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Verified Jun-02.
Includes details of visitor facilities and forthcoming launches. Verified Nov-01.
Includes details of the best viewing sites, how to get free launch passes, etc. Verified Jul-98.
Information about the town. Verified Oct-97.
Information about the town. Verified Mar-03.
Mainly information about tours of the antebellum (pre Civil War) mansions in and around Natchez, Mississippi. Verified Oct-97.
Part of Alamo's "Freeway" site. Verified Feb-97.
When I visited this page in Dec-01 it had last been updated a year beforehand and a few links were automatically redirected or failed. Most of the links remained operative though, making this a very useful page. Verified Dec-01.
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This page of the Wilderness Society's web site is an index to useful information on the various recently created National Monuments and National Conservation Areas, many of which are administered by the Bureau Of Land Management. Verified May-03.
Verified Aug-98.
May only be available in season. Verified Sep-01.
This page offers a gateway to information on the 155 National Forests and twenty National Grasslands throughout the USA. Information on each forest or grassland can be reached by its name, by the state or region in which it is located, or via an interactive map. This page is probably the best method of accessing the wealth of excellent and useful material available on the Forest Service's web site. Verified May-01.
A very useful collection of information on selected travel destinations in the USA and Canada, including both cities and National Parks. Verified Jul-00.
Detailed current information on large wild fires in all states. Verified Mar-02.
This page of the Wilderness Society's web site is an index to useful information on the various recently created National Monuments and National Conservation Areas, many of which are administered by the Bureau Of Land Management. Verified May-03.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a division of the US Department of Commerce. Amongst other activities, the NOAA operates a network of radio stations which broadcast information about extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes and tornadoes, plus other natural and man-made emergencies such as earthquakes, tsunami (tidal waves), volcanic eruptions, chemical and nuclear pollution incidents, etc. The first link has information about NOAA Radios, the second about NOAA more generally. Both links verified Sep-02.
Includes a facility to subscribe (free of charge) to an electronic version of the GoParks newsletter, sent via email. Verified Oct-02.
A personal site with an extensive collection of excellent photographs, well indexed, with both thumbnails and full size images. Highly recommended. Verified Aug-99.
The Canadian National Park Service web site has a wealth of information. The "National Maps" page offers some useful national maps of the entire Canadian national park system and some sections of the site also offer maps of individual parks. In English and French. Both URL's lead to the same content. Both URL's verified Feb-04.
Includes extensive detailed information on all areas administered by the National Park Service, including in many cases maps and photographs. Verified Feb-04.
Information for all areas administered by the US National Park Service. Verified Mar-97.
Verified Mar-97.
National Park Service (United States) - Index by State
An index by state can be found at http://www.nps.gov/parklists/xx.html, where xx is the official two letter abbreviation of the state.
Verified May-00.
From the National Park Service home page, select the Info Zone option, then the Park Maps option and then the desired park or other area from the lengthy dropdown list. Maps are available for most of the US National Park Service areas (national parks, national monuments, national recreational areas, etc) in JPG and Adobe Acrobat PDF format. In most cases separate maps of both the park itself and the surrounding region are available. These are high quality digital images, not scanned from printed documents. Because of the high quality and level of detail, file sizes tend to be fairly large. This is by far the best source of maps of NPS areas that I have so far found and is a wonderful resource for potential visitors. Verified Feb-04.
Verified Jan-03.
This page offers a number of very useful national maps of the entire US national park system, mainly in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Some individual sections of the NPS web site include maps of each park, as does the University of Texas Map Collection web site. Verified Dec-00.
Verified Mar-97.
From the NPS home page, select Info Zone, then Digital Image Archives. Although the photographs state which NPS area they show, unfortunately there is as yet no other information. Verified Feb-04.
This service appears to be for making reservations for campgrounds and tours only, not reservations for hotel/motel accommodation at National Park lodges, etc.
Verified Jun-99.
National Parks
See separate section.
Verified Aug-97.
NPR is an association of non-commercial radio stations in the USA. This site has full details of programmes and stations. Verified Jul-02.
Verified Jul-03.
This site offers information on numerous named highways, mostly dating from the era before the introduction of US Highway numbering. Verified Oct-02.
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A collection of interesting photographs. Verified Oct-00.
Verified Sep-03.
An enormous collection of indexed links. Verified Mar-97.
Includes the excellent "America's Natural Beauty" series. The trial versions expire after fourteen days. Verified Feb-99.
Useful information on observing wildlife in National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges, etc. Verified Feb-00.
Includes information on the Four Corners Monument and Monument Valley. Verified Apr-06.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Official site. Verified Dec-01.
