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AUTHOR THANKS Regis St LouisI’m grateful to the many kind friends and locals who provided insight into their cities and neighborhoods. In particular, thanks to Jason and Beth Blair for fun times in Dallas and Galveston, Julien Devereux and Erik Rune in Austin, and co-author Amy Balfour in Virginia. Big hugs to Kristie and David (and the girls) for hosting me in NY. A grand merci to my family: Cassandra, Magdalena and Genevieve for joining me on the road in Texas.

Amy BalfourMany thanks to old friends and new friends for introducing me to the best spots in their communities. In the South, thank you Ben and Alison Kimball, Jeff Otto, Anna Schleunes,

Jennifer Troch, Lavan Green, Blaire Postman, Gary Haymes, John Park, Sarah Ray Bunn and AT co-warriors Ames Shea and Lynn Neumann. In New England, thank you Mt Monadnock madman Whit Andrews, Peaches and Genienne Hockensmith, John Shea, Amy Smereck and Amy Stone Scannell.

Sandra BaoA big shout-out to those who’ve made my life much happier while researching the Pacific Northwest: Carolyn Hubbard and Mike Hainsworth in Seattle, Adrienne Robineau in Port Townsend and Celeste Brash in Port-land. Special thanks also to my husband Ben Greensfelder, who has supported my research trips over the years (whether he joins me on my travels or not), and to my parents and brother, who have always been there for me throughout my peripatetic life.

Adam KarlinThank you: the folks who put me up in many an American town, from Fort Lauderdale to Birmingham and Lafayette to Little Rock. To the waiters, waitresses, bartenders, politicians, park rangers, musicians and mad folks who all gave me (and by extension, you) a tip on what to find. Thank you Regis and Dora for helming this beast, and thank you co-authors, especially my regional chapter homies, Kevin and Amy. Thanks mom and dad, who always liked to rub my itchy feet. Thanks Gizmo, for keeping me

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company on late-night writing jags. Thank you Rachel, my best friend and love and traveling companion extraordinaire, for pushing me to climb the next hill. And thank you Sanda, for the first of many joint explorations.

Becky OhlsenThanks to Ryan McCluskey, Joëlle Jones, Mike Russell, Leila del Duca, Michael Byrne, the Admiral 589, Joel and Christina and Karl and Natalie Ohlsen for all the help!

Zora O’NeillMany thanks to: Christina Stone-Millan, Meredith Stone, Rich Tyson, Beth Krack-lauer, Gabriela Gonzalez, Waverly Duck, Katie Trainor, Brandon del Pozo, Michael LoBianco, Robbi Kearns and Michael Gros-berg. Also thanks to generous and kind Filona Ryan, Matt the tow-truck guy, and Bill and Melissa of Bird’s Towing. And sort of thanks to the inhospitable residents of Tabernacle-Chatsworth Road: I guess that 5-mile walk was good for me.

Kevin RaubThanks to my wife, Adriana Schmidt Raub, who sure does get jealous of all that mac and cheese! Thanks Dora Whitaker and all my partners-in-crime. On the road thanks also to Jason and Jennifer Hatfield, David and Anysley Corbett, Katherine Roberts, Matti Bek Pauli, Ari Glantz, Cindy and Tim Moore, Erica Backus, Carey Dye Ferrara, Katherine Williams, Enma and Andrew Weber, Juliana Mesanelli, Cory O-Born and Luiza and Michael Wettrau.

Ryan Ver BerkmoesSerious thanks to my parents who believed in the value of road trips and my sister who always sided with demanding the motel pool have a slide. Big thanks to all the fine Great Plains folk who tipped me off to secrets and treasures – the Home on the Range Cabin was a major score. Also thanks to John Holden for giving me a good excuse to add more road to my road trip. Finally thanks to

Alexis Averbuck for proving that it’s always Plum season no matter where I am.

Mara VorheesWhat a great opportunity to explore some new parts of New England. I’m grateful for the guys at Goodyear for keeping me moving! Thanks to J, V and S for joining me on some fun outings – and for holding down the fort at the pink house when I had to go it alone.

Greg WardThanks to everyone at Lonely Planet, especially Alex Howard and my co-authors on Lonely Planet Southwest USA; to the many people who helped me on the road, including Steve Lewis and Steve Horak; and, above all, to my wife Sam.

Karla ZimmermanMany thanks to Kate Armstrong, Ted Bonar, Bill Brockschmidt, Joe Cimperman, Lisa DiChiera, Lea Dooley, Jim DuFresne, Ruggero Fatica, Julie Lange, Alex Leviton, Kari Lydersen, Zora O’Neill, Keith Pandolfi, Betsy Riley, Neil Anderson, Tamara Robinson, Amy Schwenkmeyer, Susan Hayes, Stephan, Andrea and Greg Thomson, and Karen and Don Zimmerman. Thanks most to Eric Markowitz, the world’s best partner-for-life, who indulges all my harebrained, pie-filled road trips.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633-44

Illustrations pp90-1, pp270-1 by Javier Martinez Zarracina; pp972-3 by Michael Weldon.

Cover photograph: Toroweap Point at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona; Maurizio Rellini/4Corners

THIS BOOK This 9th edition of Lonely Planet’s USA guidebook was researched and written by Regis St Louis, Amy Balfour, Sandra Bao, Sara Benson, Adam Karlin, Becky Ohlsen, Zora O’Neill, Kevin Raub, Brendan Sainsbury, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Mara Vorhees, Greg Ward and Karla Zimmerman. This guidebook was produced by the following:

Destination Editors Alexander Howard, Dora Whitaker, Clifton Wilkinson Product Editors Anne Mason, Luna SooSenior Cartographer Alison LyallBook Designer Cam AshleyAssisting Editors Judith Bamber, Janice Bird, Saman-tha Forge, Gabrielle Green, Carly Hall, Paul Harding, Victo-ria Harrison, Amy Karafin, Ali

Lemer, Kristin Odijk, Charlotte Orr, Susan Paterson, Monique Perrin, Kirsten Rawlings, Vicky Smith, Gabrielle Stefanos, Ross Taylor, Saralinda Turner, Jeanette Wall, Tracy WhitmeyCartographers Hunor Csu-toros, Julie Sheridan Cover Researcher Naomi ParkerThanks to Shahara Ahmed, Anita Banh, Jane Grisman, Andi Jones, Claire Naylor, Karyn Noble, Lauren Wellicome

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Index

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

360° Chicago 533606, the 26, 534

AAbilene 683Abingdon 329‑30Abiquiu 894Absaroka Beartooth

Wilderness 796Acadia National Park 255‑6,

626, 626accommodations 1166‑7, see

also individual locationsAcoma Pueblo 885activities 32‑5, see also

bird‑watching, diving & snorkeling, fishing, hiking, ice climbing, kayaking & canoeing, mountaineering, rock climbing, sailing, skiing & snowboarding, surfing, whale‑watching, white‑water rafting, wildlife‑watching

Adirondacks, the 137‑9Agate Fossil Beds National

Monument 679air travel 1183‑4, 1185Alabama 420‑5, 338-9Alamogordo 902Alamo, the 705Alaska 66, 1080‑96, 1081Albuquerque 880‑5Alcatraz 969, 972-3, 972-3Alexandria 309‑10alligators 624, 624Alpine 736‑7Alvord Desert 1078‑9Amana Colonies 659‑60Amelia Island 501‑2American Gothic 658Ames 660

Amherst 214Amish Country 561, 567‑8amusement parks 27

Adventure Island 503Busch Gardens 503Carousel Gardens

Amusement Park 449Casino Pier 148Cedar Point Amusement

Park 566Discovery Cove 510Disneyland 932‑4Disney’s Animal

Kingdom 514Disney’s Hollywood

Studios 514Epcot 514Family Kingdom 367Grant’s Farm 641Jenkinson’s 148Legoland 946Magic Kingdom 514Mall of America 614Moody Gardens 717Peak 8 Fun Park 761Santa Cruz Beach

Boardwalk 963Silver Dollar City 650SkyWheel 367Universal Orlando Resort

510Valleyfair 608Wet ’n’ Wild Phoenix 835

Anaheim 932‑4Anchorage 1084‑7Ancient Bristlecone Pine

Forest 1015Andrew Molera State Park

960Angels Camp 1006animals 625‑6, 1160‑2,

625-6, see also bald eagles, bears, beavers, bighorn sheep, birds, bison, condors, coyotes, wolves

endangered species 1162Ann Arbor 582‑3

Annapolis 298‑300Año Nuevo State Reserve

965Antelope Canyon 853Antelope Island State

Park 867Antietam National

Battlefield 303Anza‑Borrego Desert

State Park 950‑1Apalachicola 518‑19Apostle Islands 603‑4Appalachian Trail 49, 132,

332, 626Appomattox Court House

322‑3aquariums

Aquarium of the Bay 980Aquarium of the Pacific

921Birch Aquarium at Scripps

941‑2Dallas World Aquarium

723Echo Lake Aquarium

& Science Center 236Georgia Aquarium 411Maui Ocean Center 1111Minnesota Sea Life 614Monterey Bay Aquarium

961Mystic Aquarium &

Institute for Exploration 225

National Aquarium 292National Mississippi River

Museum & Aquarium 660

New England Aquarium 181

Newport Aquarium 571North Carolina Aquarium

344Oregon Coast Aquarium

1073SeaWorld 510SeaWorld San Diego 941Shark Reef Aquarium 818Shedd Aquarium 529

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center 320

Waikiki Aquarium 1101Aquinnah Cliffs 212Aransas National

Wildlife Refuge 718Arcata 1001‑3archaeological sites

Acoma Pueblo 885Agate Fossil Beds

National Monument 679

Bandelier National Monument 894

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 553‑4

Chaco Culture National Historic Park 898

Dinosaur Discovery Site 879

Effigy Mounds National Monument 660

Emerald Mound 431‑2Gila Cliff Dwellings

National Monument 901

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 570

Hovenweep National Monument 875

Hueco Tanks State Historical Park 740

Knife River Indian Villages National Historical Site 664

Lava Beds National Monument 1008

Mesa Verde National Park 628, 775‑6, 19

Moundville 422Newspaper Rock

Recreation Area 875Petroglyph National

Monument 882Puako Petroglyph

Preserve 1107Taos Pueblo 896Walnut Canyon 843

1193IN

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Arches National Park 631, 873‑4, 630

architecture 29‑31, 1153‑5Alamo, the 705Chicago 529, 533, 535‑7Columbus (IN) 558Earthships 896Embassy Row 275Fallingwater 171Flatiron Building 81‑2Gamble House 922‑3Getty Center 919Guggenheim Museum 95Kentucky Knob 171Martin House 141Monona Terrace 597New World Center 469Polymath Park 171Robie House 535, 537Taliesin West 833Tribune Tower 533Wrigley Building 533

Area 51 830area codes 23, 1173Arizona 830‑61, 812-13Arkansas 433‑9, 338-9Arkansas Delta 436Arlington 308‑9art museums & galleries,

see also museumsAlbright‑Knox Art Gallery

141Albuquerque Museum of

Art & History 881Amon Carter Museum of

American Art 728Andy Warhol Museum

170Arkansas Arts Center

434Art Institute of Chicago

527Asian Art Museum 966Aspen Art Museum 765Baker Museum 508Barnes Foundation 157Birmingham Museum of

