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Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher
Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feel the mist of Yosemite's iconic waterfalls, attempt to climb to the pinnacle of the Half Dome, or see the massive ancient sequoias; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Travel Guide:
Color maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots and being safe and responsible
Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices, transit tips, emergency information, park seasonality, and hiking trail junctions, viewpoints, landscapes, elevations, distances, difficulty levels, and durations
Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, camping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, summer and winter activities, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Contextual insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, geology, wildlife, and conservation
Over 45 trail and park maps
Useful features - including Driving Tours, Travel with Children, and Day and Overnight Hikes
Coverage of Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Around Yosemite, Oakhurst, Eastern Sierra, Bishop, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, our most comprehensive guide to Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less traveled.
Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Feel the mist of Yosemite's iconic waterfalls, attempt to climb to the pinnacle of the Half Dome, or see the massive ancient sequoias; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Travel Guide:
Color maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots and being safe and responsible
Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices, transit tips, emergency information, park seasonality, and hiking trail junctions, viewpoints, landscapes, elevations, distances, difficulty levels, and durations
Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, camping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, summer and winter activities, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Contextual insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including history, geology, wildlife, and conservation
Over 45 trail and park maps
Useful features - including Driving Tours, Travel with Children, and Day and Overnight Hikes
Coverage of Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, Around Yosemite, Oakhurst, Eastern Sierra, Bishop, and more
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, our most comprehensive guide to Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, is perfect for those planning to both explore the top sights and take the road less traveled.
256 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2012
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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April 28, 2024
Covers Yosemite and SEKI. Includes a lot with nicely color-coded tabs: where to eat, where to lodge, where to hike, safety, how to get there, etc.
I would have liked more rankings from most important to less important as there is so much to see and not enough time.
MY GRADE: B to B plus.
I would have liked more rankings from most important to less important as there is so much to see and not enough time.
MY GRADE: B to B plus.
December 14, 2025
My interest in visiting Yosemite lead me to this travel guide.
The Origin of the word Yosemite is quite interesting taking me back to the works of Lafayette Bunnell in 1851, the Mariposa War and the Miwok tribes.
This guide is filled with wonderful photography; the giant sequoias are beautiful. The Yosemite village environment pictures are great A little history and the best forest, driving and geologic experiences are included. Bits of information, such as that of the 4000 year-old weathered and twisty bristlecone pines, and the Sequoia National park being established in 1890. Interesting stuff!
And the best is a suggested full itinerary with time lines and preparation. March or April are good months, with comfortable temperatures.
Reading suggestions are listed. Examples are John Muir's book, The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures and the 2017 PBS documentary on the Yosemite.
The Origin of the word Yosemite is quite interesting taking me back to the works of Lafayette Bunnell in 1851, the Mariposa War and the Miwok tribes.
This guide is filled with wonderful photography; the giant sequoias are beautiful. The Yosemite village environment pictures are great A little history and the best forest, driving and geologic experiences are included. Bits of information, such as that of the 4000 year-old weathered and twisty bristlecone pines, and the Sequoia National park being established in 1890. Interesting stuff!
And the best is a suggested full itinerary with time lines and preparation. March or April are good months, with comfortable temperatures.
Reading suggestions are listed. Examples are John Muir's book, The Wild Muir: Twenty-Two of John Muir's Greatest Adventures and the 2017 PBS documentary on the Yosemite.
October 29, 2017
This provided very useful and detailed information for upcoming Yosemite trip. Disclaimer: I only read the Yosemite section. I enjoyed some of the detailed descriptions of the hiking trails and such.
December 27, 2018
Very helpful guide but now I definitely want to do everything in Yosemite! Would have appreciated more rankings/reviews to help with decisions. Liked the slim form factor but wish it had more pictures, although I realize some people (my wife included) prefer to be surprised at first sight.
October 15, 2024
I found the organization of the material in this book hard to follow - not set up for my way of thinking and planning
March 22, 2017
I like Lonely Planet Guides but I think that this one is not the best. It didn't go into enough detail and covered 3 significant parks.
March 18, 2017
Very informative.
It is a very detailed and informative guide book. It's very helpful for the first time travelers, including international tourists.
It is a very detailed and informative guide book. It's very helpful for the first time travelers, including international tourists.
December 17, 2012
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Lonely Planet makes some of the best guide books you are likely to find, probably due to the fact that the authors of each book have extensive first-hand experience from the location they are visiting, and this one about the Yosemite, Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks is no exception. Just about everything you would want to know is in here. You're at Tenaya Lake? This guide will give you information about it along with any activities to plan while your there. Bringing a dog? Lonely Planet will fill you in on any policies the parks will have to offer. Only have one day to spend? The front of the book offers some suggested routes to follows and things to see for however long you;re going to be there and for however much you have in your pocket. And, for those interested in the parks themselves, their history, geology, etc. this guide provides a 20+ page section on all of that. Not enough to make you as knowledgeable as a Park Ranger, but enough to know what you're looking at when you enter the park. Especially welcome is a calendar of seasonal activities and tips to help you plan your trip for any time in the year. All of that in in about 250+ pages too! I think the only thing missing that would have made this guide book perfect is some topographically accurate maps for use when your hiking or backpacking. The guide does include maps, but not the kind you could use should you get lost and somehow misplaced the map the park would've (or should've) provided you with when you entered. Still, this guide is a must have for anyone who is going to the parks for the first time or who have been there already and want to see new things the parks has to offer.
Lonely Planet makes some of the best guide books you are likely to find, probably due to the fact that the authors of each book have extensive first-hand experience from the location they are visiting, and this one about the Yosemite, Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks is no exception. Just about everything you would want to know is in here. You're at Tenaya Lake? This guide will give you information about it along with any activities to plan while your there. Bringing a dog? Lonely Planet will fill you in on any policies the parks will have to offer. Only have one day to spend? The front of the book offers some suggested routes to follows and things to see for however long you;re going to be there and for however much you have in your pocket. And, for those interested in the parks themselves, their history, geology, etc. this guide provides a 20+ page section on all of that. Not enough to make you as knowledgeable as a Park Ranger, but enough to know what you're looking at when you enter the park. Especially welcome is a calendar of seasonal activities and tips to help you plan your trip for any time in the year. All of that in in about 250+ pages too! I think the only thing missing that would have made this guide book perfect is some topographically accurate maps for use when your hiking or backpacking. The guide does include maps, but not the kind you could use should you get lost and somehow misplaced the map the park would've (or should've) provided you with when you entered. Still, this guide is a must have for anyone who is going to the parks for the first time or who have been there already and want to see new things the parks has to offer.
January 10, 2015
To be fair I only gave two sections of this book a superficial reading as I had more detailed books to reference.
April 25, 2015
research for my trip this summer. Good information but not sure I'm a fan of the ebook organization.
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