Yellowstone Day Hikes

The reviews say it all! A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes is the perfect way to enjoy the majesty of Yellowstone National Park. Find out why so many visitors choose this guide for their park visits. Featuring 29 incredible hikes this book is more than just a handy map for a walk in the woods it is your gateway to the true Yellowstone. Each hike features contextual and narrative information about the natural and human history, botany and geology of each trail. Written as a private hiking tour of Yellowstone from two park rangers, the husband-and-wife team share interpretative text to guide you off the beaten path and into the heart of Yellowstone. A Ranger's Guide to Yellowstone Day Hikes features: 29 day hikes of different lengths and levels of difficulty. Each hike in the book has a GPS-compatible map, color photograph, and many other highlights from along the trail.  Best Maps: Easy-to-read, accurate, GPS-compatible. Field-Tested: Authors Roger and Carol have hiked every mile of these routes and know them well. Comprehensive: All regions of the park, with ratings from Easy to Strenuous. Naturalist Notes: The Rangers share background stories on each trail s human and natural history­­ including wildlife and wildflowers to watch for, geology, quotations from explorers and early visitors. This is my favorite book of day hikes. The authors, husband and wife rangers, don't just tell you where to go, they help you understand what you are seeing. ---from Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park by Tim Cahill, founding editor of Outside magazine