Camping Alaska A Guide to Nearly 300 of the State's Best Campgrounds

by Hodges, Montana

• ISBN13: 9780762743872
• ISBN10: 0762743875
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-26
• Publisher: Falcon Guides

Summary

Camping Alaskais a guide to the public and private campgrounds of Alaska accessible by road as well as by the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system. It includes detailed descriptions of, and directions to, 300 campgrounds statewidefrom remote islands in southeast Alaska to sprawling tundra camps high above the Arctic Circle. Alaska is home to an array of campgrounds. Some are remote and muddy; some offer mud baths at luxury spas. Each is unique, be it rugged or resort-style. It is not just the amenities that separate these campgroundsno other state has such geographic diversity. Campers can choose between an extraordinary range of settings, from seaside sand dunes to dripping rain forests, from rolling tundra to icy fjords and high mountain peaks.Camping Alaskais organized by regions, with a substantial introduction on camping within each.

Author Biography

Montana Hodges was born in California and was named Montana by her parents for no particular reason. As a graduate of journalism and geology she is seriously committed to summer rockhounding trips and spends a great deal of her time sleeping under the starts. Today she works as a freelance writer and travels between her home in California and wherever the stars may lead her.