National Park Roads: A Legacy in the American Landscape Davis Timothy
National Park Roads: A Legacy in the American Landscape Davis Timothy From Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains to Zion and Mount Rainier, millions of visitors tour America's national parks. In this…
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National Park Roads: A Legacy in the American Landscape Davis Timothy
From Acadia and Great Smoky Mountains to Zion and Mount Rainier, millions of visitors tour America's national parks. In this extensively researched and richly illustrated book, national parks historian Timothy Davis highlights the unique qualities of park roads, details the factors influencing their design and development, and examines their role in shaping the national park experience--from the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive to Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road, Yellowstone's Grand Loop, Yosemite's Tioga Road, and scores of other scenic drives.Decisions about park road development epitomize the central challenge of park management: balancing preservation and access in America's most treasured While park roads determine what most visitors see and how they see it, however, few pause to consider when, why, or how the roads they travel on were built.