New Mexico and Arizona State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide [Paperback]

Don Laine (Author), Barbara Laine (Author)

Book Description

Series: State Parks | Publication Date: April 1998

Snow-capped mountains, dense forests, rocky canyons, rolling prairies, and painted deserts provide a varied and exquisite backdrop for outdoor visitors to the Southwest.

Showcasing 64 of the best state parks in the region, Don and Barbara Lathe direct readers to some of the finest biking, skiing, climbing, boating, and desert exploration opportunities available In the region. Each description highlights the park's location, facilities, and history as well as activities for everyone from young adventurers to families to retired travelers.

The guide also offers cultural and wilderness etiquette suggestions for the treatment of the fragile desert environment and ancient artifacts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 1st edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089886559X
• ISBN-13: 978-0898865592
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > Travel > United States > States > New Mexico
  • #71 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Arizona

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, June 13, 2000

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Ilona Klosterman (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Mexico and Arizona State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide (Paperback)

Don and Barbara Laine have done an outstanding job in this book. I live in New Mexico and we just bought a camper, so I went to the library to get some book on where to go camping. I borrowed a couple of guides for the Southwest, but this book is the only one that anybody ever needs. Every State Park is listed in detail, even little maps for each Park are included. Furthermore they tell you exactly what to expect from each park and what there is to do. This comes in handy when travelling with kids. Equipped with this book we already went to 2 State Parks and found exactly what the Laines had described. This book is a must have for anybody that wants to explore Arizona and New Mexico.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly "as advertised". Useful., December 5, 2006

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This review is from: New Mexico and Arizona State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide (Paperback)

The National Parks are great, and they get all the glory, but it will repay you to visit some of the excellent state parks of the Southwest. This book gives the critical information to do so--How to get there, sketch maps of important routes and sites in each park, and brief summaries of the human and/or natural history that caused each park to be established. Recommended.