Art 421Blanton Museum of

Art 694Blumenschein Home &

Museum 895Boise Art Museum 804Brattleboro Museum &

Art Center 228Brooklyn Museum 98Brooks Museum of

Art 371Burchfield Penney Art

Center 141

Canyon Road 886Carnegie Museum of

Art 170Charles Hosmer Morse

Museum of American Art 510

Chazen Museum of Art 597

Chicago Cultural Center 527

Chihuly Collection 505Chinati Foundation

Museum 735Chrysler Museum of

Art 318Cici & Hyatt Brown

Museum of Art 497Cincinnati Art Museum

572Clark Art Institute 216Cleveland Museum of

Art 562‑3Colorado Springs Fine

Arts Center 769Contemporary Arts

Center 571Crocker Art Museum

1003Crystal Bridges Museum

of American Art 440Cuba Ocho 473Cummer Museum of

Art 500Dallas Museum of

Art 721Delaware Art Museum

306Denver Art Museum 746Detroit Institute of

Arts 575Dia Beacon 131El Paso Museum of

Art 738Florence Griswold

Museum 225Freer‑Sackler Museums

of Asian Art 269Frick Art & Historical

Center 171Frick Collection 94‑5Frist Center for the

Visual Arts 379Garden of Eden 684Georgia Museum of

Art 412Georgia O’Keeffe

Museum 886Getty Center 919Gibbes Museum of

Art 359Grassroots Art Center

684

Guggenheim Museum 95Hallie Ford Museum of

Art 1062Hammer Museum 919Harvard Art Museum

26, 187Harwood Foundation

Museum 895Hawaiʻi State Art

Museum 1101Herbert F Johnson

Museum of Art 135High Museum of Art 401Holter Museum of

Art 797Honolulu Museum of

Art 1101Hood Museum of Art 246Hunter Museum of

American Art 389Indianapolis

Museum of Art 555Institute of Contempo‑

rary Art (Boston) 185Institute of Contempo‑

rary Art (Philadelphia) 159

International Center of Photography 78

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 187

Jepson Center for the Arts 415

Joslyn Art Museum 676Kemper Museum of Con‑

temporary Art 653Kimbell Art Museum 728Kykuit 130Little Haiti Cultural

Center 474Los Angeles County

Museum of Art 918Lowe Art Museum 475LSU Museum of Art 457Mackinac Art Museum

589MASS MoCA 216Mattress Factory 170McNay Art Museum 705Menil Collection 710Mennello Museum of

American Art 509Metropolitan Museum

of Art 94Millicent Rogers Museum

895Milwaukee Art Museum

594Mingei International

Museum 940Minneapolis Institute of

Arts 606

Mississippi Museum of Art 430

Missoula Art Museum 798

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 728

Museum of Arts & Design 88‑9

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art (Chicago) 533

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art Cleveland 563

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art (Denver) 746

Museum of Contempo‑ rary Art Detroit 575, 577

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art Jacksonville 500

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art (LA) 913

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art (Madison) 597

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art North Miami 475

Museum of Contempo‑rary Art (San Diego) 937‑8

Museum of Contempo‑rary Photography 532

Museum of Fine Arts 186Museum of Fine Arts

Houston 710Museum of International

Folk Art 887Museum of Latin

American Art 922Museum of Modern

Art 83Nasher Sculpture Center

721, 723National Gallery of

Art 265National Museum of

Mexican Art 535National Museum of

Wildlife Art 782Nelson‑Atkins Museum

of Art 652Neue Galerie 95Nevada Museum of

Art 826New Mexico Museum of

Art 887New Museum of

Contemporary Art 77‑8New Orleans Museum of

Art 447‑8Norton Museum of

Art 485

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art museums & galleries continued

Norton Simon Museum 923

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale 482

Ogden Museum of Southern Art 447

Opus 40 134Orlando Museum of

Art 509Palm Springs Art

Museum 946‑7Parrish Art Museum 128Parthenon 379Peabody Essex Museum

200Pensacola Museum of

Art 520Pérez Art Museum

Miami 471Philadelphia Museum of

Art 157Philbrook Museum of

Art 688Phillips Collection 275Phoenix Art Museum

832Portland Art Museum

1051Portland Museum of

Art 250Princeton University Art

Museum 146Provincetown Art

Association & Museum 207

PS 1 Contemporary Art Center 100

Reynolds Center for American Art & Portraiture 274

Rockwell Museum of Western Art 136

Rubin Museum of Art 81Salvador Dalí Museum

506San Antonio Museum of

Art 705San Diego Museum of

Art 940Santa Barbara Museum

of Art 954SCAD Museum of Art 415Schneider Museum of

Art 1074Seattle Art Museum

1025, 1028

Shelburne Museum 235Sid Richardson

Collection of Western Art 729

Smith College Museum of Art 213

Socrates Sculpture Park 100

Spencer Museum of Art 682

St Louis Art Museum 642

Storm King Art Center 131

St Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts 505

Tampa Museum of Art 503

Taos Art Museum & Fechin Institute 895

Taubman Museum of Art 329

Timken Museum of Art 940

University of Michigan Museum of Art 583

Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art 320

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 312

Wadsworth Atheneum 223

Walker Art Center 604Walters Art Museum 293Weisman Art Museum

605‑6Whitney Museum of

American Art 80Williams College

Museum of Art 216Yale Center for British

Art 226Yale University Art

Gallery 226arts 1147‑55arts festivals

Charleston 360Colorado 762Denver 746Laguna Beach 935Memphis 373Miami 477Philadelphia 159Seattle 1031

Asbury Park 147‑8Asheville 352‑5Ashland 1074‑6Aspen 765‑7Assateague Island 302Astoria 1070‑1Astor Place 79

Athens (GA) 412‑14Athens (OH) 569‑70Atlanta 400‑11, 402-3

accommodations 405‑6children 410drinking & nightlife

409‑10emergencies 410entertainment 410festivals & events 405food 406‑9medical services 410shopping 410sights 400‑5travel to/from 411travel within 411

Atlantic City 149‑50ATMs 1171Auburn 561, 1005Austin 19, 691‑701, 696, 19Avila Beach 957

BBack Bay National

Wildlife Refuge 320Badlands National Park

628, 667‑9, 668-9, 628Bahia Honda State Park

492bald eagles 624, 624Baltimore 291‑7Bandelier National

Monument 894Bandera 704‑5Bar Harbor 256‑8Barataria Preserve 448,

456Barboursville 322Bardstown 399bargaining 25Barnacle Historic State

Park 474Barnegat Peninsula 148Bartlesville 688baseball 1135‑6basketball 1136Bass Islands 566Bath 253bathroomsBaton Rouge 457‑8Battleship North Carolina

345Baxter State Park 259beaches 27

Cape Cod National Seashore 205‑6

Catskills 133Charleston 364Chicago 537

Daytona Beach 498Delaware 304‑5Dewey Beach 305DT Fleming Beach 1110Falmouth 202Fort Lauderdale 482Franconia Notch State

Park 244Hawaii 1097Indiana Dunes National

Lakeshore 560Islamorada 490Kahekili Beach 1110Kailua Beach 1104Kailua‑Kona 1105‑6Kapalua Beach 1110Key West 493Kona 1107Makena 1112Marathon 491Martha’s Vineyard 211Miami 468, 469Myrtle Beach 366‑8Nantucket 209Natural Bridges State

Beach 963Ogunquit 247Orange County 934Panama City Beach 519Pensacola Beach 520‑1Provincetown 207Rehoboth Beach 305Rhode Island 221San Francisco 970Sarasota 506Saugatuck 586St Simons Island 419‑20Tampa Bay 504Virginia Beach 319‑20Waikiki 1101Wellfleet 206‑7

Beals 258bears 625, 671, 1160‑1,

624, 625Beaufort 365, 365‑6beavers 624, 625beer 30‑1, 61, 1144Bellevue 660Bellingham 1041‑3Bemidji 619Bend 1067‑9Bennington 229‑30Bentonville 440Berkeley 991‑3Berkeley Springs 334Berkshires, the 214‑17Berlin 301Bethel 258

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

1195IN

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Bethesda Fountain (Central Park) 91, 91

Bettendorf 658bicycle travel 1185‑6bicycling 49‑50, see

also mountain bikingAnchorage 1084Ashland 1074Austin 695Bellingham 1042Bend 1068Boston 187Boulder 754Burlington 236Cape Cod National

Seashore 205‑6Chicago 537Cumberland 303Detroit 578Eldorado Canyon State

Park 754Falmouth 202George S Mickelson

Trail 673Grand Canyon National

Park 848Junction & Breakwater

Trail 306Los Angeles 923Martha’s Vineyard 211Miami 475‑7Missoula 798Monongahela National

Forest 334Nantucket 209New Orleans 448New York City 101Olympic Discovery Trail

1040Portland 1053‑4San Francisco 977Santa Barbara 954Seattle 1030‑1Telluride 774Washington, DC 278Yellowstone National

Park 790Big Bay State Park 603Big Bend National Park 732Big Island 1105‑11Big Sur 959‑60Big Thicket National

Preserve 718Bighorn Mountains 781bighorn sheep 624, 625,

628Bill Baggs Cape Florida

State Park 475Billings 796‑7birds 1162, see also bald

eagles, condorsbird‑watching

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 718

Assateague Island 302Back Bay National

Wildlife Refuge 320Bombay Hook National

Wildlife Refuge 307Cape Henlopen State

Park 304‑5Cape May 151Custer State Park 674Davis Mountains State

Park 735Dry Tortugas National

Park 496Felix Neck Wildlife

Sanctuary 212Great Dismal Swamp

National Wildlife Refuge 320

Great Wass Island 258JN ‘Ding’ Darling

National Wildlife Refuge 507

Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex 1008

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge 341

Valley, the 720VINS Nature Center 232Wellfleet Bay

Wildlife Sanctuary 206Birmingham 420‑2Bisbee 860‑1Biscayne National Park

488Bismarck 662bison 624, 1161, 625Black Hills 670‑5, 668-9Black Hills National Forest

673Block Island 222Bloomington 558‑9Blue Ridge Parkway 19,

44‑7, 328, 353, 19, 45Blue Spring State Park 517Bluegrass Country 396‑9blues music 1156Bluff 875boat travel 1184, 1186boat trips

Annapolis 299Apostle Islands 603Bar Harbor 257Bellingham 1042Boothbay Harbor 254Charleston 360Chicago 537

Dubuque 660‑1Duluth 615Flathead Lake 800Fort Lauderdale 482Glacier National Park

802Maid of the Mist 143Mark Twain Riverboat

649Niagara Falls 143Ogunquit 247Orlando 511Pictured Rocks National

Lakeshore 591Portland 251San Antonio 705San Diego 942Santa Barbara 954Saugatuck 585Sitka 1089St Louis 643Washington, DC 278

Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex 800

Bodega Bay 998Bodie State Historic Park

1015Boise 803‑5Bombay Hook National

Wildlife Refuge 307Bonnaroo 389books 1118, 1148, 1149, 1155

climate change 1164history 1125, 1126, 1127,

1132Native Americans 1122nature 1161

Boothbay Harbor 254Boquillas 733border crossings 144,

733, 1184Boston 19, 180‑98, 182-3,

188-9accommodations 190‑1children, travel with 196drinking & nightlife 195entertainment 195‑6festivals & events 190food 191‑5internet access 197‑8itineraries 185shopping 196‑201sights 180‑7tourist information 198tours 187‑90travel to/from 198travel within 198walking tour 193, 193

Boston Marathon 190, 191

Boulder (CO) 753‑7Boulder (UT) 876Boundary Waters 618Bozeman 794‑5Brandywine Valley 306Branson 650‑1Brattleboro 228‑9Breckenridge 761‑3Bretton Woods 244‑5breweries & microbrewer‑

ies 26, 30‑1, 1060, 1144Arcata 1003Asheville 354, 355Brooklyn Brewery 98Burlington 236, 237Cincinnati 573Cleveland 564Denver 750Duluth 616Durham 349Enterprise 1078Eureka 1003Fairbanks 1096Galveston 718Grand Rapids 584‑5Great Barrington 215Indianapolis 557Kansas City 654Lexington 398Los Angeles 928Mammoth Lakes 1017Memphis 376Milwaukee 594Minneapolis 609Nantucket 210Portland (OR) 1059Shiner 708Shreveport 463Sitka 1090St Louis 647Washington, DC 286, 287

