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Accessible vacations : an insider's guide to 10 national parks

2022

Format:	Book
Author:	Hayhoe, Simon, author.
Title:	Accessible vacations : an insider's guide to 10 national parks / Simon J. Hayhoe.
Publisher, Date:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Description:	xiii, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	"This book helps readers with access needs visit national parks and visitor centers. It describes a range of techniques and technologies to make visiting easier and shows you what is available for learning through driving, riding, walking, wheeling, or feeling around ten selected national parks"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	People with disabilities -- Travel -- United States -- Guidebooks. National parks and reserves -- United States -- Guidebooks. Parks -- Barrier-free design.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index.
LCCN:	2021042843
ISBN:	9781538128671 1538128675
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Disability academician and educator Hayhoe (Blind Visitor Experiences at Art Museums) turns his research to national parks, including Acadia National Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, and Grand Canyon National Park. Initial chapters skew academic, covering research and surveying methods and the history of the National Park Service through the lens of access and inclusion. Remaining chapters focus on 10 continental U.S. parks. Each begins with an overview of geography, climate, and animal life, followed by getting around lodges and campgrounds, medical facilities, tours, and specialized accessibility features. The book draws upon information from surveys, brochures, and park websites, as well as in-person visits. Readers are reminded to call to confirm details or to request specific accommodations. Suggestions on using technology to enhance accessibility options are helpful. VERDICT Readers will find reassuring information on park access choices. This useful, if somewhat dry, book encourages a "can do" mindset when researching travel destinations.

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Hayhoe is a researcher who writes about disability-related issues, including the financial and physical hurdles many persons with disabilities face when planning vacations. This book, featuring destinations within the United States, goes into great detail to showcase the facilities that are accessible. He discusses programs and tours with a focus toward national parks and campgrounds as well as historic sites such as Gettysburg. He begins by offering an overview of the National Park Service and the planning that went into NPS design, facilities, and programs. He then discusses accessible technologies that are available in some of the places he has included before going into the main entries on each area. Within each chapter, there are helpful hints, links, and other important information to help those with disabilities plan a trip. Overall, this is a comprehensive resource for travelers with accessibility needs that could be used as a springboard when considering trips to the sites outside of this book as well.

Summary

Take a tour of ten national parks in this overview of the ways in which they can be accessed by those with physical, sensory and learning limitations and their companions.

