New England [electronic resource] : a guide to the state & national parks / Barbara Sinotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinotte, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National parks and reserves--New England--Guidebooks.

National parks and reserves.

New England--Guidebooks.

New England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edison, NJ, USA : Hunter Publishing, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are over 180 public parks in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Maine, and here is the guide to exploring them. New England - A Guide To The State & National Parks zooms in on these areas and what they have to offer the visitor. The guide makes its way around New England state by state, listing the parks alphabetically for easy navigation. Each park profile reveals all the details you need to know such as opening times, fees, access routes, facilities, contact names and numbers, as well as all the recreational opportunities offered: hiking and biking, swimming, boating

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""A Word About Hiking... 1""; ""Check list for a Day of Hiking 2""; ""Hiking Safety 3""; ""Connecticut 1""; ""State Parks 1""; ""State Agencies 1""; ""Algonquin State Forest 1""; ""Bluff Point Coastal Reserve 2""; ""Campbell Falls State Park 2""; ""Chatfield Hollow State Park 2""; ""Cockaponset State Forest 3""; ""Connecticut River 3""; ""Devil's Hopyard State Park 4""; ""Durham Meadows Wildlife Management Area 4""; ""Edward Steichen Memorial Wildlife Preserve 4""; ""Gay City State Park 5""; ""Hammonasset Beach State Park 5""; ""Henipsit State Forest 5""

""Hopeville Pond State Park 6""""Housatonic State For est/ Meadows State Park 6""; ""Hurd State Park 6""; ""James L. Goodwin State Forest & Conservation Center 7""; ""John A. Minnetto State Park 7""; ""Kettletown State Park/Indian Well State Park 7""; ""Macedonia Brook State Park 8""; ""Mansfield Hunting Area/Mansfield Hollow State Park 8""; ""Mashamoquet Brook State Park 9""; ""Meshomasic State Forest 9""; ""Mohawk State Forest 9""; ""Nassahegon State Forest 10""; ""Natchaug State Forest 10""; ""Nehantic State Forest 11""; ""Nepaug State Forest 11""; ""Nipmuck State Forest 11""

""Pachaug State Forest 12""""Penwood State Park/Talcott Mountain State Park 13""; ""Peoples State Forest 13""; ""Quaddick State Forest & State Park 14""; ""Rocky Neck State Park 14""; ""Roy & Margot Larsen Sanctuary 14""; ""Salmon River State Forest 15""; ""Salt Meadow National Wildlife Refuge 15""; ""Satan's Kingdom State Recreation Area 15""; ""Sleeping Giant State Park 16""; ""Tunxis State Forest 16""; ""White Memorial Conservation Center 17""; ""Historic Sites 18""; ""Weir Farm National Historic Site 18""; ""Connecticut Ipressionist Art Trail 20""; ""Bruce Museum 21""

""Bush-Holly House 21""""Florence Griswold Museum 21""; ""Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. 22""; ""Hill-Stead Museum 22""; ""Lyman Allyn Art Museum 23""; ""New Britain Museum of American Art 23""; ""Wadsworth Atheneum 23""; ""Weir Farm National Historic Site 24""; ""William Benton Museum of Art 24""; ""Yale University Art Gallery 24""; ""Maine 25""; ""State Parks & Historic Sites 25""; ""Campground Reservations 25""; ""Arnold Trail State Historic Site 25""; ""Aroostook State Park 26""; ""Birch Point Beach State Park 27""; ""Bradbury Mountain State Park 27""

""Camden Hills State Park 27""""Cobscook Bay State Park 31""; ""Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site 32""; ""Crescent Beach State Park 34""; ""Damariscotta Lake State Park 35""; ""Eagle Island State Historic Site 35""; ""Ferry Beach State Park 35""; ""Fort Edgecomb State Historic Site 35""; ""Fort Halifax State Historic Site 36""; ""Fort Kent State Historic Site 36""; ""Fort Knox State Historic Site 37""; ""Fort McClary State Historic Site 38""; ""Fort O'Brien (Fort Machias) State Historic Site 38""; ""Fort Point (Fort Pownall) State Park 39""; ""Fort Popham State Historic Site 39""

""Grafton Notch State Park 39""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-15-883062-8

1-282-25156-2

9786612251566

1-58843-062-6

OCLC:

437072035