Brewster 204‑5bridges

Bennington 229Big Four Bridge 393Brooklyn Bridge 73 Golden Gate Bridge

976‑7Mackinac Bridge 588Old North Bridge 199Rio Grande Gorge Bridge

895Sundial Bridge 1007

Brunswick 418‑20Bryce Canyon National

Park 630, 877‑8Bryson City 357budget 23, 25Buffalo 141‑3

1196

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Buffalo Gap National Grassland 667‑9

Buffalo National River 439buffalo, see bisonBurlington 235‑8Burning Man Festival

34, 828bus travel 1184, 1186‑7Bush, George HW 1129Bush, George W 1129bushwalking, see hikingbusiness hours 23, 1172butterflies 493, 962

Ccable cars

Aerial Tram (Portland) 1051

Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway 244

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 946

Powell St Cable Car Turnaround 966‑7

Sandia Peak Tramway 882

Wyler Aerial Tramway 738

Cadillac Mountain 256Cahokia Mounds State

Historic Site 553‑4Cajun Country 459‑62Cajun people 460Cajun Prairie 462Cajun Wetlands 461‑2California 66, 906‑1019,

908-9Cambria 958Camden 254‑5Camden Hills State Park

255Cameron 853Cannon Beach 1071‑2canoeing, see kayaking &

canoeingCanton 565Canyon de Chelly National

Monument 853‑4Canyonlands National Park

874, 620-1Cape Cod 19, 201‑9, 203Cape Hatteras National

Seashore 341Cape May 151Capital region 64, 260,

262-3

Capitan 903‑4Capitol 273Capitol Reef National

Park 876Captiva Island 507‑8Capulin Volcano National

Monument 899car travel 22, 1179‑82,

1184, 1180Caratunk 259Carhenge 679, 20Carlsbad 904‑5Carlsbad Caverns National

Park 904, 30Carmel 960‑1Carson City 829Carson, Rachel 1131Carter Family Fold 331casinos 770, 815‑16, 826‑7Cathedral Gorge State

Park 830cathedrals, see churches &

cathedralsCatskills 133‑4caves

Blanchard Springs Caverns 438

Boyden Cavern 1013Carlsbad Caverns Na‑

tional Park 904, 30Crystal Cave 1013Front Royal 324Jewel Cave National

Monument 675Kartchner Caverns State

Park 860Kings Canyon National

Park 1013Mammoth Cave National

Park 400Meramec Caverns 650Oregon Caves National

Monument & Preserve 1077

Sequoia National Park 1013Wind Cave National

Park 675Cayuga Lake 134‑7cell phones 22, 1173cemeteries

Arlington National Cemetery 308

Boot Hill Graveyard 860Granary Burying Ground

181Hollywood Cemetery 313Hollywood Forever

Cemetery 917Key West Cemetery 493Lafayette Cemetery

No 1 447

Lake View Cemetery 563Mount Moriah

Cemetery 672St Louis Cemetery

No 1 443Woodlawn Cemetery 99

Central Park 89, 90‑1, 92-3, 90-1

Chama 898‑9Chamberlain 665Channel Islands National

Park 955Chapel Hill 347‑9Charleston 358‑63Charlevoix 587Charlotte 349‑51Charlottesville 320‑2Charm 567Chase County 684Chatham 205Chattanooga 388‑90Chavez, Cesar 1131Cherokee 356Cherokee peoples 1138‑9Cheyenne 779‑80Chicago 14, 526‑49, 528,

530-1, 14accommodations 538‑41activities 537children, travel with 539drinking & nightlife

544‑5entertainment 546‑7internet access 548itineraries 526medical services 548shopping 547‑8sights 526‑37tourist information 548tours 537‑8travel to/from 549travel within 549walking tour 536, 536

children, travel with 55‑7Albuquerque 882Atlanta 410Baltimore 297Boston 196Chicago 539Houston 715Las Vegas (NV) 818Los Angeles 924Miami 475Minneapolis 608New Orleans 449New York City 100Phoenix 835Portland (OR) 1053Salt Lake City 864

San Francisco 980Seattle 1033Washington, DC 279

Chimayó 893Chimney Rock Park 354Chippewa National Forest

619Chippewa peoples 1139Chiricahua National

Monument 861churches & cathedrals

Abyssinian Baptist Church 97

Cathedral Church of St John the Divine 95

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 913

Cathedral of St Helena 797

Cathedral of St Paul 612First Ebenezer Baptist

Church 405Full Gospel Tabernacle

Church 373Mission Basilica San

Diego de Alcalá 940Mission Dolores 970‑1Mission Santa Barbara

953Old North Church 184San Carlos Borroméo

de Carmelo Mission 961

San Francisco de Asís Church 895

St Augustine’s Church 443, 446

St Francis Cathedral 886St John’s Episcopal

Church 312St Michael’s Cathedral

1089St Patrick’s Old

Cathedral 77Thorncrown Chapel 438Trinity Church 186Washington National

Cathedral 276Churchill Downs 392‑3Cimarron 899Cincinnati 570‑5City of Rocks State Park

901Civil Rights 336, see also

Civil Rights museumshistory of 1127, 1128 memorials 423sites 404, 424, 426, 434

Civil Rights museumsBirmingham Civil Rights

Institute 421Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

1197IN

DEX C

‑FBlack Voices 332Brown v Board of

Education National Historic Site 683

Center for Civil and Human Rights 401

King Center for Non‑Violent Social Change 405

National Civil Rights Museum 369‑70

National Voting Rights Museum 424

Rosa Parks Museum 423Clarksdale 427‑9Cleveland 561‑5climate 22, 32‑5Clinton, Bill 1129Cloudcroft 902C&O Canal National

Historic Park 303Cody 784‑5Coloma 1005Colorado 743‑79, 744-5Colorado Springs 768‑70Colton Point State Park

168Columbia Bottom

Conservation Area 641Columbia River Gorge 21,

1065‑6, 21Columbus, Christopher

1121, 1122Columbus (IN) 558Columbus (OH) 568‑9Concord 199‑200condors 1162Coney Island 97Congaree National Park

368Connecticut 221‑7, 178-9Conservatory Garden

(Central Park) 90, 90Conservatory Water

(Central Park) 91, 91consulates 1168Corn Palace 665Corning 136Corpus Christi 719‑20Cougar 1049country music 1157courses

art 255cooking 583, 888, 994

coyotes 1161Crater Lake National Park

1069‑70Crawford Notch 244‑5Crazy Horse Memorial 673credit cards 1171

Creole people 460Crested Butte 771Cripple Creek 770Crystal Coast 344‑5culture 1133‑7Cumberland 303Cumberland Island

National Seashore 419currency 22Currituck Heritage Park 340Custer State Park 674customs regulations 1167‑8Cutchogue 129 cycling, see bicycling

DDahlonega 411‑12Dalí, Salvador 506Dallas 721‑8, 724Dallas‑Fort Worth 721‑31,

722dance 1152dangers, see safetyDaniel Boone National

Forest 399‑400Dartmouth College 245Davenport 658Davis Mountains State

Park 735Dayton 570Daytona Beach 497‑8Daytona International

Speedway 497De Leon Springs State

Park 517De Smet 666Dead Horse Point State

Park 874Deadwood 671‑2Dealey Plaza & the Grassy

Knoll 721Dean, James 557‑8Dearborn 582Death Valley National Park

632, 952‑3Deception Pass State Park

1041Deep Creek Lake 304Delaware 303‑7Delaware River 146‑7Delaware Water Gap 145‑7Denali National Park &

Preserve 1096Denton 727Denver 743‑53, 748Des Moines 657‑8desert tortoise 624, 625Detroit 575‑81, 576, 2,

20, 38

Devils Postpile National Monument 1015

Devil’s Tower National Monument 781

Diamond Head 1104Dinosaur National

Monument 871disabilities, travelers with

1174‑5Disneyland 932‑4, see

also Walt Disney Worlddistilleries

Jack Daniel’s Distillery 375

Kentucky 398Ole Smoky Moonshine

Holler 391diving & snorkeling 53‑4

Biscayne National Park 488

Channel Islands National Park 955

Dry Tortugas National Park 496

Hanauma Bay 1104John Pennekamp Coral

Reef State Park 489Kailua‑Kona 1105‑6Kealakekua Bay 1107Key West 493Molokini 1112Monterey 962Panama City Beach 519

Dodge City 685Door County 601‑2Douglas 585‑6Dover 307drinks 58‑62, see also

beer, winedriving, see car travelDry Tortugas National

Park 496Dubuque 660‑1Duluth 615‑17Dunsmuir 1007Durango 776‑8Durham 347‑9DVDs 1170

EEastern Panhandle 331‑4Eastern Shore 300‑1Ebey’s Landing National

Historical Reserve 1041Echo Lake State Park 242economy 1119, 1134eco‑travel 624El Morro National

Monument 885El Paso 738‑40

Eldorado Canyon State Park 754

electricity 1168, 1170Elko 829Ellensburg 1049Ellis Island 73embassies 1168emergencies 23Empire State Building 87Enchanted Rock State

Natural Area 703environmental issues 624,

1162, 1163‑4Erie Lakeshore 566‑7Escalante 877Essex 225‑6Estes Park 759‑60etiquette 25, 1141Eugene 1063‑5Eureka 1001‑3Eureka Springs 438‑9Evanston 550events, see festivals &

eventsEverglades City 488‑9Everglades National Park

486‑7, 626, 627Everglades, the 485‑7exchange rates 23

FFairbanks 1095‑6Fairmount 557‑8Falmouth 202Fargo 662farmers markets, see

also marketsAnn Arbor Farmers

Market 583Arcata 1001Los Angeles 926Madison 597New York City 83Olympia 1037‑8Philadelphia 153Pittsburgh 169Portland 252San Luis Obispo 957

Farmington 898Fayetteville 335festivals & events 32‑5, see

also individual locations, arts festivals, food festivals, music festivals

beer 572, 597, 746‑7, 1055

Burning Man 34, 828film 102, 587, 773, 869,

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festivals & events con-tinued

gay & lesbian 102Mardi Gras 32mountain biking 603Native American 882naval 102rodeo 706, 710, 729,

779, 856sporting 190sports 695, 978whiskey 399

Fifth Avenue 87films 1118, 1123, 1130, 1147,

1160Finger Lakes 134‑7First Landing State Park

320fishing

Grand Teton National Park 792

Montana 796Salmon River 807Stanley 807Viroqua 601

Fitzgerald, F Scott 612Flagstaff 842‑5Flaming Gorge National

Recreation Area 871Flathead Lake 799‑800Flatiron Building 81‑2flora 625‑6Florida 64, 464‑521, 466-7Florida City 488Florida Keys 489‑95Florida Panhandle 517‑21Floyd 330‑1folk music 1157food 28, 58‑62, 1140‑3, see

also individual locationsbarbecue 60‑1, 350, 654,

703, 1141blue crab 299burgers 61, 61cheesesteaks 60, 162chili 61, 573clambake 60crabcakes 60, 60deep‑dish pizza 542etiquette 1141fish fries 599food trucks 698, 1058,

1140gumbo 60‑1Latin American 479

lobster boil 60lobster ice‑cream 201Mexican 1140‑1pizza 1140Southern specialities

366Tex‑Mex 1140‑1whoopies 253

food festivals Boulder 754Cape Cod 206Charlston 360Chicago 538Cincinnati 572Kansas City 653Madison 597Maine Coast 254New York 102Portland 1055

football 1136Forks 1041Forks, the 259Fort Davis 734‑5Fort Lauderdale 482‑4Fort Myers 508Fort Niobrara National

