The Explorer S Guide To Death Valley National Park Second Edition

Author : T. Scott Bryan,Betty Tucker Bryan
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781646420537

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The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Fourth Edition by T. Scott Bryan,Betty Tucker Bryan Pdf

Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the US park system, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area. Now in its fourth edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park’s cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more. Information is provided for all of Death Valley’s visitors, from first-time travelers just learning about the area to those who are returning for in-depth explorations. This new edition features a number of important changes—including information on the boundary and wilderness changes that resulted from the Dingell Act of 2019, the reopened Keane Wonder Mine area, the devastating flash flooding of Scotty’s Castle, scenic river designations, the Inn and Ranch resorts, renovated and now operated as the Oasis at Death Valley—as well as new maps and updated color photos. With extensive input from National Park Service resource management, law enforcement, and interpretive personnel, as well as a thorough bibliography for suggested reading, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park, Fourth Edition is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive guide available for this national treasure.

Author : T. Scott Bryan,Betty Tucker-Bryan
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780870819629

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The Explorer's Guide to Death Valley National Park, Second Edition by T. Scott Bryan,Betty Tucker-Bryan Pdf

Originally published in 1995, soon after Death Valley National Park became the fifty-third park in the U.S. park system, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park was the first complete guidebook available for this spectacular area.Now in its second edition, this is still the only book that includes all aspects of the park. Much more than just a guidebook, it covers the park’s cultural history, botany and zoology, hiking and biking opportunities, and more. Information is provided for all of Death Valley’s visitors, from first-time travelers just learning about the area to those who are returning for in-depth explorations.Rewritten, reorganized, and revised, the book includes updated point-to-point logs for every road within and around the park, as well as new maps more accurate than those in any other publication. With extensive input from National Park Service resource management, law enforcement, and interpretive personnel, as well as a thorough bibliography for suggested reading, The Explorer’s Guide to Death Valley National Park, Second Edition is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive guide available for this national treasure.

Author : David T. Page
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581578805

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Explorer's Guide Yosemite & the Southern Sierra Nevada: Includes Mammoth Lakes, Sequoia, Kings Canyon & Death Valley: A Great Destination (Second Edition) by David T. Page Pdf

Awarded the 2009 Bronze Medal in the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation's annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition: "Whether you want to stand on a glacier or have a beer with local bikers, this is the definitive (as well as wonderfully eccentric) guide to the immensity of the southern Sierra and Owens Valley. John Muir would be pleased."—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear The only complete guide to California’s southern Sierra Nevada—some of the most stunning wilderness in North America—is better than ever in this revised, updated edition. Detailed reviews of lodging, dining, and recreation, plus outfitters, campsites, trails, and points of historic and cultural interest.

Author : Robert Wayne Decker,Barbara Decker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : 1888898089

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Road Guide to Death Valley National Park by Robert Wayne Decker,Barbara Decker Pdf

Author : Cliff Lawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Death Valley National Park (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : 1878900307

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A Traveler's Guide to Death Valley National Park by Cliff Lawson Pdf

Author : Bill Cunningham,Polly Cunningham
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493028252

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Hiking Death Valley National Park by Bill Cunningham,Polly Cunningham Pdf

Hiking Death Valley National Park contains detailed information about 36 of the best day hikes and extended backpacking trips in the largest national park outside of Alaska. Supplemented with GPS-compatible maps, mile-by-mile directional cues, rich narratives, and beautiful photographs, this is the only book you'll need for this land of extremes.

Author : Richard E. Lingenfelter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0520908880

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Death Valley and the Amargosa by Richard E. Lingenfelter Pdf

This is the history of Death Valley, where that bitter stream the Amargosa dies. It embraces the whole basin of the Amargosa from the Panamints to the Spring Mountains, from the Palmettos to the Avawatz. And it spans a century from the earliest recollections and the oldest records to that day in 1933 when much of the valley was finally set aside as a National Monument. This is the story of an illusory land, of the people it attracted and of the dreams and delusions they pursued-the story of the metals in its mountains and the salts in its sinks, of its desiccating heat and its revitalizing springs, and of all the riches of its scenery and lore-the story of Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires, stockholders and stock sharps, homesteaders and hermits, writers and tourists. But mostly this is the story of the illusions-the illusions of a shortcut to the gold diggings that lured the forty-niners, of inescapable deadliness that hung in the name they left behind, of lost bonanzas that grew out of the few nuggets they found, of immeasurable riches spread by hopeful prospectors and calculating con men, and of impenetrable mysteries concocted by the likes of Scotty. These and many lesser illusions are the heart of its history.

