Explore the Wonders of America's National Parks

Vader540: I checked this book out at the library and fell in love with it so I bought it for my nomad daughter for Christmas. The stories are well thought out and well written. Lots of nice photos and juicy advice for the National Parks traveler. If this book does not ignite your lust for the Parks, nothing will.

United States on Jan 06, 2023

ghosty girl: We enjoy hiking and visiting parks and historic places. I purchased this book so my husband and I could plan future trips and possibly plan travel with out hiking group. My son spent time reading this book while he was visiting over Thanksgiving. We discussed possible family trips based on various locations featured in the book. This book will be used as a handy reference as we plan future outdoor adventures.

United States on Nov 30, 2022

Kentucky Reviewer: This book offers an overview of U.S.national parks, providing a history of the formation of each park and the impetus behind them. There are suggestions on what to explore, hiking trails, and other activities to consider when visiting a park. The guide is also flush with photographs of the beautiful sights.

United States on Oct 07, 2022

A Mahler: Since DK previously published the excellent  America's National Parks , I had high hopes for their latest book about the National Parks. I was disappointed to find that it doesn’t do anything particularly well. It is not clear what the point of this book is, since there are already many great books about the National Parks. I’ll suggest a few of them.

Previous reviewers described DK Eyewitness USA National Parks as more textbook than coffee table book or guidebook. In fact, as textbook, it would be a failure, as the information is rather superficial and there are so many imprecisions. Robert Sterling Yard is described as a photographer (p 22) but I’ll challenge you to show me a single photograph by him (he was a writer and editor). Despite the book limiting many immense National Parks to two pages, the authors insist on including text and a picture about Mono Lake in the Yosemite chapter, although Mono Lake is 15 miles outside of Yosemite National Park, and part of an entirely different ecosystem. In Glacier National Park, “Early in the day during the fall is prime time … bears aren’t yet out and about”. Bears are equally active at dawn and dusk,...

United States on Dec 04, 2020

Katlin: This is a great book that describes each of the 62 national parks. It's about the size of a laptop- too small to be a coffee table book. There's some great pictures, but they look bland printed on regular paper vs. glossy paper. Each park section is not consistent either. Some parks have 4-5 pages and others only 1 or 2.

That being said, we will use this book to daydream about future trips so it was still a great purchase! There's nothing in it you can't find online, but it's nice to have it all in one book where you can mindlessly flip through on the couch vs. having to go find it from internet sources.

United States on Dec 04, 2020