Wildlife Refuge 679Fort Worth 728‑32forts

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument 499

Crown Point State Historic Site 139

Fort Buford 664Fort Davis National

Historic Site 734Fort Larned National

Historic Site 684Fort Mackinac 589Fort Macon State Park

344Fort McHenry National

Monument & Historic Shrine 293‑4

Fort Scott 682Fort Snelling 614Fort Sumter 360Fort Ticonderoga 139

Four Corners Navajo Tribal Park 854

Framboise Island 666Franklin 387Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Memorial 272Franklin Mountains State

Park 738Frederick 302Frederick Douglass Na‑

tional Historic Site 278

Fredericksburg 311‑12, 702‑4

Freeport 253Front Royal 324‑5

GGalena 550‑2Gallatin Valley 795‑6galleries, see art museums

& galleriesGallup 886Galveston 716‑18Garden of the Gods 768‑9Gatlinburg 391‑2gay travelers 1168‑9

Atlanta 409Austin 699Boston 194Chicago 540Dallas 726Fort Lauderdale 484Key West 494Los Angeles 928Minneapolis 610New York City 120Provincetown 208San Francisco 987Washington, DC 288

Gemini Giant 551geography 1159‑60Georgetown University 276Georgia 400‑20, 338-9Gettysburg 167Glacier National Park 628,

801‑3, 622Glen Canyon National

Recreation Area 852Gold Country 1004‑6Golden Gate Bridge 976‑7Golden Gate Canyon State

Park 751Golden Isles 418‑20golf 365, 419‑20Graceland 371‑2Grand Canyon National

Park 11, 845‑52, 630, 846, 11, 630-1

Grand Coulee Dam 1047Grand Island 678‑9Grand Rapids 584‑5Grand Staircase‑Escalante

National Monument 877Grand Teton National Park

792‑3, 788, 2Grandfather Mountain 352Grayton Beach State

Park 520Great Barrington 214‑15Great Basin 829‑31

Great Basin National Park 830, 621

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 320

Great Lakes 20, 64, 522‑619, 524-5

Great Plains 65, 636‑89, 638-9

Great River Road 47Great Salt Lake 867Great Sand Dunes National

Park 778‑9Great Smoky Mountains

National Park 356, 391, 626, 626-7

Green Bay 601Green Country 689Green County 599Green River 871‑2Greenport 129Greenville 368Gruene 702Guadalupe Mountains

National Park 740Guggenheim Museum 95Gulf Coast 432‑3Gulf Islands National

Seashore 521Gullah 360Guthrie 688Guttenberg 660

HHaines 1092‑4Haleakalā National Park

1114Haleʻiwa 1104‑5, 1105Halloween 35Hamakua Coast 1108Hampton Roads 318‑19Hamptons 128‑9Hana 1113‑14Hanalei 1115Hannibal 649Hanover 245‑6Harbor Country 585Harley Davidson 593Harpers Ferry 332‑3Hartford 222‑4Harvard University 187, 18Havasu Canyon 852Hawaii 66, 1097‑1116, 1098Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National

Park 1109‑11Healdsburg 997health 1169‑70Helena 436, 797‑8Hells Canyon 1078

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‑J Hemingway, Ernest 492,

589hiking 28‑9, 48‑9

Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness 796

Acadia National Park 255‑6

Albuquerque 882Amicalola Falls State

Park 412Anchorage 1084Appalachian Trail 49,

132, 332, 626Arches National Park

873‑4Barr Trail 769Baxter State Park 259Bethel 258Big Bend National Park

732Bob Marshall Wilderness

Complex 800Boise 803Canyonlands National

Park 874Canyons 869Cape Cod National

Seashore 205‑6Chilkoot Trail 1095Congaree National

Park 368Davis Mountains State

Park 735Deer Valley 868Denver 751Echo Lake State Park 242Everglades National Park

486‑7Franconia Notch State

Park 243‑4Garden of the Gods

768‑9Glacier National Park

628, 801‑3, 622Grand Canyon National

Park 847‑8, 851Grand Teton National

Park 792Grandfather Mountain

352Great Smoky Mountains

National Park 356, 391Guadalupe Mountains

National Park 740Haines 1092Haleakalā National Park

1114Harpers Ferry 332Havasu Canyon 852Honolulu 1101Isle Royale National

Park 592

Joshua Tree National Park 949

Juneau 1090Ketchum 805Kings Canyon National

Park 1014Los Angeles 923Marquette 591Mesa Verde National

Park 776Methow Valley 1046Missoula 798Moab 872Monadnock State Park

240Monongahela National

Forest 334Mount Washington 245Mt Hood 1066Mt Rainier National Park

1048Mt Rogers National

Recreation Area 329Na Pali Coast Wilderness

State Park 1115New River Gorge

National River 334‑5Olympic Discovery Trail

1040Palm Springs 947Park City Mountain

Resort 868Phoenix 833‑4Pikes Peak 768, 769Pinelands National

Reserve 150Portland (OR) 1053‑4Quandary Peak 763Red Rock Canyon

National Conservation Area 825

Red Rock State Park 841Reno 827Rocky Mountain National

Park 757‑9Saguaro National Park 859Salt Lake City 864Santa Fe 887Shenandoah National

Park 324Stowe 234Sun Valley 805Superior Hiking Trail 618Telluride 774Virginia Creeper Trail

329‑30Voyageurs National

Park 619Washington, DC 278White Mountain National

Forest 242

Wild Rogue Wilderness 1076

Wind Cave National Park 675

Yellowstone National Park 787, 789‑90

Yosemite National Park 1009‑11

Zion National Park 878‑9Hill City 673Hill Country 702‑5Hilo 1108‑9Hilton Head 365‑6hip‑hop music 1158Historic RCA Studio B 379Historic Triangle 315‑18history 1121‑32, see also

individual locationsCivil Rights 1127, 1128Civil War 1125‑6Cold War 1127‑9continental expansion

1124European settlement

1121‑2Great Depression 1126‑7Gulf War 1129independence 1123‑4Native American 1121,

1139Revolution 1123‑4slavery 1122, 1125‑6,

1128WWII 1126‑7

Hoboken 145Hocking County 569holidays 1172Homestead 488Honolulu 1100‑3Hood River 1065‑6Hoover Dam 825‑6Hopi Indian Reservation

853horseback riding 54

Amelia Island 501Bandera 704Galena 551Palm Springs 947Phoenix 834

Hot Springs (AR) 435‑7Hot Springs (SD) 675hot springs & spas

Ashland 1074Big Sur 960Chico Hot Springs 795‑6Hot Springs (AR) 436Hot Springs (SD) 675Las Vegas (NV) 819Napa Valley 994North Carolina 356

Ojo Caliente 894Oregon 1064Orr Hot Springs 1000Ouray 771Steamboat Springs 760Truth or Consequences

899‑900Yellowstone National

Park 786Houston 710‑16, 712-13Hovenweep National

Monument 875Hualapai Nation 852Hudson 132‑3Hudson Valley 130‑3Hueco Tanks State Histori‑

cal Park 740Humboldt Redwoods State

Park 1000Humbug Mountain State

Park 1074Hunting Island State

Park 365Hurricane Katrina 1160Hurricane Sandy 1160Hyannis 202‑4Hyde Park 131‑2

Iice climbing 771Idaho 803‑8, 744-5Idaho Panhandle 808Illinois 523‑54, 523-4immigration 1133, 1183Independence 656Independence Hall 152Indiana Dunes 560Indianapolis 554‑7Ingalls, Laura 666insurance 1170internet access 1170internet resources 23, 57ʻIolani Palace 1101Iowa 656‑7, 638-9Iowa City 658‑9Iron Range District 618‑19Islamorada 490‑1Isle Royale National Park

592Ithaca 134‑7itineraries 36‑40, 36, 37,

39, 40

JJack Daniel’s Distillery 375Jack London State Historic

Park 995Jackson 430‑1, 782‑4Jacksonville 500‑1, 1076

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (Central Park) 90, 90

Jamesport 129Jamestown 317jazz music 1156‑7Jefferson County Open

Space Parks 751Jefferson, Thomas 323Jekyll Island 420Jenner 998Jerome 840Jersey City 145Jersey Shore 147‑52Jewel Cave National

Monument 675JFK, see Kennedy, John FJN ‘Ding’ Darling National

Wildlife Refuge 507John Day Fossil Beds Na‑

tional Monument 1077Jonesport 258Joshua Tree National Park

632, 949‑50Juneau 1090‑2

KKahului 1113Kailua 1104Kailua‑Kona 1105‑6Kanab 878Kansas 680‑5, 638-9Kansas City 651‑5Kansas Cosmosphere &

Space Center 684Kauaʻi 1114‑16kayaking & canoeing 51‑2

Apostle Islands 603Assateague Island 302Austin 694Barataria Preserve 456Bethel 258Biscayne National Park

488Boundary Waters 618Brandywine Valley 306Buffalo National River

439Cape May 151Channel Islands National

Park 955Congaree National

Park 368Delaware River 145, 146Everglades National Park

486‑7

Galena 551Hanalei Bay 1115Harpers Ferry 332John Pennekamp Coral

Reef State Park 489Juneau 1091Las Vegas (NV) 819Lewes 304Manchester 231Monterey 962Mount Washington

Valley 242Na Pali Coast Wilderness

State Park 1115Nantahala River 357New River Gorge Na‑

tional River 334‑5New York City 101Nickerson State Park

204Niobrara National Scenic

River 679Ozark National Scenic

Riverways 650Pinelands National

Reserve 150Portland (Me) 251Portland (OR) 1053‑4Reno 827San Francisco 978Santa Barbara 954Santa Cruz 963Saranac Lake 139Sarasota 506Seattle 1031Sitka 1089Taughannock Falls State

Park 135US National Whitewater

Center 350Voyageurs National

Park 619Wailua River 1114Washington, DC 278

Kearney 679Keillor, Garrison 1135Kelleys Island 566‑7Kenai Fjords National Park

1083, 634Kennebunkport 249‑53Kennedy, John F 186,

203‑4, 1127, 1129Kennedy Space Center

Visitor Complex 496Kentucky 392‑400, 338-9Ketchum 805‑6Keuka Lakes 137Key Largo 489‑90Key West 492‑5Kidron 567

Kihei 1111‑13Killington 233King Jr, Martin Luther

408, 1127birthplace 404memorials 272, 404museums 405

Kingman 855Kings Canyon National

Park 1013‑15Klamath Basin National

Wildlife Refuge Complex 1008

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park 1094

Knoxville 390‑1Kodiak Island 1093Kokeʻe State Park 1116

LLa Crosse 601Lafayette 459‑61Lahaina 1110‑11Lake Champlain 139Lake Chelan 1045Lake George 137‑8Lake Havasu City 855Lake Mead 825‑6Lake Michigan 585‑7Lake Placid 138‑9Lake Powell 852‑3Lake Tahoe 1017‑19Lake Travis 702Lake Waramaug 224Lake Winnipesaukee 240‑1Lakelands 602‑3Lancaster 166Lander 781‑2language 22Lansing 583‑4Laramie 780‑1Larned 684‑5Las Cruces 900‑1Las Vegas (NM) 893Las Vegas (NV) 15, 814‑25,

816, 15accommodations 819‑20activities 819, 820children 818drinking 822‑3emergencies 825entertainment 823‑4food 820‑2internet access 825medical services 825shopping 824‑5sights 814‑19tourist information 825

travel to/from 825travel within 825

Lassen Volcanic National Park 1009

Lava Beds National Monument 1008

Lawrence 681‑2Lead 672Leavenworth 1045legal matters 1170‑1Leggett 1000Lenox 215lesbian travelers 1168‑9

Atlanta 409Austin 699Boston 194Chicago 540Dallas 726Fort Lauderdale 484Key West 494Los Angeles 928Minneapolis 610New York City 120Provincetown 208San Francisco 987Washington, DC 288

Lewes 304Lewis & Clark 664Lexington (KY) 396‑9Lexington (MA) 199‑200Lexington (VA) 327‑8, libraries

