National Park Service Camping Guide [Paperback]

William C. Herow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2001

The National Park Service Camping Guide provides detailed information on over 400 campgrounds in 118 National Park Service areas. Contact information, including e-mail address, for each NPS area is provided. A brief summary, including any entrance fee charged, follows the contact information. Visitor center locations are also noted so you can obtain maps and brochures. Following all that are the campground listings.

Campground information includes such details as name and location, season of operation, number of RV and tent sites, number of sites with hookups, RV length limits, length of stay limits, camping fees, and campsite reservation information. You'll also find a list of amenities such as: drinking water, picnic tables, fire grills, restrooms, showers, dump stations, laundry facilities, and more. A row of icons beneath each campground listing allows you to quickly scan the page to find that perfect campground.

This is one book you should have for camping in National Park Service areas!

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Roundabout Publications (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885464371
• ISBN-13: 978-1885464378
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,819,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Book Review, April 15, 2003

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This review is from: National Park Service Camping Guide (Paperback)

The map in the front of each chapter was nicely displayed showing the locations of the listed partks . However, I didn't find this book easy to use. I felt the way the Parks were indexed in the front of each chapter (by State) was incomplete. I was mainly interested in the ones that had camping facilities and I had to look at each individual park to find that information. I would like to have seen the Activities chart also have Camp Ground information listed. I don't forsee us taking this book along with us as we travel; the information was not any that I couldn't find easier in other Travel books or Camping guides.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice but...., December 2, 2007

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Hollingsworth Mirthful "Holly Mirth" (Olympia, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Park Service Camping Guide (Paperback)

Great reference, but hard to use. It's challenging to plan a trip with this book, but it helps when you're eon the road and looking for options. Good buy, but I would look for something more inclusive or park specific. But as a general guide...go for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clarification, February 21, 2006

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Roundabout Publications (Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: National Park Service Camping Guide : Second Edition (Paperback)

In response to the previous review, the reader states they were "mainly interested in the ones [National Parks] that had camping facilities" and they "had to look at each individual park to find that information." This book is about camping in National Park Service areas -- all of the parks described have some form of camping.

Regarding the Activities Chart, this shows activities available in addition to camping; things like hiking, boating, fishing, etc.