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Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Park Guides)

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Frommer's Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks good overall guide to the area. It's descriptions of the lodging choices and the dining descriptions were very good although it omitted the Geyser Grill in the Old Faithful area. The descriptions of activities in GT were very good, but the descriptions of activities in YNP were lacking. There were some omissions: the Antelope Creek Drainage area and the Brink of the Upper/Lower Falls trails. Some felt the Norris Geyser Basin highly overrated as was the West Thumb Geyser Basin and Osprey Falls. This book is a great starting point but by no means should it be the only book you have. It's perfect for making your dining and lodging choices but suffers in adequately describing activities (for that check out 'An Outdoor Family Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks' by Lisa Gollin Evans).

There is lots of good information here for the traveler new to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, but I was often frustrated with the lack of pictures and poor quality maps. I realize that part of the goal was to keep the book small so that it is handy to carry...but the result-- small, gray-scale maps -- is often less than helpful.

Perhaps I have been spoiled by the Eye Witness travel guides...because I found myself wishing one existed for Yellowstone/Grand Teton.

Again, good info for the new visitor: poor map/picture quality.