Easy Access to National Parks: The Sierra Club Guide for People with DisabilitiesEasy Access to National Parks enables those with physical disabilities to enjoy our national parks -- from Olympic National Park in Washington State to Everglades National Park in Florida and from Yosemite National Park in California to Acadia National Park in Maine. Those with mobility problems, vision and hearing impairments, seniors, families with young children -- anyone looking for gentle, low-effort hiking opportunities will find this thoroughly researched guide an invaluable resource. Features include: -- Practical advice on planning safe and rewarding visits to fifty national parks, with in-depth descriptions of fifteen parks designated as "Best Visits" for their exceptional accessibility -- Accessible park attractions and services, including trails. viewpoints, camp-grounds, lodging, restaurants, visitor centers, museums, ranger-conducted programs, tours, recreational opportunities, and much more -- Tips on natural and human history, climate and terrain, and plant and animal life -- Twenty color photographs, twelve black-and-white photographs, and twenty maps |
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Contents
EASY ACCESS ESSENTIALS | 3 |
Getting Out There | 9 |
Choosing Parks to Visit | 18 |
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Common terms and phrases
ACCESS GUIDES ACCESSIBLE CAMPGROUNDS accessible comfort station ACCESSIBLE TRAILS amphitheater Anasazi assistance auto touring Averaged Daily Temperatures boardwalk boat book and map Campground camping cave CENTERS AND MUSEUMS cessible Chaco climate coast redwoods Crater Creek EASY ACCESS HIGHLIGHTS entrance exhibits feet forest fully accessible fully accessible comfort fully accessible restrooms Geyser giant sequoias Glacier Grant Grove Grove Hiking Hoh Rain Forest information desk ISA-designated parking spaces Jenny Lake kiva Lake LODGING AND SERVICES Loop map sales Meadow medical facilities miles south mobility problems moderately accessible NATIONAL PARK Established National Park Foundation Overlook P.O. Box park's parking lot paved picnic area picnic tables Pueblo Rainy Lake ramp ranger Redwood respiratory and/or restaurant River rooms Sequoia Sherman Tree showers significant barriers slope steep summer terrain Teton TOURS AND SPORTS Trail Ridge Road trees Valley VIEWPOINTS visitor center Volcanoes Wendy wheelchair wheelchair users wildlife winter Yellowstone Yosemite Yosemite Valley
Bibliographic information
| Title | Easy Access to National Parks: The Sierra Club Guide for People with Disabilities |
| Author | Wendy Roth |
| Contributors | Michael Tompane, Sierra Club |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Sierra Club Books, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 16, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0871566206, 9780871566201 |
| Length | 404 pages |
| Subjects | › Travel / Parks & Campgrounds |
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