Baker‑Berry Library 245Boston Public Library 186Folger Shakespeare

Library 273John F Kennedy Library

& Museum 186Library of Congress 273Milton Latter Memorial

Library 449New York Public Library

87William J Clinton

Presidential Center 433

Lihuʻe 1114Lincoln (NE) 677‑8 Lincoln (NH) 243 Lincoln (NM) 903‑4Lincoln, Abraham 552‑3,

1125Lincoln Center 89Lincoln Memorial 264

Litchfield 224literature 1148‑50Little Bighorn Battlefield

National Monument 797Little House on the Prairie

666

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Little Rock 433‑5Lollapalooza 34Long Beach Island 148Long Island 127‑30Lopez Island 1044Los Alamos 893‑4Los Angeles 21, 910‑32,

912-13, 21accommodations 924‑5activities 923Beverly Hills 918‑19, 925,

920-1children, travel with 924Downtown 911, 916, 924,

926, 914-15drinking & nightlife

927‑8entertainment 928‑9festivals & events 924food 926‑7Griffith Park 917‑18, 926Hollywood 916‑17, 924,

925, 926‑7, 917, 920-1itineraries 911Long Beach 920‑2, 925Malibu 919medical services 930Mid‑City 918, 925, 926‑7,

920-1Pasadena 922‑3, 925,

927Santa Monica 919, 925,

927, 922shopping 929‑30sights 911‑23tourist information 930‑1tours 923‑4travel to/from 931travel within 931‑2Venice 919‑20, 927, 922

Lost Coast 1000Louisiana 440‑63, 338-

9, 15Louisville 392‑6, 338-9Lowcountry 364‑6Lower Keys 492Lubec 258Lucas 684Luckenbach 704Ludington 586

MMaʻalaea 1111Mackinac Island 588‑90Mackinaw City 588Mad River Valley 233Madeline Island 603Madison 596‑9Madison County 658

magazines 1170Maine 246‑59, 248Makena 1112Malabar Farm State Park

569Mammoth Cave National

Park 626Manassas 311Manchester 230‑1Manitou Islands 587Marathon 491‑2, 737Mardi Gras 32, 448Marfa 735‑6Marin County 990‑1markets, see also farmers

marketsAmish Country 567Boston 197Cincinnati 571Cleveland 562Detroit 577Los Angeles 930New Orleans 446New York City 115Philadelphia 158Portland (ME) 252Portland (OR) 1052Seattle 1025Stowe 235Washington, DC 283

Maroon Bells 765Marquette 591‑2Martha’s Vineyard 210‑12,

203Martin Luther Kong Jr

Memorial 270, 270Maryland 291‑303, 262-3Massachusetts 180‑217,

178-9Maui 1110‑14Mauna Kea 1108Mayflower II 200measures 1170Medicine Bow Mountains

781Memphis 369‑77, 370, 372Mendenhall Glacier 1090Mendocino 998‑1000Meredith, James 426Merritt Island National

Wildlife Refuge 495Mesa Verde National Park

628, 775‑6, 19Methow Valley 1046Miami 16, 465‑82, 470,

472, 16acommodations 477‑8activities 475‑7children, travel with 475

drinking & nightlife 480‑1

emergencies 481entertainment 481festivals & events 477food 478‑80itineraries 465medical services 481shopping 481‑2sights 468‑75tourist information 481tours 477travel to/from 481‑2travel within 482walking tour 476, 476

Michigan 574‑92, 524-5Middleburg 326Milk, Harvey 1131Millersburg 567Milwaukee 593‑6Minneapolis 604‑11, 606-7Minnesota 604‑19, 524-5Minot 664Mississippi 425‑33, 338-9Mississippi Delta 427‑30Mississippi Palisades State

Park 552Missoula 798‑9Missouri 637‑56, 638-9Mitchell 665Moab 872‑3Mobile 425mobile phones 22, 1173Mojave National Preserve

951Moline 658money 22, 23, 1168, 1171‑2Mono Lake 1015Monongahela National

Forest 334Montana 794‑803, 744-5Montauk 129, 28Monterey 961‑3Montgomery 423‑4Monticello 323Montpelier 233‑4, 322Monument Valley 46, 854,

875, 623moose 624, 625Mormon church 863Morro Bay 958motorcycle travel 1179‑82,

1184, 1180Moundville 422mountain biking 50, see

also bicyclingChequamegon National

Forest 603Deer Valley 868

Durango 777Fayetteville 334Flagstaff 843Ketchum 805Lander 782Las Vegas (NV) 819Moab 872Park City 868, 869Phoenix 834Salida 767Santa Fe 887Steamboat Springs 760Sun Valley 805Telluride 774Winter Park 761

Mountain Empire 860Mountain View 437‑8mountaineering 1048Mt Baker 1044Mt Hood 1066‑7Mt Magazine 437Mt Pleasant 363Mt Rainier National Park

633, 1048Mt Rogers National

Recreation Area 329Mt Rushmore 673‑4Mt Shasta 1006Mt St Helens National

Volcanic Monument 1048

Mt Tamalpais State Park 991

Mt Vernon 310‑11Mt Washington 245Mt Washington Valley 241‑3Muir, John 1164Muir Woods National

Monument 991Murphys 1006museums

Academy of Natural Sciences 157

African American Mu‑seum in Philadelphia 155‑6

American Museum of Natural History 89

American Visionary Art Museum 293

Arizona Museum of Natural History 833

Arizona‑Sonora Desert Museum 856

Backstreet Cultural Museum 442‑3

Baltimore Maritime Museum 292

Benjamin Franklin Museum 152

Black Voices 332

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museums continuedBlaine Kern’s Mardi Gras

World 447Bradbury Science

Museum 893Cabildo 442California Academy of

Sciences 977California Museum 1003California Science

Center 916Carnegie Museum of

Natural History 170Carnegie Science Center

170Carter Center 405Chicago Children’s

Museum 539Chicago History Museum

534Chihuly Garden and

Glass 1029Children’s Museum of

Indianapolis 555Children’s Museum of

Memphis 371Cincinnati Museum

Center 572Cloisters 97Denver Museum of

Nature & Science 746Emily Dickinson Museum

214Field Museum of Natural

History 529Florida Holocaust

Museum 505Gangster Museum of

America 435Henry Ford Museum 582Hirshhorn Museum 269Hollywood Museum 916Houston Museum

of Natural Science 710Imagine It! Children’s

Museum of Atlanta 411Japanese American

National Museum 913‑14

Jefferson Art & History Museum 1039

Jewish Museum 95Kansas Cosmosphere &

Space Center 684Kansas Museum of

History 683Kennedy Space Center

Visitor Complex 496

Kentucky Science Center 393

Los Alamos Historical Museum 893

Madame Tussauds 818Mariners’ Museum 319Maritime Museum (San

Diego) 937Maritime Museum (San

Francisco) 969Miami Children’s

Museum 475Missouri History

Museum 642Mob Museum 818Museum of American

Finance 75Museum of Arts &

Design 88‑9Museum of Chinese in

America 77Museum of Discovery &

Science 482Museum of Florida

History 517Museum of Jewish

Heritage 75Museum of Natural

Science 430Museum of New Mexico

887Museum of Northern

Arizona 842Museum of Science &

History 719Museum of Science &

Industry 535Museum of Sex 83Museum of the Cherokee

Indian 356Museum of the City of

New York 95Museum of the Moving

Image 100National Air & Space

Museum 265, 270, 270

National Atomic Testing Museum 819

National Automobile Museum 826

National Civil Rights Museum 369‑70

National Constitution Center 153

National Museum of Afri‑can American History & Culture 26, 268

National Museum of American History 268

National Museum of American Jewish History 153

National Museum of Civil War Medicine 302

National Museum of Natural History 265, 271, 271

National Museum of the American Indian (DC) 272

National Museum of the American Indian (NY) 74

National Museum of the Civil War Soldier 315

National Museum of the Pacific War 703

National Museum of the US Air Force 570

National Naval Aviation Museum 520

National September 11 Memorial Museum 74

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 571

National Voting Rights Museum 424

National WWI Museum 652

National WWII Museum 446‑7

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles 915‑16

Natural History Museum of Utah 863

New Mexico Museum of Space History 902

Newseum 275New‑York Historical

Society 89‑94North Carolina Museum

of History 347North Carolina Museum

of Natural Sciences 346

Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum 685

Oklahoma History Center 686

Orlando Science Center 509

Pacific Aviation Museum 1104

Pacific Tsunami Museum 1108

Paley Center for Media (LA) 919

Paley Center for Media (NY) 88

Peabody Museum of Natural History 226

Penn Center 365Presbytère 442

Ringling Museum Complex 507

Rosa Parks Museum 423San Diego Air & Space

Museum 940San Diego Natural His‑

tory Museum 939‑40Santa Barbara Maritime

Museum 954Science Museum of

Minnesota 612Sciencenter 135Sixth Floor Museum 721Space Center Houston 711Story of Wounded Knee

667Strategic Air & Space

Museum 677Tennessee State

Museum 379Thinkery 694United States Holocaust

Memorial Museum 265

University Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology 159

University of Mississippi Museum 426

USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park 1104

USS Iowa 921USS Lexington Museum

719USS Midway Museum

937Utah Field House of

Natural History State Park Museum 870

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian 886

Zwaanendael Museum 304

music 31, 1035, 1156‑8music festivals

Beale Street Music Festival 33

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 33

Chicago Blues Festi‑val 33

CMA Music Festival 34Jazz Fest 33Juke Joint Festival 33Lollapalooza 34Newport Folk Festival 34South by Southwest 33Tanglewood Musical

Festival 34Telluride Bluegrass

Festival 34Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

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Muskegon 586Muskogee 689Myrtle Beach 366‑8Mystic 224‑5

NNa Pali Coast Wilderness

State Park 1115Nader, Ralph 1131Nantucket 209‑10, 203Napa Valley 993‑5Naples 508‑9Naples Nature Center 508Nashville (IN) 558Nashville (TN) 378‑88,

380-1Natchez 431‑2National Air & Space

Museum 265, 270, 270National Mall 17, 264‑72,

270-1, 17, 270-1National Museum

of Natural History 265, 271, 271

national parks & parklands 620‑35, 1164

Acadia National Park 255‑6, 626, 626

Arches National Park 630, 873‑4, 630

Badlands National Park 628, 667‑9, 668-9, 628

Big Bend National Park 732

Biscayne National Park 488

Black Hills National Forest 673

Bryce Canyon National Park 630, 877‑8

Canyonlands National Park 874, 620-1

Capitol Reef National Park 876

Carlsbad Caverns Na‑tional Park 904, 30

Channel Islands National Park 955

Chippewa National Forest 619

C&O Canal National Historic Park 303

Congaree National Park 368

Crater Lake National Park 1069‑70

Daniel Boone National Forest 399‑400

Death Valley National Park 632, 952‑3

Denali National Park & Preserve 1096

Dry Tortugas National Park 496

Everglades National Park 486‑7, 626, 627

Glacier National Park 628, 801‑3, 622

Grand Canyon National Park 11, 845‑52, 630, 846, 11, 630-1

Grand Teton National Park 792‑3, 788, 2

Great Basin National Park 830, 621

Great Sand Dunes National Park 778‑9

Great Smoky Mountains National Park 356, 391, 626, 626-7

Guadalupe Mountains National Park 740

Haleakalā National Park 1114

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park 1109‑11

Isle Royale National Park 592

Joshua Tree National Park 632, 949‑50

Kings Canyon National Park 1013‑15

Lassen Volcanic National Park 1009

Mammoth Cave National Park 400, 626

Mesa Verde National Park 628, 775‑6, 19

Monongahela National Forest 334

Mt Rainier National Park 632, 1048, 632

North Cascades National Park 1046

Olympic National Park 632, 1038‑9, 621

Ouachita National Forest 437

Petrified Forest National Park 855

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 591

Pinelands National Reserve 150

Pinnacles National Park 959

Redwood National Park 632, 1000, 1001, 633

Rocky Mountain National Park 628, 757‑9, 18

Saguaro National Park 630, 859

Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area 147

Sequoia National Park 1013

Shawnee National Forest 554

Shenandoah National Park 323‑4, 626, 621

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 586‑7

Theodore Roosevelt National Park 663

Voyageurs National Park 619

White Mountain National Forest 242

Wind Cave National Park 675

Yellowstone National Park 13, 628, 785‑92, 788, 13, 629

Yosemite National Park 16, 632, 1009‑12, 16, 632-3

Zion National Park 630, 878‑9, 623, 631

Native American museums & sites 19

Acoma Pueblo 885‑6Albuquerque 881Anchorage 1084Chaco Culture Historic

National Park 898Chamberlain 665Effigy Mounds National

Monument 660El Morro National

Monument 885Gila Cliff Dwellings

National Monument 901

Great Smoky Mountains National Park 356

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 570

Hovenweep National Monument 875

Hueco Tanks State Historical Park 740

Indiana Medical History Museum 553‑4

Knife River Indian Villages National Historical Site 664

Lava Beds National Monument 1008

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument 797

Long Island 128

Mesa Verde National Park 775‑6

Museum of New Mexico 887

Natchez 431‑2New York 74Newspaper Rock

Recreation Area 875Phoenix 831, 832Pine Ridge Indian

Reservation 669‑70Santa Fe 886Southern Illinois 552‑4Spokane 1047Tamiami Trail 488Taos 896Trail of Tears Country