Author : Michel Digonnet
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111003302

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Hiking Death Valley by Michel Digonnet Pdf

With elevations ranging from 282 feet below sea level to 11,049 feet, a world-famous climate, and some of the most spectacular scenery in the North American desert, Death Valley National Park is a year-round hiker's paradise. Hundreds of miles of trails and cross-country routes lead to countless canyons, springs, and abandoned mines, most of them infrequently visited. Whether you want to stroll on salt flats, hike a lonesome canyon, climb a rugged peak, visit a remote gold mine, or simply explore the backcountry by car, this comprehensive guidebook provides dozens of destinations suited to your interests. Illustrated with original topographic maps, this book will guide you to Death Valley's most popular sites and many spectacular, out-of-the-way places, illustrating the remarkable diversity of its terrain, geology, flora, and fauna. Many of the region's historic mines, camps, and ghost towns are also described, including accounts of their fascinating and colorful past.

Author : Robert P. Palazzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738558249

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Death Valley by Robert P. Palazzo Pdf

Death Valley, its harsh and rugged landscape established a national monument in 1933 and named a national park in 1994, has long held a fascination for visitors, even before it became tourist friendly. Shortly after the first visit of nonnative inhabitants, a party of forty-niners looking for a shortcut to the goldfields of California crossed this land with tragic results, inadvertently giving the valley its moniker. Despite the immense suffering in their midst, prospectors began exploring the area looking for mineral wealth. Boomtowns formed, prospered, and died all within a few years, most disappearing completely into the desert. Adding to Death Valley's mystique was the shameless self-promotion of Death Valley Scotty, which lasted for a period spanning more than 50 years.

Author : David T Page
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581571400

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Explorer's Guide Yosemite and the Southern Sierra Nevada 2nd Edi by David T Page Pdf

The only complete guide to California’s southern Sierra Nevada—some of the most stunning wilderness in North America—is better than ever in this revised, updated edition. Detailed reviews of lodging, dining, and recreation, plus outfitters, campsites, trails, and points of historic and cultural interest.

Author : Hal Rothman,Char Miller
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0874179254

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Death Valley National Park by Hal Rothman,Char Miller Pdf

The first comprehensive study of the park, past and present, Death Valley National Park probes the environmental and human history of this most astonishing desert. Established as a national monument in 1933, Death Valley was an anomaly within the national park system. Though many who knew this landscape were convinced that its stark beauty should be preserved, to do so required a reconceptualization of what a park consists of, grassroots and national support for its creation, and a long and difficult political struggle to secure congressional sanction. This history begins with a discussion of the physical setting, its geography and geology, and descriptions of the Timbisha, the first peoples to inhabit this tough and dangerous landscape. In the 19th-century and early 20th century, new arrivals came to exploit the mineral resources in the region and develop permanent agricultural and resort settlements. Although Death Valley was established as a National Monument in 1933, fear of the harsh desert precluded widespread acceptance by both the visiting public and its own administrative agency. As a result, Death Valley lacked both support and resources. This volume details the many debates over the park’s size, conflicts between miners, farmers, the military, and wilderness advocates, the treatment of the Timbisha, and the impact of tourists on its cultural and natural resources. In time, Death Valley came to be seen as one of the great natural wonders of the United States, and was elevated to full national park status in 1994. The history of Death Valley National Park embodies the many tensions confronting American environmentalism.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1959468081

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Death Valley National Park by Anonim Pdf

Author : David T. Page
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
ISBN : 1581570775

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Explorer's Guide - Yosemite and the Southern Sierra Nevada by David T. Page Pdf

Awarded the 2009 Bronze Medal in the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation's annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition: "Whether you want to stand on a glacier or have a beer with local bikers, this is the definitive (as well as wonderfully eccentric) guide to the immensity of the southern Sierra and Owens Valley. John Muir would be pleased." Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear

Author : Mel White,National Geographic Society (U. S.),Robert Earle Howells,Dan A. Nelson,Jeremy Schmidt,Joseph R. Yogerst,Charles Kulander,Maryellen Kennedy Duckett,George Fuller,Rachael Jackson,Karen Carmichael
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : National parks and reserves
ISBN : 9781426210150

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Secrets of the National Parks by Mel White,National Geographic Society (U. S.),Robert Earle Howells,Dan A. Nelson,Jeremy Schmidt,Joseph R. Yogerst,Charles Kulander,Maryellen Kennedy Duckett,George Fuller,Rachael Jackson,Karen Carmichael Pdf

Identifies hidden treasures and lesser-known points of interest in each of America's national parks.

Author : M. J. Cosson
Publisher : Childs World Incorporated
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1592966942

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Welcome to Death Valley National Park by M. J. Cosson Pdf

Explores Death Valley National Park, introducing its geography, wildlife, climate, trails, and history.