Utah's National Parks: Hiking, Camping, and Vacationing in Utah's Canyon Country : Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands

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If you are planning a tour of Utah's national parks, this guide should prove handy if not essential. It includes easy strolls and multiday backbreakers for Bryce, Capital Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, and Zion. In all, it describes 123 hikes in a user-friendly format. Easy-to-read info blips provide data for hike distances, elevations, difficulty ratings, hazards, and in-seasons. Each hike also includes an ample route description and a few tips thrown in for good measure.

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Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands offer remote and unspoiled wilderness and perhaps the finest backcountry recreation in the nation. Detailed descriptions of 125 hikes, ranging from brief strolls to demanding, cross-country backpack treks. All are shown on topographic route maps.

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Good, but trying to cover too many areas.......2007-01-30

This was a decent guide book, but it really tried to cover too many parks at once. It seems like it covers more family type day hikes and not a lot of backcountry and backpacking trails. We used it to plan hikes in Zion National park and Canyonlands - Needles District. The book recommended a hike in Canyonlands National park that did turn out to be awesome (Chesler Park/Elephant Canyon to Druid Arch).

We also used it to plan a hike to the Subway in Zion. In this case, I wish it had given more detail, as we ended up a little over our heads on this hike. The water was a LOT higher than we expected based on the pics we had seen and information we had. Apparently, the water levels tend to be higher in April due to snow runoff. If the book had given more information, we probably would have never attempted the hike at that time of year to begin with. Oh well, I guess you live and learn, right?

In conclusion, I would recommend this to anyone who is planning to visit one or more of the parks for a short period and wants to hit the hightlights. If you want a more in depth hiking trip to one of the parks, I would recommend getting a more detailed guide book specific to that park.

book for foreigners.......2006-02-28

This book is very usefull for a foreigner travelling throughout USA especially as it's almost impossible to find such a book (in France) that focuses on one US state.
The book contains detailed informations concerning Utah's National Parks. Hikers should appreciate it.
I recommand it with pleasure.

Hikes for evey level of experience.......2002-05-28

We have just returned from hiking & camping in Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Arches And Canyonlands (Island in the Sky area), and found this book to be one of the best of any guide book we have used (over 30 years of hiking). The hike descriptions were so interesting I read them again after doing the hike! The description of how one gets to the trailhead in in a separate section titled "driving to the trailheads", which may cause problems for individuals who don't read scan through the chapters first before deciding on a hike. We found the descriptions of the trees and plantlife on each trail very useful and I would not hesitate to buy another of Ron Atkinson's guide books, they are obviously very well researched.

Wow- Beg, steal or borrow another guidebook.......2001-05-22

Just back from a 9 day backpacking trip in Utah, using both this book and Adkison's book on Escalante. It left me with poor trail descriptions, (scarily) poor or wholly incorrect maps, and an "interesting" (read: madman-style insane) style of giving directions to trailheads. I am by no means new to the outdoors, nor to getting to remote trailheads, routefinding, etc; I can say with a degree of confidence that this is the poorest guidebook I have ever purchased. The second star is given for his "reccomended" hikes, which were, on the whole, generally right on.

Ron Atkinson's Hiking Guide to Utah's Canyon Country.......2000-05-16

Many people think that the best way to experience the unique landscapes of canyon lands parks is to drive through them. But you will have no sense of these places unless you get out of your car and take a walk. You don't have to be a backpacker to experience these places on foot. This is a great book for learning about the opportunities for short, medium and long hikes and for finding the hike that is best for you and your physical condition in Utah's great canyon country parks.

Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks

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A delight to find
Absolutely delightful

Canyon Country Wildflowers: Including Arches and Canyonlands National Parks
Damian Fagan
Manufacturer: Falcon
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1560445602

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A comprehensive field guide to the unique and diverse flora of the canyonlands region of the southwestern U.S. Four-corners area.

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A delight to find.......2005-08-01

I was delighted to find this book in the Hovenweep National Monument visitor centre bookstore. I had already photographed the wild flowers of Arches, Canyonlands and Colorado for my website. Now I could identify them. The book organises the flowers by colour which is good for an amateur like me. Now, I have to admit that I could not identify all the species I photographed, but I was pleased when I could. A big thank you to Damian Fagan for this book, I thought I might be a little bit too excentric hunting for new wild flowers in Canyondlands and Arches National Parks, even worse photographing wild flowers during my lunch hour while working in Colorado.

Absolutely delightful.......2000-06-22

The Colorado Plateau country of southern Utah, western Colorado, and northern Arizona is justifiably famous for its magnificent scenery, but the stunning wildflowers are less widely appreciated. Fagan's "Canyon Country Wildflowers" is the best guide to these treasures that I've yet seen. The photographs are absolutely top-notch (sometimes I browse the guide, just daydreaming...), often showing the entire plant in its natural habitat. Likewise, the collection is relatively complete. Flowers are organized by colors and typically easy to find. To top it off, the book is relatively compact and durable in the field. Nowadays, I don't head south without it. -William Adair, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University

Arches & Canyonlands: Walking In Canyon Country (A Pocket Portfolio Book©) (The Pocket Portfolio Series)

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Arches & Canyonlands: Walking In Canyon Country (A Pocket Portfolio Book©) (The Pocket Portfolio Series)
Nicky Leach
Manufacturer: Sierra Press
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Canyonlands Country
Edward) (ABBEY
Manufacturer: Four Corners Geol. Soc.
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Canyonlands Country - a Guidebook of the Four Corners Geological Society 1975

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James E. (ed) Edward Abbey Fassett
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Canyonlands country: Geology of Canyonlands & Arches National Parks

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Canyonlands country: Geology of Canyonlands & Arches National Parks
Donald L Baars
Manufacturer: Canyonlands Natural History Association
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Canyonlands Country: Geology of Canyonlands and Arches National Parks

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An excellent field guide
Excellent introduction to the geology of SE Utah

Canyonlands Country: Geology of Canyonlands and Arches National Parks
Donald L. Baars
Manufacturer: University of Utah Press
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ASIN: 0874804329

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An excellent field guide.......2002-03-08

As one who has traveled, and will continue to travel and explore, the Colorado Plateau extensively, I find all of Mr. Baars' works both useful and entertaining. This one is no different. Mr. Baars has an excellent grasp of the geological complexities of this wonderful area and shares his enthusiasm and keen insights well. I would like to see more photography, especially color, because I believe it is important to visualize an area before seeing it in real life, if for no other reason than to enhance photographic opportunities. Even in this minor absence, the book is a great read,and heartily recommended for any student of the Plateau.

Excellent introduction to the geology of SE Utah.......1998-11-05

This book is definately worth the money. I bought it while at Arches N.P. because I was amazed by the rock formations of the area. It was so varying that I wanted to learn more. This book definately helped me to understand in laymans terms. This book is definately for the novice. It will make you want to study the subject even more.

Canyonlands National Park: Early History and First Descriptions (Canyon Country, No. 16)

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F. A. Barnes
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A Summary of the early history of this uniquely spectacular national park, including quotes from the journals of first explorers to see and describe it.

Guidebook to Canyonlands country;: Arches National Park, Moab, Colorado River, Canyonlands National Park

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Mammals of the Canyon Country: A Handbook of Mammals of Canyonlands National Park and Vicinity

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David M. Armstrong
Manufacturer: Canyonlands Natl Hist Assn
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