National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors: Southern Rockies

by FERGUSON, GARY

• ISBN13: 9780792277491
• ISBN10: 079227749X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: National Geographic

Summary

National Geographic Guide to America's Outdoors Southern Rockies Colorado Utah With Northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and southwestern Wyoming In this practical, informative, richly illustrated guide, National Geographic takes you to the best nature sites in the southern Rockies and tells you what you need to know -- about the landscape, plants, animals, activities, and recreation -- to experience them fully. Over 55 major sites, plus numerous smaller ones, grouped by bioregion, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges; state parks; conservation areas and preserves; and wild and scenic rivers. Guided hikes and rivers Suggestions of where to hike, bike, camp, white-water raft, fish see wildlife, and more. Extensive resource listing 150 vivid color photos and 21 detailed, full-color maps.

Table of Contents

Treading Lightly in the Wild	6	(2)
Regional Map	8	(2)
Home to the Hills	10	(2)
To Have and to Hike	12	(4)
Colorado Plateau	16	(72)
Map	18	(4)
Grand Canyon's North Rim	22	(6)
Kaibab National Forest	28	(4)
Zion National Park	32	(8)
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument	40	(2)
Capitol Reef National Park	42	(8)
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	50	(4)
Natural Bridges National Monument	54	(2)
Bluff Area	56	(4)
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park	60	(2)
Mesa Verde National Park	62	(4)
Canyonlands National Park	66	(10)
Goblin Valley State Park	76	(1)
Dead Horse Point State Park	77	(2)
Arches National Park	79	(7)
San Rafael Swell	86	(2)
Utah High Plateaus	88	(36)
Map	90	(4)
Cedar Breaks National Monument	94	(3)
Bryce Canyon National Park	97	(11)
Dixie National Forest	108	(2)
Fishlake National Forest	110	(2)
Manti-La Sal National Forest	112	(2)
Colorado National Monument	114	(4)
Grand Mesa	118	(6)
Wasatch Range & Uinta Mountains	124	(46)
Map	126	(4)
Wasatch Front	130	(4)
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	134	(5)
Logan Canyon	139	(5)
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge	144	(2)
Antelope Island State Park	146	(3)
Deseret Peak Wilderness	149	(1)
Uinta Mountains	150	(4)
Eastern Ashley National Forest	154	(4)
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area	158	(3)
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge	161	(3)
Dinosaur National Monument	164	(4)
Ouray National Wildlife Refuge	168	(2)
Northern Colorado Rockies	170	(46)
Map	172	(4)
The Flat Tops	176	(7)
Routt National Forest	183	(4)
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge	187	(1)
Rocky Mountain National Park	188	(14)
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests	202	(6)
Eldorado Canyon State Park	208	(2)
Golden Gate Canyon State Park	210	(2)
Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge	212	(2)
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge	214	(1)
Roxborough State Park	215	(1)
Southern Colorado Rockies	216	(62)
Map	218	(4)
Garden of the Gods	222	(1)
Mueller State Park	223	(1)
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	224	(2)
Pikes Peak	226	(2)
South Park	228	(3)
San Isabel National Forest	231	(3)
White River National Forest: South	234	(6)
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	240	(4)
Curecanti National Recreation Area	244	(1)
San Juan Mountains	245	(13)
San Juan Skyway	258	(6)
Rio Grande National Forest	264	(4)
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge	268	(1)
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	269	(3)
Sangre de Cristo Mountains	272	(6)
Other Sites	278	(1)
Resources	279	(4)
About the Authors and the Photographer	283	(1)
Index	284	(4)
Credits	288