Guide to the National Park Areas: Western States, 8th

by David L. Scott & Kay W. Scott

• ISBN13: 9780762729890
• ISBN10: 0762729899
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

From day trips to Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Arizona to a longer vacation at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, there are many opportunities to enjoy the great outdoors in America's national parks.

Author Biography

David and Kay Scott have spent more than two dozen summers touring the United States and Canada in a series of Volkswagen campers, and two summers backpacking through Europe by rail. David holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Arkansas and has written numerous books on accounting, finance, and investing. Kay is assistant principal at an elementary school in Valdosta, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction	xvii
Key for Map Symbols	xxii
ALASKA
Aleutian World War II National Historic Area	4	(1)
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	4	(1)
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve	5	(1)
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	5	(1)
Denali National Park and Preserve	6	(2)
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve	8	(1)
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	9	(2)
Katmai National Park and Preserve	11	(1)
Kenai Fjords National Park	12	(1)
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	13	(1)
Kobuk Valley National Park	14	(1)
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	15	(1)
Noatak National Preserve	16	(1)
Sitka National Historical Park	16	(1)
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve	17	(1)
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	18	(1)
AMERICAN SAMOA
National Park of American Samoa	19	(4)
ARIZONA
Canyon de Chelly National Monument	23	(3)
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	26	(1)
Chiricahua National Monument	27	(2)
Coronado National Memorial	29	(2)
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	31	(1)
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	32	(3)
Grand Canyon National Park	35	(3)
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	38	(191)
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	229
Montezuma Castle National Monument	39	(2)
Navajo National Monument	41	(1)
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	42	(2)
Petrified Forest National Park	44	(3)
Pipe Spring National Monument	47	(2)
Saguaro National Park	49	(1)
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	50	(3)
Tonto National Monument	53	(1)
Tumacácori National Historical Park	54	(1)
Tuzigoot National Monument	55	(1)
Walnut Canyon National Monument	56	(1)
Wupatki National Monument	57	(2)
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Post National Memorial	59	(2)
Buffalo National River	61	(3)
Central High School National Historic Site	64	(1)
Fort Smith National Historic Site	64	(2)
Hot Springs National Park	66	(2)
Pea Ridge National Military Park	68	(1)
CALIFORNIA
Cabrillo National Monument	69	(2)
Channel Islands National Park	71	(3)
Death Valley National Park	74	(2)
Devils Postpile National Monument	76	(3)
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	79	(1)
Fort Point National Historic Site	80	(1)
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	81	(3)
John Muir National Historic Site	84	(1)
Joshua Tree National Park	85	(25)
Kings Canyon National Park	110
Lassen Volcanic National Park	87	(2)
Lava Beds National Monument	89	(3)
Manzanar National Historic Site	92	(1)
Mojave National Preserve	93	(2)
Muir Woods National Monument	95	(2)
National AIDS Memorial Grove	97	(1)
Pinnacles National Monument	98	(2)
Point Reyes National Seashore	100	(2)
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial	102	(1)
Redwood National and State Parks	103	(3)
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park	106	(1)
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	107	(3)
Sequoia National Park	110	(3)
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	113	(2)
Yosemite National Park	115	(4)
COLORADO
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	119	(1)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	120	(2)
Colorado National Monument	122	(2)
Curecanti National Recreation Area	124	(2)
Dinosaur National Monument	126	(2)
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	128	(2)
Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve	130	(2)
Hovenweep National Monument	132	(2)
Mesa Verde National Park	134	(2)
Rocky Mountain National Park	136	(3)
GUAM
War in the Pacific National Historical Park	139	(2)
HAWAII
Haleakala National Park	141	(2)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	143	(2)
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	145	(1)
Kaloko-HonokOhau National Historical Park	146	(2)
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park	148	(1)
Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site	149	(1)
USS Arizona Memorial	150	(3)
IDAHO
City of Rocks National Reserve	153	(1)
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	154	(2)
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	156	(2)
Nez Perce National Historical Park	158	(202)
Yellowstone National Park	360
IOWA
Effigy Mounds National Monument	161	(2)
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	163	(4)
KANSAS
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site	167	(1)
