Park Profiles: Our Inviting Eastern Parklands [Paperback]

National Geographic Society (Author)

Book Description

Series: Park Profiles | Publication Date: March 1, 1997

Discover the amazing variety of our eastern national parks.

In the company of National Geographic writers and photographers explore islands of preservation set amid some of the most populated areas of the United States. Meet naturalists and rangers, fishermen and fellow travelers. Journey from the fog-drenched cliffs and teeming tide pools of Acadia in Maine to the glistening saw grass of Florida's Everglades. Go underground at Mammouth Cave. Hike through rhododendrons and mountain laurel for a misty morning view of the Great Smokies, then watch autumn tint Blue Ridge hills and hollows. Dive into the crystal-clear waters of Biscayne, Virgin Islands, and Dry Tortugas, one of our newest national parks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792273540
• ISBN-13: 978-0792273547
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.5 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,343,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent park guide, July 23, 2002

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Jerald R Lovell (Clinton Township, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Park Profiles: Our Inviting Eastern Parklands (Paperback)

The Eastern United States is underrepresented in terms of national parks. The early settlement and development of our country precluded some sites, like Niagara Falls, from inclusion. But others, thankfully, made it. This book covers them. As to the Great Smokies and the Everglades, so much has been written about them that this book offers an overview many will have read in the past at another source.

However, as to the two new Florida National Parks, Biscayne and Dry Tortugas, this book is an invaluable resource. Our trip to these two outstanding areas this past spring was made much better by previous reference to this book. Both are marvelous additions to the national park system, especially in terms of marine life, a factor well covered in this book.

Fine, capably selected photography attends an excellent text. For the mentioned parks, as well as Acadia and Shenandoah, I can think of no better single text. This book is a real keeper.