689Tulsa 688 Wall 667Walnut Canyon 843Washington DC 272Washita Battlefield

National Historic Site 686

Zuni Pueblo 885Native Americans 1138‑9,

see also Native American museums & sites

books 1122culture 29‑30history 1139

Natural Bridges National Monument 875

Natural Bridges State Beach 963

Navajo Nation 853‑4Navajo peoples 1139Naval Station Norfolk 318Neah Bay 1041Nebraska 675‑80, 638-9Nebraska Nature & Visitor

Center 678‑9Nevada 811‑30, 812-13Nevada City 1005‑6New Castle 306‑7New England 13, 63,

176‑259, 178-9, 13New Hampshire 238‑46,

230New Harmony 560New Haven 226‑7New Jersey 63, 68, 144‑51,

70-1New Mexico 880‑905,

812-13New Orleans 12, 441‑56,

444-5, 12accommodations 448‑51children, travel with 449

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New Orleans continued-drinking 453‑4

entertainment 454‑5festivals & events 448food 451‑3internet access 455itineraries 443medical services 455safety 455shopping 455sights 442‑8tourist information 455travel to/from 455‑6travel within 456walking tour 450, 450

New Paltz 131New River Gorge National

River 334‑5New York City 11, 63, 68,

69‑126, 72, 7, 10-11, 90-1

accommodations 68, 102‑6

activities 101‑2Bronx 99Brooklyn 97‑9, 106,

114‑16, 119‑20Central Park 89, 92-3,

90-1Chelsea 103‑4, 111, 117,

84-5children, travel with 100Chinatown 75‑7, 107‑8,

108, 116‑17, 76climate 68Coney Island 97drinking & nightlife

116‑20East Village 78‑9, 103,

110, 117, 80-1entertainment 120‑3festivals & events 102Fifth Avenue 87Financial District 74‑5Flatiron District 81‑3,

104, 112, 118food 68, 106‑16Gramercy Park 104,

112, 118Greenwich Village 79,

103‑4, 111Harlem 95‑7, 105‑6, 114Hell’s Kitchen 88highlights 70‑1, 70-1,

90-1internet access 124

itineraries 69Little Italy 75‑7, 107‑8,

76-7Lower East Side 77‑8,

103, 108‑9, 117Lower Manhattan 73‑4,

103, 106‑7, 116Meatpacking District

79‑80, 103‑4, 111medical services 125Midtown 83‑9, 104‑5,

112‑13, 118‑19, 84-5NoHo 109‑10NoLita 103, 107‑8, 116‑17Queens 99‑101, 106shopping 123‑8sights 73‑101SoHo 75, 103, 109‑10,

116‑17Staten Island 101Theater District 83Times Square 83, 84-5tourist information 125tours 102travel seasons 68travel to/from 125travel within 125‑6Tribeca 75, 103, 106‑7Union Square 83, 104,

112, 118Upper East Side 94‑5,

105, 114, 119, 92-3Upper West Side 89,

105, 119walking tour 96, 96Wall Street 74‑5West Village 79, 117, 80-1Williamsburg 97‑8

New York State 126‑44, 70-1

Newberry National Volcanic Monument 1069

Newport 219‑21, 1073Newport News 319Newspaper Rock

Recreation Area 875newspapers 1170Niagara Falls 143‑4Nicodemus 682Nicolet National Forest 602Nixon, Richard 1129North Adams 216‑17North Carolina 337‑57,

338-9North Carolina Mountains

351‑7North Cascade Mountains

1044‑6North Cascades National

Park 1046

North Dakota 661‑4, 638-9North Fork 129‑30North Platte 679North Shore 127‑8, 617,

1104‑5North Woodstock 243Northampton 213‑14Northern Mountains 757‑61Northern Panhandle

679‑80Northwoods 602‑3

OOʻahu 1100‑5Oak Park 550Obama, Barack 1130‑2observatories

Griffith Observatory 917Kitt Peak National

Observatory 859Lowell Observatory 842McDonald Observatory

734Very Large Array 900

Ocala National Forest 517Ocean City 150, 301‑2Ocean Grove 147‑8Ocracoke Island 343Ogunquit 247‑9Ohio River 559Ojo Caliente 894OK Corral 860Oklahoma 685‑9, 638-9Oklahoma City 685‑7Old Faithful 786Old Lyme225Olympia 1037‑8Olympic National Park 632,

1038‑9, 621Olympic Peninsula 1038‑41Omaha 675‑7One World Observatory 74One World Trade Center 26opening hours 23, 1172Orange County 934‑5Orcas Island 1043Oregon 1051‑79, 1022-3Oregon Cascades 1066‑70Oregon Caves National

Monument & Preserve 1077

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area 1073‑4

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 859

Orlando 509‑14, 512Ouachita National Forest 437Ouray 771‑2Outer Banks 337, 340‑4

Oxford (MD) 300‑1 Oxford (MS) 425‑7Ozark Folk Center State

Park 437‑8Ozark Mountains 437‑9Ozarks, the 649‑51

PPacific Coast Highway 17,

43‑4, 17Pacific Northwest 66,

1020‑79, 1022-3Packwood 1048Padre Island National

Seashore 720Paʻia 1113painting 1150‑1Palm Beach 484‑5Palm Springs 946‑9Panama City Beach 519‑20Paradise Valley 795‑6Park City 867‑70parks & gardens

Airlie Gardens 345Alamo Square Park 971Alton Baker Park 1063Anastasia State

Recreation Area 499Atlanta Botanical Garden

401Barber Park 804Battery Park 75Battery & White Point

Gardens 359Belle Isle 312Big Boy Steam Engine

779Boston Common 180Bowling Green Park 74Brackenridge Park 705Brookgreen Gardens 366Brooklyn Botanic

Garden 98Brooklyn Bridge Park

98‑9Bryant Park 87Canalside 141Canaveral National

Seashore 496Cape Cod National

Seashore 205‑6Central Park 89, 90‑1,

90-1, 92-3, 90-1Chautauqua Park 754Chicago Botanic Garden

550City Park 447Confluence Park 746Crescent Park (New

Orleans) 446

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Crissy Field 969Desert Botanical Garden

832Dolores Park 971Dr Seuss National

Memorial Sculpture Garden 213

Dumbarton Oaks 275Fairchild Tropical Garden

475Fairmount Park 157Forest Park 1053Forsyth Park 414Fort Adams State Park

220Fort Stevens State Park

1070Fort Worden State Park

1039‑40Frederik Meijer Gardens

584Gardens of the American

Rose Center 463Georgetown Waterfront

Park 276Governors Island 74Gramercy Park 83Harriet Island 612Hudson River Park 75, 79Hugh Taylor Birch State

Recreation Area 482International Peace

Garden 663Intervale Center 236Island Beach State

Park 148Japanese Tea Garden

977Lake Leatherwood City

Park 438Lan Su Chinese Garden

1052Leif Erikson Park 615Lincoln Park

Conservatory 534Lithia Park 1074Louis Armstrong Park

443Lyon Arboretum 1101Madison Square Park 82Maggie Daley Park 527‑9Marie Selby Botanical

Gardens 506Marsh‑Billings‑

Rockefeller National Historical Park 232

Máximo Gómez Park 473Millennium Park 526‑7Minneapolis Sculpture

Garden 604Minute Man National

Historic Park 199

Missouri Botanical Garden 641

Mt Greylock State Reservation 216

Mt Helena City Park 797Mud Island 371National Sculpture

Garden 265New York Botanical

Garden 99Northerly Island 532Old Town State Historic

Park 940Olympic Sculpture Park

1028Parthenon 379Philadelphia’s Magic

Gardens 158Phipps Conservatory 171Prospect Park 98Public Garden 185‑6Red Butte Garden 863Riverfront Park 434Riverside Park 89Roger Williams Park 218Rose Kennedy

Greenway 187South Pointe Park 469State Botanical Garden

of Georgia 412Tom McCall Waterfront

Park 1051Tompkins Square Park 78Vulcan Park 421Walkway Over the

Hudson 132Washington Park 1053Washington Square

Park 79Wright Brothers National

Memorial 340Yards Park 276Zilker Park 695

passports 1183Patagonia 860Patagonia‑Sonoita Creek

Preserve 860Pea Island National

Wildlife Refuge 341Pearl Harbor 1103‑4Pelee Island 567Pemaquid Point 254Peninsula State Park 602Pennsylvania 63, 68,

151‑75, 70-1Pennsylvania Dutch

Country 166‑8Pennsylvania Wilds 168‑9Pensacola 520‑1Pentagon 308Petersburg (IL) 553

Petersburg (VA) 315Petit Jean State Park 437Petoskey 587Petrified Forest National

Park 855Petroglyph National

Monument 882Pfeiffer Big Sur State

Park 960Philadelphia 152‑66,

154-5, 158, 38accommodations 159‑61activities 152‑9drinking 163‑4entertainment 164‑5festivals & events 159food 161‑3sights 152‑9tourist information 165tours 159travel to/from 165travel within 165‑6

Phoenix 831‑9, 832-3phone cards 1173‑4photography 1172Pictured Rocks National

Lakeshore 591Piedmont, the 320‑3Pierre 665‑6Pigeon Key National

Historic District 491Pikes Peak 768Pinelands National Reserve

150Pine Ridge Indian

Reservation 669‑70Pinnacles National Park 959Pioneertown 949Pismo Beach 956pitcher plants 424Pittsburgh 169‑75planning, see also

individual regionsbudgeting 23calendar of events 32‑5children, travel with 55‑7first time 24‑5internet resources 23itineraries 36‑40repeat visitors 26travel seasons 22, 32‑5USA basics 22‑3

plantationsAiken‑Rhett House 359Belle Meade Plantation

384Berkeley Plantation 318Boone Hall Plantation

363‑4Drayton Hall 364

Hermitage 384Laura Plantation 457Magnolia Plantation 364Middleton Place 364Monticello 323Myrtles Plantation 458Oak Alley Plantation 457Oakley Plantation

& Audubon State Historic Site 458‑9

Sherwood Forest 318Shirley Plantation 318Whitney Plantation 457Wormsloe Plantation

Historic Site 414plants 625‑6Plymouth 200‑1Poe, Edgar Allan 1150Point Lobos State Natural

