 | Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone (Top Trails: Must-Do Hikes) by Andrew Dean Nystrom
Buy used from: £24.69 Details the best 45 trails. See the weblog http://ynp.blogspot.com for a Yellowstone news roundup: photos, weather, road construction + trail alerts, lodging, camping and park entrance updates.
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 | Yellowstone and Grand Teton (Lonely Planet National Parks Guides) by Bradley Mayhew
Buy used from: £0.09 The most complete and best-organized guide that covers both Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks. Opinionated reviews of gateway communities, plus in-depth family + activity info. Perfect for non-hikers.
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 | Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park (Crown Journeys Series) by Tim Cahill
Buy used from: £4.54 A hilarious and engaging romp around some of Yellowstone's best and least known wonderlands. An inspiring pre-trip read, or bedside in the lodge/tent. Typical Cahill, with a serious naturalist twist.
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 | Yellowstone National Park Hiking Map & Guide by Earthwalk Press
The free NPS park maps are inadequate for all but the most cursory driving tour. The National Geographic Topo! series is good as well, but make sure you get the most recent (2003+) versions.
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| Grand Teton National Park Recreational Map by Earthwalk Press
See notes above. Earthwalk topo maps are the most informative for backcountry hikers, great all-in-one sheet utility for planning longer backpacking trips.
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 | Wyoming Atlas & Gazetteer 5/E by Rand McNally
Buy new: £10.96 / Used from: £10.98 For longer road trips around the backroads and byways of the great wide-open state, this GPS-enabled gazetteer is an essential companion.
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 | Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee H. Whittlesey
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £4.97 Learn from others mistakes - silly, tragic and just plain stupid. There are a few Darwin Award candidates here, as well as many harsh wake-up calls about the realities of backcountry travel.
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 | For Everything There Is a Season: The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area by Frank C. Craighead
Buy used from: £1.28 A lyrical, well-written celebration of the natural world in Greater Yellowstone. A phenomenal study in the underappreciated art/science of phenology.
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 | Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks Wildlife Watcher's Guide (Wildlife Watcher's Guide Series) by Todd Wilkinson
Buy used from: £3.63 A brief but well well-illustrated introduction to Greater Yellowstone's fascinating fauna.
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 | Hawks Rest: A Season in the Remote Heart of Yellowstone by Gary Ferguson
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £1.50 |
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