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 0 | 18 |
Copyright | |
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ACCESSIBLE TRAILS Acres ACTIVITIES assistance boat Campground camping Canyon cave City CLIMATE comfort station Creek designated disabilities drive east EASY ACCESS elevations entrance Established exhibits facilities Falls feet fishing flat Forest fully accessible gift Glacier Grand Grove GUIDES hearing impairments HIGHLIGHTS Highway Hiking House impairments information desk ISA-designated parking Island Lake LOCATION LODGING Loop lowered Lows Meadow MEDICAL Mesa miles miles south mobility moderately accessible Mountain MUSEUMS narrow National Park natural NOTES OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK Overlook path paved persons picnic Point problems ramp ranger Redwood reservations restaurant restrooms River Road rock Rocky rooms ruins showers significant barriers slope SPORTS Springs steep steps summer telephone Temperatures tion toilets tour trees United Valley VIEWPOINTS Village visitor center Volcanoes wheelchair users winter Yosemite
Bibliographic information
| Title | Easy Access to National Parks: The Sierra Club Guide for People with Disabilities |
| Authors | Wendy Roth, Michael Tompane, Sierra Club |
| Contributor | Michael Tompane |
| 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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