Reserve 961Point Reyes National

Seashore 991, 28Poʻipu 1115‑16politics 1118‑19, 1136‑7population 1119Porcupine Mountains

Wilderness State Park 592

Port Angeles 1040‑1Port Aransas 719Port Orford 1074Port Townsend 1039‑40Portland (ME) 250‑3Portland (OR) 1051‑62,

1054accommodations 1056‑7activities 1053‑5children 1053drinking & nightlife

1059‑60emergencies 1061entertainment 1060‑1festivals & events 1055internet access 1061medical services 1061shopping 1061sights 1051‑3tourist information 1061tours 1055travel to/from 1061travel within 1061

Portsmouth 239‑40postal services 1172Poughkeepsie 131‑2Prescott 839‑40Princeton 146‑7Providence 218‑19Provincetown 207‑9public holidays 1172

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QQuad Cities 552Quandary Peak 763Quechee 231‑3Queen Mary 921

RRacine 599radio 1170railways 1188

Chama 898‑9Conway Scenic Railroad

241Durango & Silverton

Narrow Gauge Railroad 777

Essex Steam Train & Riverboat Ride 226

Grand Canyon Railway 845

Mt Hood Railroad 1065Mt Washington Cog

Railway 245Railtown 1897 State

Historic Park 1006‑7Strasburg Railroad 166Weirs Beach 240Western Maryland

Scenic Railroad 303White Pass & Yukon

Route Railroad 1094Raleigh 346‑7Rapid City 670‑1Reagan, Ronald 1129Red Rock Canyon National

Conservation Area 825Red Rock State Park 841Red Rocks Amphitheatre

752Redding 1007Redwood National Park

632, 1000, 1001, 633redwoods 624, 625religion 1119, 1134Reno 826‑8Rhinebeck 132‑3Rhode Island 217‑21, 178-9Rhyolite 953Richmond 312‑15road trips 41‑7, 43, see also

Route 66Arizona 839Blue Ridge Parkway 19,

44‑7, 328, 353, 19, 45Florida Panhandle 520

Great River Road 47Hawaii 1113Idaho 807Maryland 294Massachusetts 216Minnesota 617Nebraska 678New Hampshire 242New Mexico 885Oregon 1072Pacific Coast Highway 17,

43‑4, 17Rocky Mountains 18,

791, 18Route 28 (Catskills) 133South Dakota 667South, the 353Tennessee 388Texas 704, 734Utah 878Vermont 235Virginia 325, 326, 353Wisconsin 603

Roanoke 328‑9rock climbing 52‑3

Echo Lake State Park 242

Estes Park 759Fayetteville 334Garden of the Gods

768‑9Grand Teton National

Park 792Hueco Tanks State

Historical Park 740Joshua Tree National

Park 949Mississippi Palisades

State Park 552Moab 872New Paltz 131Otter Cliffs 255Ouray 771Red River Gorge 399Red Rock Canyon

National Conservation Area 825

Smith Rock 1068Yosemite National Park

1011Rock Island 602, 658rock & roll music 1157‑8Rockefeller Center 83Rockland 254‑5Rocky Mountain National

Park 628, 757‑9, 18, 628-9, 629-30,

Rocky Mountain 18, 65, 628, 741‑808, 744-5, 18, 628-9

Roosevelt, Franklin D 1126Roosevelt, Theodore 622Roswell 904Route 66 12, 41‑3, 12

Arizona 844 Illinois 551 Kansas 683Missouri 650 Texas 732

Rugby 663‑4Ruidoso 902‑3Russian River Valley 996‑7

SSabbathday Lake 258Sacramento 1003‑4safety 1172‑3, see also

individual locationssaguaro 624, 625Saguaro National Park

630, 859sailing

Burlington 236Camden 257New York City 101‑2Newport 220Tilghman Island 300

Sainte Genevieve 649Salem (MA) 200Salem (OR) 1062‑3Salida 767‑8Salt Lake City 862‑7Salton Sea 951Salvation Mountain 951San Antonio 19, 705‑10,

706, 19San Diego 935‑45, 936,

938-9San Francisco 14, 965‑90,

968, 970, 974-5, 14accommodations 978‑82activties 977‑8Castro, the 970‑1, 981,

984children, travel with 980Chinatown 967, 983Civic Center 966‑7, 980,

982‑3drinking & nightlife

985‑6entertainment 986‑8festivals & events 978Fisherman’s Wharf 981,

983‑4, 969food 982‑5Golden Gate Park 976‑7,

985Haight, the 971, 982,

984‑5

highlights 972‑3, 972-3itineraries 967medical services 989Mission, the 970‑1,

981, 984Presidio 969‑70, 981,

983‑4shopping 988‑9sights 966‑77SoMa 980, 982tourist information 989tours 978travel to/from 989travel within 990Union Square 966‑7, 980,

982‑3walking tour 979, 979

San Juan Islands 1042‑3San Luis Obispo 957‑8 Sandwich 201‑2Sandy Hook 147Sandy Hook Gateway

National Recreation Area 147

Sanibel Island 507‑8Santa Barbara 953‑6Santa Cruz 963‑5Santa Fe 886‑92, 888-9Saranac Lake 139Sarasota 506‑7Saugatuck 585‑6Saugerties 134Sault Ste Marie 590Savannah 414‑18, 416Schoodic Peninsula 258Scotts Bluff National

Monument 679sculpture 1150‑1Sea Isle 150Seaside 520Seattle 20, 1025‑37,

1026-7, 20accommodations 1031‑2activities 1030‑1children, travel with 1033drinking & nightlife

1034‑5emergencies 1036entertainment 1035‑6festivals & events 1031food 1032‑4medical services 1036shopping 1036sights 1025‑30tourist information 1036tours 1031travel to/from 1036‑7travel within 1037

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‑TSeaWorld San Diego 941Sedona 840‑2Selma 424‑5Seneca 137Sequoia National Park 1013Shawnee National Forest

554Shelter Island 129‑30Shenandoah National Park

323‑4, 626, 621Shenandoah Valley 323‑8Sheridan 781Shiloh National

Military Park 377‑8Shreveport 463Sierra Nevada 1009‑19Silver City 901Silverton 775Singer Castle 140Sinks Canyon State Park

781‑2Sioux Falls 664‑5Sioux peoples 1139Sisters 1067Sitka 1088‑90Skagway 1094‑5skiing & snowboarding 52

Alta 868Arapahoe Basin Ski

Area 762Arizona Snowbowl 843Aspen Mountain 765Bethel 258Big Sky Resort 795Breckenridge 761‑3Bridger Bowl Ski Area 794Brighton 867Crested Butte Mountain

Resort 771Duluth 615Durango Mountain

Resort 777Gatlinburg 391Heavenly 1017Jackson Hole Mountain

Resort 783Killington 233Lake Placid 138Mad River Valley 233Methow Valley 1046Mount Bachelor Ski

Resort 1068Mt Ashland Ski Resort

1074Mt Baker Ski Area 1045Mt Hood 1066Northstar California 1018Porcupine Mountains

Wilderness State Park 592

Rocky Mountains 764Royal Gorge 1018Salt Lake City 867‑8Santa Fe 887‑8Schweitzer Mountain

Resort 808Ski Apache 903Snowbird 868Solitude 867Squaw Valley USA 1018Steamboat Springs 760Stowe 234Sugar Bowl 1018Sun Valley Resort 806Taos Ski Valley 896Telluride Ski Resort 773Utah Olympic Park 868Vail Mountain 763Whitefish Mountain

Resort 801Winter Park 761

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 586‑7

Slide Rock State Park 841Smith Island 294Smithsonian Castle 270,

270snorkeling, see diving &

snorkelingSnow Hill 301 snowboarding, see skiing &

snowboardingSolvang 956Sonoma Coast State

Park 998Sonoma Valley 995‑6South Bend 560‑1South by Southwest 33,

695, 700South Carolina 357‑68,

338-9South Cascades 1048‑9South Dakota 664‑75,

638-9South Florida 465‑95,

466-7South Kona 1107South Padre Island 720South Shore 128South Street Seaport 74South, the 15, 64, 336‑463,

338-9Southold 129Southwest USA 65,

809‑905, 812-13Space Coast 495‑7spas, see hot springs

& spasSpearfish 671

Splinter Hill Bog 424Spokane 1046‑8sports 1135‑6

Baltimore 297Boston 196Chicago 547Cincinnati 574Cleveland 565Dallas 726‑7Denver 751‑2Detroit 580‑1Houston 715‑16Indianapolis 557Minneapolis 611New York City 124Salt Lake City 866Washington, DC 289‑90

Spring Green 600‑1Springdale 879Springfield 213, 552‑3St Andrews State Park 519St Augustine 498‑500St Charles 648‑9St Francisville 458‑9St George 879‑80St George Island State

Park 519St Ignace 588St Joseph 656St Louis 640‑8, 642, 644St Michaels 300St Paul 612‑14St Petersburg 505‑6St Simons Island 419‑20St Vincent Island 519 Stanley 806‑8Statue of Liberty 73Staunton 325‑7Staunton State Park 751Steamboat Springs 760‑1Steens Mountain 1078‑9Stillwater 614Stockbridge 215Storer College Campus 332Stowe 234‑5Straits of Mackinac 588‑90Strathmere 150Sturgis 671Sun Studio 371Sun Valley 805‑6Sundance Film Festival

Film 32, 869Sunnyside 130Supreme Court 273surfing 50‑1

Harbor Country 585Hawaii 1104‑5, 1113, 1115Los Angeles 923

New York City 102San Diego 942Santa Cruz 963‑4Space Coast 496

Sutter Creek 1006synagogues 359

TTahlequah 689Tahoe City 1018Tahoe National Forest

Headquarters 1005Tahquamenon Falls 590Talbot Islands State Parks

501Taliesin 599‑601Tallahassee 517‑18Tallgrass Prairie National

Preserve 684Tallulah Gorge 411Tampa 502‑5Taos 894‑8Taos Pueblo 896taxis 1187telephone services 22,

1173‑4Telluride 773‑5Tennessee 368‑92, 338-9Terlingua 733‑4Texas 65, 690‑740, 692-3Thanksgiving 35theater 1152‑3

Atlanta 410Boston 196Chicago 546‑7Las Vegas (NV) 824New York City 121‑2Portland 1060Salt Lake City 866San Francisco 986

theme parks, see amuse‑ment parks

Theodore Roosevelt National Park 663

Thousand Islands 139‑40Tilghman Island 300time 23, 1174Times Square 83, 84-5tipping 25, 1171‑2Tombstone 860Top of the Rock 86Topeka 683tornadoes 680Torrey 876Torrey Pines State Natural

Reserve 941tourist information 1174tours 1184‑5, 1187Trail of Tears Country 689

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train travel 1184, 1187, 1187‑9

travel to the USA 1183‑5travel within USA 1185‑9Traverse City 587trekking, see hikingTriangle, the 346‑9Truckee 1018Truman, Harry 656Truth or Consequences

899‑900Tubac 859Tucson 855‑8Tulsa 688‑9turtles 491, 635TV 1147‑8, 1170Twain, Mark 223, 649, 1149

UUkiah 1000Unicoi State Park 411United Nations 88Universal Studios Holly‑

wood 918universities

Arizona State University 833

Brown University 218Columbia University 95Duke University 348Georgetown University

276Harvard University

187, 18Humboldt State

University 1001Princeton University 146University of Alabama

423University of California,

Berkeley 992University of Chicago

535University of Iowa 658‑9University of

Massachusetts 214University of Minnesota

605University of Mississippi

425‑6University of Nebraska

677University of North

Carolina 348University of Notre Dame

560‑1

University of Oregon 1063

University of Virginia 321US Naval Academy 298Vanderbilt University 379Virginia Military Institute