The National Parks of the U.S. are some of the most sought-after travel destinations in the world. But a visit to any one of them may seem daunting to someone with hearing, seeing, or other physical challenges. What many may not know is that the National Parks offer help to those with access needs. Here, Simon Hayhoe takes readers on a tour of ten National Parks and the accessibility options available to visitors and their companions.
He covers three regions of national parks in the east, center and west of the US. The eastern parks include Acadia National Park in Maine, the Everglades National Park in Florida and the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The central parks include Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Yellowstone National Park, which is mostly in Wyoming and Zion National Park in Utah. The western parks include Denali National Park in Alaska, Olympic National Park in Washington State and Yosemite National Park in California.
Knowing how and where to tap into access points is the first step on your journey. So come along, and let this work guide you.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	p. xiii
	Preface	p. 1
	Developing Access or Planning Your Own Access	p. 2
	The Five-Step Plan	p. 8
	How the National Parks Were Chosen	p. 11
	Study Notes	p. 13
	Introduction	p. 17
	Key Terms in This Book	p. 19
	What Follows in the Rest of the Book	p. 24
Part I	The National Parks Service and Access Needs	p. 27
Chapter 1	Accessibility in the National Parks Service	p. 29
	Early Approaches to Access in the National Parks Service	p. 30
	From Ad Hoc Access to a Whole Parks Approach	p. 30
	A Change to Access for People with Access Needs	p. 33
	Putting the Director's Orders in Place	p. 35
	Current Accessibility in the National Parks Service	p. 39
	Finishing the NPS Five-Year Plan	p. 39
	Equality of Provision across the NPS	p. 41
	Summary	p. 43
	Appendix	p. 45
Chapter 2	Accessible Technologies for Visitors with Access Needs	p. 49
	How Technologies for Support, Learning, and Teaching Developed	p. 50
	Disability, Learning Difficulties, and Accessible Technology	p. 54
	Technology, Disability, and Support	p. 57
	Redefining Assistive Technology as Universally Designed, Inclusive, Accessible Technology	p. 59
	Summary	p. 61
Part II	Ten National Parks	p. 63
Chapter 3	Acadia, Maine	p. 65
	Maine	p. 65
	Verbal Image	p. 65
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 66
	Acadia National Park	p. 67
	Verbal Image	p. 67
	Getting Around Acadia	p. 70
	Acadia's Facilities	p. 73
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 75
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 77
	Featured Online Learning	p. 78
	Specialized Access	p. 78
Chapter 4	Denali, Alaska	p. 81
	Alaska	p. 81
	Verbal Image	p. 81
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 82
	Denali National Park	p. 84
	Verbal Image	p. 84
	Getting Around Denali	p. 85
	Denali's Facilities	p. 87
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 90
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 92
	Featured Online Learning	p. 94
Chapter 5	Everglades, Florida	p. 95
	Florida	p. 95
	Verbal image	p. 95
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 97
	Everglades National Park	p. 98
	Verbal Image	p. 98
	Getting Around Everglades	p. 100
	Everglades' Facilities	p. 102
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 106
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 108
	Featured Online Learning	p. 109
Chapter 6	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	p. 111
	Pennsylvania	p. 111
	Verbal Image	p. 111
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 112
	Gettysburg National Military Park	p. 113
	Verbal Image	p. 113
	Getting Around Gettysburg	p. 115
	Gettysburg's Facilities	p. 117
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 120
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 121
	Featured Online Learning	p. 122
	Specialized Access	p. 123
Chapter 7	Grand Canyon, Arizona	p. 125
	Arizona	p. 125
	Verbal Image	p. 125
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 126
	Grand Canyon National Park	p. 128
	Verbal Image	p. 128
	Getting Around Grand Canyon	p. 130
	Grand Canyon's Facilities	p. 132
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 136
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 137
	Featured Online Learning	p. 138
	Specialized Access	p. 138
Chapter 8	Olympic, Washington	p. 141
	Washington	p. 141
	Verbal Image	p. 141
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 143
	Olympic National Park	p. 144
	Verbal Image	p. 144
	Getting Around Olympic	p. 145
	Olympic's Facilities	p. 148
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 150
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 153
	Featured Online Learning	p. 154
	Specialized Access	p. 154
Chapter 9	Rocky Mountain, Colorado	p. 157
	Colorado	p. 157
	Verbal Image	p. 157
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 159
	Rocky Mountain National Park	p. 160
	Verbal Image	p. 160
	Getting Around Rocky Mountain	p. 162
	Rocky Mountain's Facilities	p. 165
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 168
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 170
	Featured Online Learning	p. 171
	Specialized Access	p. 171
Chapter 10	Yellowstone, Wyoming	p. 173
	Wyoming	p. 173
	Verbal Image	p. 173
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 174
	Yellowstone National Park	p. 175
	Verbal Image	p. 175
	Getting Around Yellowstone	p. 177
	Yellowstone's Facilities	p. 179
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 182
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 184
	Featured Online Learning	p. 185
	Specialized Access	p. 187
Chapter 11	Yosemite, California	p. 189
	California	p. 189
	Verbal Image	p. 189
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 191
	Yosemite National Park	p. 192
	Verbal Image	p. 192
	Getting Around Yosemite	p. 194
	Yosemite's Facilities	p. 197
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 200
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 201
	Featured Online Learning	p. 202
	Specialized Access	p. 203
Chapter 12	Zion, Utah	p. 207
	Utah	p. 207
	Verbal Image	p. 207
	Climate and Wildlife	p. 209
	Zion National Park	p. 211
	Verbal Image	p. 211
	Getting Around Zion	p. 212
	Zion's Facilities	p. 215
	Lodges and Campgrounds	p. 219
	Learning Programs and Tours	p. 220
	Featured Online Learning	p. 221
	Specialized Access	p. 222
	Notes	p. 225
	Bibliography	p. 237
	Index	p. 241
	About the Author	p. 245

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