The Sierra Gateway Map Guide [Paperback]

Debora Delaney (Author), Ed Delaney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2001

California’s towering Sierra Nevada are among the most beautiful mountains in the world. Whatever the season, Mother Nature treats you to breathtaking scenes, using them as a backdrop. Dipping her brush into a palette containing every color of the rainbow, her artistic strokes highlight the streams, trees, stars, lakes, flowers, sky, abundant wildlife, clouds, chiseled granite and everything else in her domain.

The Sierra Gateway Map Guide provides great insight into many fantastic “off the beaten path” destinations. Many travelers, foreign and domestic, yearn to see the back roads. Naturally, the well known locations - Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks - are well documented herein. But what lies around and in between them? Step into the Sierra Gateway Map Guide and see for yourself.

The authors have based this Guide on their popular interactive Internet web creation, the SierraGatewayMap.com. Using this web based tool, anyone, anywhere in the world, can get a wonderful insight into the incredible beauty that awaits them, in and around the Sierra Nevada. In the comfort of their home, families can review destinations, determine what activities are offered, see accommodations that are available and contact local businesses, directly via email or by clicking on one of the hundreds of linked merchant web sites.

This Guide is your travel companion as its presents scores of detailed maps, hundreds of full-color photographs and excellent up-to-date information on what to see, where to stay and things to do, year around. Find a Kiosk with a computer and Email a merchant, ask a question, make a reservation. It is designed to fit into your purse, backpack, glove box or pocket as you travel. It will help you figure how to get from here to there and everywhere in between!

Meanwhile, if you have a question, at home, or on the road, email the authors at [e-mail].

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About the Author

Ed and Debora Delaney, create unique travel oriented web sites for resorts, pack stations, historical societies, museums and a variety of other outdoor oriented destinations. This is their first book collaboration. Ed has had numerous acticles and photographs on many subjects printed in magazines and newspapers including "Sunset", "National Press Photographer", "Orange County Illustrated", "Outdoor West" "The Quill", "Los Angeles Times" and others. Debora is an accomplished photographer and graphic artist. They live in the Sierra Foothill community of Prather, with their two childen and famous dog "Misty"!

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Talahi Media Arts (June 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970679807
• ISBN-13: 978-0970679802
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,652,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vacation Planning Guide and Excellent Traveling Companion, August 1, 2001

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Mitchell Weymiller (Granada Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sierra Gateway Map Guide (Paperback)

The Sierra Nevada attract visitors from around the U.S. and from all over the world. They come to see the Giant Sequoias. They hike the John Muir, Pacific Crest and countless other trails. They fish, camp, hunt, ski, sightsee and just plain relax. My wife introducted me to the Sierra eight years ago. We usually returned to Eastern Sierra and particularly Lake Sabina. Recently, another camper told me about an Internet site called SierraGatewayMap.com. I checked it out and I am thrilled with it! It gives excellent descriptions, pictures and maps of 11 counties of the Sierra Nevada. I can immediately contact resort owners or pack station guides and other merchants directly through the Internet right from this web site. My wife and I used it to plan a trip to the Western Sierra area of Mammoth Pools. I have never been to this side of the mountains. We printed some maps of the area from the web site. Then I discovered there was a travel companion book, The Sierra Gateway Map Guide. This book is based on the web site, yet I can carry it with me as I travel the area. Sometimes the local folks of the area you are visiting don't want to tell you about the surrounding places you can see because they want you to stay and spend all their money with them! This book shows you what is nearby. You can stay in one spot and take daily side trips to many other closeby places. I am obviously pleased with this book and highly recommend it. It is not only good for using yourself, but it is a great gift item as well. My thanks to the authors for both the web site and the excellent travel guide!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Guide to the Sierra Nevada Backroads, July 23, 2001

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Diane Wilson (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sierra Gateway Map Guide (Paperback)

Having visited the Sierra Nevada since the 1950s, I am pleased to have found this wonderful booklet that is filled with color pictures and detailed maps. My family and I can show others where we have visited and we can decide what other areas we will like to visit in the future. I particularly like the author's use of web site addresses and phone numbers. In today's world, it is so easy to contact a facility via the web and much less expensive too! The descriptions of the places you can visit and the things you can see and do is very good. The pictures give you a taste of the beauty you will experience. The maps give you a detailed method of traveling from one area of the Sierra to another without having to hit the "main roads". My thanks to the authors and I surely suggest this is a great book for anyone that has or is planning to visit California's Sierra Nevada.