327Yale University 226

Upcountry, the 368Upper Peninsula 590‑3US Air Force Academy 769USA’s regions 63‑6USS Alabama 425USS Albacore 239USS Constitution 184‑5USS Iowa 921USS Lexington 719USS Midway Museum 937Utah 861‑80, 812-13

Vvacations 1172Vail 763‑5Valentine 679Valley of Fire State Park

826Valley, the (TX) 720Vanderbilt Mansion 132vegetarians 62Vermilionville 459‑60Vermont 227‑38, 230, 13Vernal 870‑1Vicksburg 429‑30Vietnam Veterans

Memorial 271, 271Virginia 307‑31, 262-3Virginia Beach 319‑20Virginia City 829visas 1175‑7Vogel State Park 411volunteering 1177Voyageurs National Park

619

WWaikiki 1100‑3Wailea 1112Wailua 1114‑15Wailuku 1113Waimea 1116Wakulla Springs 518walking tours

Boston 193, 193Chicago 536, 536Miami 476, 476New Orleans 450, 450New York City 90‑1, 96,

90-1, 96

San Francisco 979, 979Washington, DC 270‑1,

277, 270-271, 277Wall 667Wall Drug 667Walla Walla 1049‑51Wallowa Mountains Area

1078Walnut Canyon 843Walt Disney World 14,

514‑6, 14Warhol, Andy 1151Wasatch Mountains 867‑70Washington State 1024‑51,

1022-3Washington, DC 64, 260,

261‑91, 262-3, 266-7, 270-1

accommodations 260, 280‑1

activities 278children, travel with 279climate 260drinking & nightlife

286‑9entertainment 289‑91festivals & events 279food 260, 281‑6highlights 262‑3, 270‑1,

270-1itineraries 264, 270‑1National Mall 264‑72,

270-1sights 264‑78tourist information 290tours 279travel seasons 260travel to/from 290travel within 290‑1walking tour 270‑1, 277,

277, 270-1Washington, George 1123,

1124Washington Island 602Washington Monument 265Washita Battlefield

National Historic Site 687‑8

waterfallsNiagara Falls 143‑5Sabbaday Falls 242Tahquamenon Falls 590

Waterloo 660Waterton Canyon 751weather 22, 32‑5Weaverville 1007weights 1170Weirs Beach 240Wekiwa Springs State

Park 517

Wellfleet 206‑7West Coast (FL) 502‑9West Maui 1110‑11West Palm Beach 485West Point 131West Virginia 331‑5, 262-3whale‑watching

Bar Harbor 257Cape May 151Hawaii 1112, 1116Juneau 1091 Monterey 962Provincetown 207

Whidbey Island 1041White House 274White Mountain National

Forest 242White Mountains 241‑5White River State Park 555White Sands National

Monument 902white‑water rafting 51

Arkansas River 768Ausable Chasm 139Buffalo National River

439Chilkat River 1092Colorado River 850Fayetteville 334Green River 871‑2Kennebec River 259Moab 872Nantahala River 357New River Gorge

National River 334‑5Nicolet National Forest

602North Carolina

Mountains 352Salida 767Salmon River 807Santa Fe 887Snake River 1078Stanley 807Steamboat Springs 760US National Whitewater

Center 350Wild Rogue Wilderness

1076Yellowstone National

Park 790Whitefish 800‑1Wichita 680‑1Wild Rogue Wilderness

1076 wildlife reserves

Alaska Raptor Center 1089

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 718

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Environmental Studies 765

Bear Country USA 671JN ‘Ding’ Darling

National Wildlife Refuge 507

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge 1115

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 495

National Elk Refuge 783Turtle Hospital 491

wildlife, see animalswildlife‑watching 1162

Bear Country USA 671Custer State Park 674Denali National Park &

Preserve 1096Fort Niobrara National

Wildlife Refuge 679Jekyll Island 420Kodiak Island 1093National Elk Refuge 783Rocky Mountain National

Park 757‑9Theodore Roosevelt

National Park 663Wildwoods 150

Willamette Valley 1062‑5Williams 845Williamsburg 316‑17Williamstown 215‑16Willis Tower 527Wilmington 305‑6, 345‑6Wind Cave National Park

675windsurfing 1104, 1107, 1113Windward Coast 1104wine 1144‑5wine regions 27, 1145

Arizona 840California 993‑7Finger Lakes 135Lake Michigan 587Napa Valley 993‑5Russian River Valley

996‑7Santa Barbara 956Sonoma Valley 995‑6Verde Valley 840Virginia 313Willamette Valley 1063Yakima Valley 1050

Winslow 854Winter Park 761Wisconsin 592‑604

Wolfeboro 241wolves 624, 624women travelers 1177‑8Woodbury 407Woodstock 134, 231‑3work 1178Wounded Knee massace

site 669Wrangell 1088Wright, Frank Lloyd 171,

550, 600Wynwood Walls 474Wyoming 779‑93, 774-5

YYachats 1073Yakima 1049Yale University 226Yellow Springs 570Yellowstone National Park

13, 628, 785‑92, 788, 13, 629

Yorktown 317‑18Yosemite National Park

16, 632, 1009‑12, 16, 632-3

ZZion National Park 630,

878‑9, 625, 631zoos

Audubon Zoological Gardens 447

Bronx Wildlife Conservation Park 99

Cape Fear Serpentarium 345

Duke Lemur Center 348Hogle Zoo 864Jungle Island 475Lincoln Park Zoo 534Living Desert Zoo &

Gardens 947Los Angeles Zoo & Bo‑

tanical Gardens 918Minnesota Zoo 608Monkey Jungle 475National Aviary 170National Zoo 276San Diego Zoo 939San Diego Zoo Safari

Park 945‑6St Louis Zoo 642Zoo Miami 475

Zuni Pueblo 885

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Mara Vorhees New England Born and raised in St Clair Shores, Michigan, Mara traveled the world (if not the universe) before finally settling in the Hub. She spent several years pushing papers and tapping keys at Harvard University, but she has since embraced the life of a full-time travel writer, covering destinations as diverse as Russia and Belize. She lives in a pink house in Somerville, Massachusetts with her husband, two kiddies and two kitties. She is often seen eating doughnuts in Union Square and pedaling her bike

along the Charles River. Mara is the author of Lonely Planet’s guides to New England and New England’s Best Trips, among other titles. Follow her adventures online at www.havetwinswilltravel.com.

Greg Ward Southwest Greg Ward has been exploring the deserts of the Southwest for more than twenty years and has written several guidebooks to the region. He also writes extensively about history, music and European destinations. He lives in London, and his website is gregward.info.

Karla ZimmermanWashington, DC & the Capital Region, Great Lakes As a life-long Midwesterner, Karla is well versed in the region’s beaches, ballparks, breweries and pie shops. When she’s not home in Chicago watching the Cubs, and writing for magazines, websites and books, she’s out exploring. For this gig, she curled in Minnesota, caught a wave in Michigan, heard the curds squeak in Wisconsin and drank an embarrassing number of milkshakes in Ohio. She also covers DC, where she

never fails to shake hands with Racing Abe Lincoln at Nationals Park. Karla has written for several Lonely Planet guides to the USA, Canada, Caribbean and Europe.

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Adam Karlin The South, Florida Adam has written around 50 guidebooks for Lonely Planet and he always enjoys exploring his native stomping grounds: the US. On this trip, he stumbled into Key West secret gardens, discovered Miami speakeasies, took shots with Birmingham bartenders, weathered tornado watches in Mississippi cotton shacks, found pizza on Arkansas mountain tops, listened to music in doz-ens of Louisiana bars, paddled through clear Florida mangrove channels and ate

a lot of barbeque. He wants you to know that there is a lot of good light in the world, but the way it attaches to a late spring day in the South is something else.

Becky Ohlsen Rocky Mountains Becky Ohlsen grew up in the Rockies and seizes every chance she gets to explore the region. She has a huge crush on the Tetons, believes that jackalopes are real and likes to watch a storm roll in across a far-away horizon.

Zora O’Neill New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania Zora O’Neill has lived in New York City since 1998 – far from her home state of New Mexico, but very close to where, as a kid and the daughter of a New Jersey native, she spent a week nearly every sum-mer ‘down the shore,’ eating pizza and fried scallops. Zora has written guidebooks since 2002; for Lonely Planet, she has covered Amsterdam, southern Spain and Egypt. She is online at www.rovinggastronome.com.

Kevin RaubThe South, Florida Kevin Raub grew up in Atlanta and started his career as a music journalist in New York, working for Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone magazines. He ditched the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for travel writing and moved to Brazil. Living outside the country, it’s fair to say he immensely enjoyed gorging on Nashville hot chicken, Memphis BBQ, craft beer out the wazoo and various other unmentionables on his voyage through the Southern US. This is Kevin’s 34th Lonely Planet guide. Follow

him on Twitter (@RaubOnTheRoad).

Brendan SainsburyAlaska An expat Brit from Hampshire, England, now living near Vancouver, Canada; Brendan has long relished the ‘thrill’ of masochistic endurance events in remote wil-derness areas and thus jumped at the chance to cover Alaska for Lonely Planet. He particularly relished getting his hands numb in Nome, re-reading Jack London, and bussing it along the Top of the World Highway from Chicken to the Yukon. When not scribbling research notes for Lonely Planet in countries such as Cuba, Peru, Spain

and Canada, Brendan likes refining his cross-country skiing technique, strumming old Clash songs on the guitar and experiencing the pain and occasional pleasures of following Southampton Football Club.

Ryan Ver Berkmoes Great Plains Ryan first drove across the Great Plains with his family in the 1960s. Among the treasured memories are marveling at the Jackalope at Wall Drugs in South Dakota and which he relived when he tried riding the big one out back this year. Through the years he never passes up a chance to wander the backroads of America’s heartland finding beauty and intrigue where you least expect it. Find more at www.ryanverberkmoes.com; @ryanvb

Read more about Kevin at: http://auth.lonelyplanet.com/profiles/kraub

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Regis St Louis Coordinating Author; New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania; Washington, DC & the Capital Region; Texas A Hoosier by birth, Regis grew up in a sleepy riverside town where he dreamed of big-city intrigue. He’s lived all over the US (including New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New Orleans), and has crossed the country by train, bus and car while visiting remote corners of America. Favorite memories from his most recent trip include crab feasting on Maryland’s

eastern shore, hiking through striking state parks in west Texas, catching music jams in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and going eye-to-eye with wild horses on Assateague Island. Regis has contributed to more than 50 Lonely Planet titles, including New York City and Washington, DC. Regis also wrote the Plan Your Trip, Understand and Survival Guide sections of this guide.

Amy Balfour New England, The South Amy has hiked, biked and paddled her way across the US. Raised in the South, she’s been visiting the Outer Banks since childhood and for this trip she backpacked along the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smokies. In New Hampshire she explored the White Mountains and tackled Mt Monadnock for the first time. She has authored 26 guidebooks for Lonely Planet and has written for Backpacker, Redbook, Southern Living and the Washington Post.

Sandra Bao Pacific Northwest Sandra has lived in Buenos Aires, New York and California, but the glorious Pacific Northwest has become her final stop. Researching this region has been a highlight of Sandra’s 15-year-long authoring career with Lonely Planet, which has covered four continents and dozens of guidebooks. She’s come to appreciate the beauty of this region, how much it has to offer and how friendly people can be in those tiny towns in the middle of nowhere.

Sara Benson California, Hawaii After graduating from college, Sara jumped on a plane to California with just one suitcase and $100 in her pocket. After driving tens of thousands of miles to every corner of the state, she settled on the sunny side of San Francisco Bay in Oakland. The author of more than 65 travel and nonfiction books, Sara’s latest adventures are online at www.indietraveler.blogspot.com, www.indietraveler.net, @indie_traveler on Twitter and indietraveler on Instagram.

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OUR STORYA 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. Lonely Planet was born.

Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.

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