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Outdoor Family Guide to Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Outdoor Family Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: Lisa Gollin Evans
ReleaseDate: March, 2006
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Rating:

Good Hiking guide for Families
This and Frommer's Guide to Yellowstone and Grand Tetons were the books we took with us. We just got back from our trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.

We found this book to be right on target with each of the hikes we took. We appricated the overviews and descriptions of each of the hikes.

Traveling with small children can be a challenge, but this book did a good job at helping us choose which hikes would be enjoyed by all of us. I like how they had a chart of which hikes are good for animal sightings, which for historical value and which for exceptional beauty.

I was a bit disappointed that it didn't cover more aspects of each of the parks and things to do. Though it mentioned such things as horseback riding or rafting, it didn't offer any insight into what would be seen on a rafting trip or riding in the grand canyon of Yellowstone vs. in Roosevelt Lodge (for example). It stuck basically to the hiking trails, which was fine, but the title of the book would be more accurately called, "Hiking With The Family in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons".

I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a good over-all hiking reference for the parks (you certainly don't need kids to appriciate it). It was easy to read, easily formated and easy to throw in a backpack.

Outdoor family guide better
Several of the trail guides in "Top Trails" were outdated when I actually arrived at the park. I was using an "Outdoor Family Guide to Yellowstone National Park" and "Top Trails" and I found Outdoor Family Guide to be much more up to date. After several days in and around the park, my family and I left "Top Trails" in the car and only used the "Outdoor Family Guide. " The family guide also proved more inclusive for other outdoor activities besides just hiking. It's a great all around book!.

"Top Trails" book is better
As I am using these books to plan a family vacation, I am especially interested in finding child-friendly hikes. I purchased this book as well as Top Trails' "Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park" by Andrew Dean Nystrom, and was disappointed with "Family Guide" as compared with "Top Trails". The "Top Trails" book provides a good summary of the hikes (mileage, difficulty, terrain, and activities) at the beginning of the book, an overview missing from "Family Guide". .

Related products:
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	Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks (Park Guides)
	Lonely Planet Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks