Ron Adkison, author of our popular, Utah's National Parks, selects his favorite short trips in five major parks: Arches, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Zion. Even if you have only a limited amount of time to explore these incredible parks, the short routes described here let you stretch your legs, smell the sage, and feel the wind in your face. Maps and information on park services and interpretive activities are included.
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Ron Adkison, an avid hiker and backpacker, began his outdoor explorations at age six. Since then he has logged more than 12,000 trail miles in ten western states. He has walked every trail in this guide multiple times, to provide precise, firsthand information about the trails, as well as features of ecological and historical interest. When he's not on the trail, Ron and his wife, Nancy, live in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Montana.
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I bought this book because I was looking for short hikes for our family with elementary-aged children in all the titled Utah Nat'l parks. It does do a good job of describing the hikes in very great detail, how to get to the trail head, etc. Each hike is rated according to it's difficulty and child-friendliness and length of time to complete. This is all very good and helpful. However, I discovered after the fact that most of this same information is available on the National Park Service website and the brochure available for free at the visitor center, including some that aren't in the book.
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I purchased this book prior to a trip to Zion and Bryce National Parks. I've read a number of hiking guides before and found this one particularly helpful. The author gives excellent details both on the difficulty of the hike and what you can expect to see. After hiking most of the trails in both parks, I can vouch for the accuracy of the guide and found the information very useful.
The sole drawback is the lack of color photos which would add far more impact to these descriptions. This is a common failing of this type of book but it a shortcoming even so.
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50 BEST SHORT HIKES IN UTAH'S NATIONAL PARKS,
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There is so much information you'll need for day hiking in Utah's National Parks.It tells you what the best seasons are for the hikes,distances,elevation gains,difficulty ratings and average hiking times.It's a fun,well organized,easy to read book with lots of nice pictures and maps.It's a great book and for a great price!!!One of the best!!!
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south window, rim trail, pink cliffs, tower arch, featured hikes, cathedral district, campground loop, slickrock scrambling, slickrock fins, littleleaf mountain mahogany, paved park road, wooded mesas, slickrock domes, slickrock slopes, signed junction, seasonal wildflowers, cryptobiotic crust, sandstone domes, erosional forms, following cairns, novice hikers, retrace our route, park entrance station, primitive trail, trailhead parking area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Navajo Sandstone, Capitol Reef, Arches National Park, Zion Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Waterpocket Fold, Utah Highway, Colorado River, Scenic Drive, Zion National Park, The Needles, Fremont River, Devils Garden, Elephant Canyon, Mormon Tea, Colorado Plateau, Bryce Canyon, Klondike Bluffs, Upheaval Dome, Bryce Point, Henry Mountains, Needles District, Wingate Sandstone, Island District, Chesler Park Browse Sample Pages:
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south window, rim trail, pink cliffs, tower arch, featured hikes, cathedral district, campground loop, slickrock scrambling, slickrock fins, littleleaf mountain mahogany, paved park road, wooded mesas, slickrock domes, slickrock slopes, signed junction, seasonal wildflowers, cryptobiotic crust, sandstone domes, erosional forms, following cairns, novice hikers, retrace our route, park entrance station, primitive trail, trailhead parking area Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Navajo Sandstone, Capitol Reef, Arches National Park, Zion Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, Waterpocket Fold, Utah Highway, Colorado River, Scenic Drive, Zion National Park, The Needles, Fremont River, Devils Garden, Elephant Canyon, Mormon Tea, Colorado Plateau, Bryce Canyon, Klondike Bluffs, Upheaval Dome, Bryce Point, Henry Mountains, Needles District, Wingate Sandstone, Island District, Chesler Park Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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