Frommer's National Parks with Kids (Park Guides) [Paperback]

Kurt Repanshek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2008 | Series: Park Guides (Book 22)

Millions of families visit the national parks annually. So we sent our author out to hit the trails and campsites to figure out how to beat the crowds and enjoy an unspoiled family experience of nature.

Inside this book, you'll visit the most spectacular landscapes in the United States. This incredibly detailed, complete guide covers every kind of activity available in each park, from hiking to bird watching, with a range of sports for visitors of all ages and skill levels.

This new edition of Frommer's National Parks with Kids also includes reviews of park lodges, camping, and nearby accommodations to help you plan all aspects of your trip. Exact prices are listed for every establishment and activity. No other guide offers such detailed, candid reviews...or such honest advice.

Complete with maps of every park, including detailed maps of hiking trails in the major parks.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Let Frommer's Show You Where Your Kids Can:

• Climb a mountain

• Go whale-watching

• Learn to canoe, kayak, and sail

• Hike a canyon, rain forest, or waterfall trail

• Become a junior ranger

• Explore little-known spots in each park

• Use the field guide inside

Plus Invaluable Travel Tips:

• Where to avoid crowds in 15 family-friendly parks

• Hotels with cribs and rollaways & great family campgrounds

• The best restaurants for kids: low-stress to best behavior meals

• Words of wisdom on safety and choosing a park

• How to have a good time without breaking the bank

• Candid, no-nonsense reviews

About the Author

Kurt Repanshek lives in Park City, Utah. His work has appeared in Smithsonian, Audubon Hemispheres, National Geographic Traveler, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Denver Post, Miami Herald, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and many other periodicals. His other books published by Wiley include America’s National Parks For Dummies and National Parks of the West For Dummies.With his wife, Marcelle, and youngest son, Sean, Repanshek spends much of his time outdoors, paddling, hiking, and camping in national forests and parks in the summer and cross-country skiing and snowshoeing through them in the winter. He’s also the creator of www.nationalparkstraveler.com, a blog dedicated to “Commentary, News, and Life in America’s National Parks.” --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 2 edition (April 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047018406X
• ISBN-13: 978-0470184066
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #696,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT for the parks it covers, but doesn't cover enough, August 9, 2006

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Barbara A. Drescher (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's National Parks with Kids (Park Guides) (Paperback)

I found the information in this book much more useful than any other travel guide I have purchased. The lodging information for Yellowstone, for example, describes the state of specific room types at each location!

This book's one failing is its skimpy selection of parks.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love this book, March 7, 2009

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M. Everton "yakmaster" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's National Parks with Kids (Park Guides) (Paperback)

There are probably a jillion books about National Parks, but this one has the information a family with growing kids needs to make the most of visits to them. With this book as a guide, we have already visited over a dozen East Coast parks, and it has been of great assistance, especially in helping maximize the experience for the parks we only had a limited time to enjoy. We continue to use it to help map out our trips, we will be hitting 3-4 more parks this summer.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, April 28, 2006

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Rebecca Bowen "Alto Flutist" (Montpelier, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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I really like this book. While it is supposedly geared for kids, I think it's very useful for finding interesting things to do at National Parks for everybody. I don't know why I didn't know this - but when I looked at the table of contents I realized just how few National Parks there are in the East. One side effect of reading this book is that it's made me realize what a precious resource these National Parks are to all of us, and it makes me wonder why there aren't more of them.