Fort Larned National Historic Site	168	(1)
Fort Scott National Historic Site	169	(2)
Nicodemus National Historic Site	171	(1)
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	172	(3)
LOUISIANA
Cane River Creole National Historical Park	175	(1)
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	176	(2)
Poverty Point National Monument	178	(1)
MINNESOTA
Grand Portage National Monument	179	(2)
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area	181	(2)
Pipestone National Monument	183	(2)
St. Croix National Scenic Riverway	185	(3)
Voyageurs National Park	188	(5)
MISSOURI
George Washington Carver National Monument	193	(1)
Harry S Truman National Historic Site	194	(1)
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial	195	(2)
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	197	(2)
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site	199	(1)
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield	200	(3)
MONTANA
Big Hole National Battlefield	203	(2)
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	205	(2)
Glacier National Park	207	(4)
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	211	(1)
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	212
Nez Perce National Historical Park	158	(202)
Yellowstone National Park	360
NEBRASKA
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	215	(2)
Chimney Rock National Historic Site	217	(1)
Homestead National Monument of America	218	(1)
Missouri National Recreational River	219	(2)
Niobrara National Scenic River	221	(2)
Scotts Bluff National Monument	223
NEVADA
Death Valley National Park	74	(153)
Great Basin National Park	227	(2)
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	229	(4)
NEW MEXICO
Aztec Ruins National Monument	233	(1)
Bandelier National Monument	234	(2)
Capulin Volcano National Monument	236	(1)
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	237	(2)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	239	(3)
El Malpais National Monument	242	(2)
El Morro National Monument	244	(2)
Fort Union National Monument	246	(1)
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	247	(1)
Pecos National Historical Park	248	(1)
Petroglyph National Monument	249	(2)
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	251	(2)
White Sands National Monument	253	(2)
NORTH DAKOTA
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	255	(2)
International Peace Garden	257	(2)
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	259	(2)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	261	(4)
OKLAHOMA
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	265	(2)
Oklahoma City National Memorial	267	(1)
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site	268	(1)
OREGON
Crater Lake National Park	269	(2)
Fort Clatsop National Memorial	271	(2)
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	273	(2)
McLoughlin House National Historic Site	275
Nez Perce National Historical Park	158	(118)
Oregon Caves National Monument	276	(3)
SAIPAN
American Memorial Park	279	(2)
SOUTH DAKOTA
Badlands National Park	281	(2)
Jewel Cave National Monument	283
Missouri National Recreational River	219	(65)
Mount Rushmore National Memorial	284	(2)
Wind Cave National Park	286	(3)
TEXAS
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument	289	(1)
Amistad National Recreation Area	290	(2)
Big Bend National Park	292	(2)
Big Thicket National Preserve	294	(2)
Chamizal National Memorial	296	(1)
Fort Davis National Historic Site	297	(1)
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	298	(2)
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	300	(2)
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park	302	(1)
Padre Island National Seashore	303	(3)
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site	306	(1)
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	306	(5)
UTAH
Arches National Park	311	(3)
Bryce Canyon National Park	314	(3)
Canyonlands National Park	317	(2)
Capitol Reef National Park	319	(3)
Cedar Breaks National Monument	322
Dinosaur National Monument	126
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	32	(292)
Golden Spike National Historic Site	324
Hovenweep National Monument	132	(193)
Natural Bridges National Monument	325	(2)
Rainbow Bridge National Monument	327	(1)
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	328	(1)
Zion National Park	329	(4)
WASHINGTON
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	333	(2)
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	335	(2)
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	337	(6)
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area	343
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	338	(2)
Mount Rainier National Park	340
Nez Perce National Historical Park	158	(185)
North Cascades National Park	343	(4)
Olympic National Park	347
Ross Lake National Recreation Area	343	(7)
San Juan Island National Historical Park	350	(1)
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	351
WYOMING
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	205	(148)
Devils Tower National Monument	353	(2)
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	355	(1)
Fossil Butte National Monument	356	(1)
Grand Teton National Park	357	(1)
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway	357	(3)
Yellowstone National Park	360	(5)
National Park Areas Facilities and Activities Chart	365	(8)
About the Authors	373