Verified Jul-97.
A department store chain. Verified Sep-02.
A facility claiming to provide access to ordinary phone numbers, worldwide, including US and Canadian 800/877/888 toll-free numbers, from any PC with a sound card, speakers and a microphone, via the Internet. Not yet investigated. Verified Nov-97 (web site link only checked, not the system).
A domain name search engine - useful when searching for the web sites of companies and other organisations. Netcraft only includes web servers but it does provide an interesting facility which lists a server's choice of operating system and web server software. Verified Dec-99.
An online magazine, similar to Mining Co. Includes travel information and many other sections. Verified Aug-97.
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Official site. Verified Dec-01.
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Official site. Verified Feb-99.
Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Official site. Verified Feb-99.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Includes useful information on New Mexico state parks. Verified Apr-97.
Verified Jan-99.
This is a personal web site with an excellent collection of photographs of New Mexico, southern Colorado and the Guadalupe Mountains National Park area of Texas. It concentrates largely but by no means exclusively on the Anasazi ruins in the area. Small "thumbprint" copies of each photo form links to the full size copies. Verified Nov-97.
Verified Jul-97.
Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Verified Jul-97.
Includes useful town profiles and maps. Verified Oct-98.
Verified Sep-97.
Includes the Mayor's Office and the Police Department. Verified Nov-96.
Verified Dec-98.
An organisation responsible for public transport in New York City, including subway (underground railway) and bus services. This site contains plenty of useful information. There are also other subway systems in New York City, such as PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson). The NYMTA system includes the subway lines originally constructed by BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation), IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) and IND (Independent) and still known by those names. Verified Nov-02.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
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Official site. Verified Feb-99.
Unofficial site. Verified Mar-99.
Official site. Verified Feb-99.
Official site. Verified Mar-04.
Newsgroups (discussion groups) of possible interest
As with all news groups spam postings appear, some of which may be unsuitable for children, and if you post items yourself then you are liable to receive spam email messages, some of which may again be unsuitable for children.
- rec.travel.national-parks - verified May-00.
- rec.outdoors.rv-travel (an RV is a recreational vehicle, i.e. a motorhome) - verified May-00.
- rec.travel.usa-canada - verified May-00.
Links to numerous newspaper web sites. Previously called the Editor and Publisher's Database Directory Of The World's Online Newspapers. Verified Sep-99.
Previously called All The World's Newspapers. Links to a huge number of online newspaper web sites worldwide, including the USA and Canada. Verified Nov-00.
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Verified Jun-04.
Includes some useful maps. Verified Jan-98.
Extensive and detailed information on what is available on the Canadian site of Niagara Falls. Verified Jun-03.
Personal site. An extensive collection of information, mainly links, created by an enthusiastic visitor to the USA and Canada. Verified Sep-97.
Clothing store chain. Verified Sep-02.
A major US railroad company. Freight only, I think. Verified Nov-02.
A family restaurant chain. Verified Aug-02.
Information on named highways, mainly historical. Verified 2-Nov-02.
A tour operator based in the UK, offering tours to the scenic attractions of the USA and Canada. Their brochure contains a number of very useful suggestions regarding less well known scenic roads. Their web site includes a form for brochure requests (UK residents only); from the home page select the "Enter" option, then "Brochure Request Form". Verified Feb-02.
This site is about travel by RV (recreational vehicle - motorhome). It appears to be connected with the Good Samparks chain of RV campsites. Verified Nov-97.
This personal site has details of numerous tourist railways, railway museums, and other railway related attractions in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Verified Nov-97.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
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Official site. Verified Mar-99.
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The timetable program can be downloaded and then used offline. Timetable updates can be downloaded and installed without needing to download or reinstall the program, but be sure to uninstall any previous version of the program before installing each new edition. Verified Jul-02.
A lengthy and detailed description of a tour of the Pacific Northwest, with numerous photographs. Well worth a look if you are planning to visit this area. Despite the URL, this site has nothing to do with Yosemite National Park. Verified Mar-98.
Northwest Fly/Drive (also previously called Fly Drive USA)
See Holiday-America.
This new URL replaces the previous one. Verified Dec-99.
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Verified Nov-98.
Official Nova Scotia Tourism site. Verified Jul-99.
Official site. Verified Mar-99.
Verified Feb-04.
An organisation responsible for public transport in New York City, including subway (underground railway) and bus services. This site contains plenty of useful information. There are also other subway systems in New York City, such as PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson). The NYMTA system includes the subway lines originally constructed by BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation), IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) and IND (Independent) and still known by those names. Verified Nov-02.
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