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Best Easy Day Hikes Yellowstone | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Schneider
Publisher: Falcon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1282122
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.3
ISBN: 1560445742
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.510978752
EAN: 9781560445746
ASIN: 1560445742
Publication Date: May 1, 1997
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Book Description
Yellowstone National Park has more than 800 miles of hiking trails. But if you're going to be there for a day or two, only have enough time for one or two short hikes, and need something that is not too physically demanding, which trail do you choose? This book answers that question. Best Easy Day Hikes Yellowstone is an abridged version of a comprehensive book called Hiking Yellowstone. Best Easy Day Hikes Yellowstone includes up-to-date trail descriptions and maps of the author's favorite day hikes in the park. All hikes included in this little book are fairly short, usually without big hills, and are on well-defined, easy-to-follow trails-but still take you to some of the most scenic sections of America's first national park.
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 innacurate. outdated, and misleading August 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our first "easy" day hike was supposed to be a 3.5 mile round trip hike to Fairy Falls. Following the trail head and directions in this book, my young daughters and I ended up on an eight plus mile adventure. Fortunately we had plenty of water, but it could have been disastrous. We showed the book to a couple of rangers who said the directions were flat-out wrong. The maps were small, smudged, and unreadable.
 Good guide for short but fun hikes January 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My family and I used several of the hikes in this book on our trip to Yellowstone this summer. We are not an "active" family so the "easy" part of the day hikes were very appealing. The author outlines some very fun hikes and short trails that lead to truly breathtaking scenery. It was a great asset in planning our trip as well as a handy trail guide once we were at the park. The hikes are rated by difficulty level and length and are divided by sections of the park for easy planning and reference.
THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS August 21, 2002
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
CAUTION! The maps in this book are terrible! You can almost read them in some areas but many spots are too dark gray to be legible.
The maps look like a bad black and white photo copy of a good color coded National Geographic map. The book's maps loose information because of the colored background in the original map.
We went on a trail walk (to fairy falls in Yellowstone) using only this book. We walked for about 1 hour then came to a junction in the trail which we couldn't figure out. As we were looking at the book another family came along and showed us they had the same book. We both were lost!
After a while using another map they had we came to the conclusion that were were about 5 miles from were we wanted to be. So we laughed and started heading back to the car.
On our way back we ran into another family using this same book heading for the same place. Obviously it was not just one's person's interpretation of the book.
I'm disappointed that we wasted about 2 1/2 hours but more importantly, it could have been dangerous had any of these families continued on their path using this book!
 Compact thorough guide August 6, 2001
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was small enough to fit in a day-pack, but contained a lot of useful hiking information. It ranked the hikes on difficulty as well as letting you know how gratifying they were. It was nice to know what to expect along the way, and what to look forward to.
Great Info and Easy to use July 6, 2000
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the perfect book if you are new to Yellowstone and looking for a guide on what hikes to take the family on. Accurate reviews of the hikes with good directions and maps.A must have. I personally have over 125 days in the park and I found the book very helpfull in planning family hikes.
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