the editor of the park's quarterly journal, Yellowstone Science. |