Resources
First, anyone considering going off-highway anywhere along this
route should be armed with Delorme’s excellent series of atlases, which shows all Forest
Service and Bureau of Land Management roads, and includes descriptions of campgrounds,
hiking trails, natural features, parks, etc. These are the most valuable tools when exploring
U.S. 89 country, available at most large bookstores in the West.
Falcon Books publishes an excellent series of hiking books that
covers most of the areas described in this book. Again, most major bookstores carry these
books.
A variety of locations on the World Wide Web have been helpful
in putting this book together and will be beneficial to the reader who wants to visit
any of the places described herein, or to book lodging or arrange other trips with
outfitters, etc.
In general, there are two web sites that are particularly
helpful:
www.gorp.com, and
www.nps.gov. The former has great information on most of the
outdoor activities possible along U.S. 89 and even offers guided trips to many locations.
The latter is the National Park Service’s web site that is the jumping-off point to all the
individual national park web sites. You can also try
www.parkescapes.com,
or
www.swparks.com,
both of which are private web sites on America’s national parks.
The Federal Highway Administration maintains a web site for its
officially designated “Scenic Byways.” Seven sections of U.S. 89 are so designated. For
more information, go to
www.byways.org.
Below is a list and brief description other relevant
web sites (by no means intended to be an exhaustive list):