This guide was designed to make casual visits to the National Parks as rewarding and convenient as possible. Color photography and park maps are featured throughout the book to make the recommendations clear and easy to find.

The book also has must see sites, things to know before you visit, brief park histories, facts, contact information and nearby attractions. 

The volume features 30 of the 59 National Parks in the United States (including Pinnacles, established in 2013):

Acadia

Arches

Badlands

Big Bend

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Byrce Canyon

Capitol Reef

Carlsbad Caverns

Cuyahoga Valley

Congaree

Grand Teton

Great Sand Dunes

Great Smoky Mountains

Guadalupe Mountains

Hot Springs

Joshua Tree

Mammoth Cave

Mesa Verde

North Cascades

Olympic

Petrified Forest

Pinnacles

Redwood

Saguaro

Shenandoah

Theodore Roosevelt

Wind Cave

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Zion