How to Read a Map


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Maps are essential tools for understanding the world around us. Learning to read maps - both printed and online - is a core skill that forms the basis of social studies. This book explores the different types of features used on maps, explaining what they can show us and how to make sense of them.




Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide


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Lots of planning and preparation happens before the dream vacation does. Beautiful Olympic Peninsula Travel Guide prepares and accompanies you from start to finish.

• Plan your trip and settle on an itinerary. Finalize your plans with lists of local festivals, equipment rentals, and whale-watching or commercial tour companies.

• Pore over the main travel guide’s 204 pages and 22 modules as you plan and as you travel. It’ll give you a bit of history, all the local attractions, and some of the best hotels and restaurants.

• While you’re having the time of your life, we keep your days exciting – in a good way – by cluing you in to road conditions, weather forecasts, tide charts and apps, and highway mileage charts.

• The book also provides a bit of Olympic Mountain history, explanations regarding rainshadows and rainforests, local rainfall averages, and some of the amazing local flora and fauna.

• A comprehensive index will put the info at your fingertips when you need it.

There’s much more than this inside these covers, of course, but now you know this book might just be an indispensable part of your dream vacation.




American Map Road Atlas


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This atlas with digital cartography details North America, including city vicinity maps, national park maps, and an adventure travel section to help you plan vacations.




Catalog of Copyright Entries


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U.S. Map Adventures


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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Pacific Northwest


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The DK Eyewitness Pacific Northwest travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions the region has to offer. Whether you’re kayaking on Lake Ozette in Olympic National Park or hitting the shops in Downtown Seattle’s Columbia Centre, this guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs, with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops and nightlife for all budgets. It’s fully illustrated and covers all the major cities from Washington, Vancouver and Portland to Oregon, Seattle and British Columbia. You'll find floorplans of all the must-see sites, as well as street maps and reliable information for getting around. DK Eyewitness Pacific Northwest explores the culture, history and architecture, not missing the best in entertainment, shopping, tours and scenic walks, in this diverse region. With all the sights, beaches and attractions listed area by area, DK Eyewitness Pacific Northwest is your essential companion. DK Eyewitness Pacific Northwest – showing you what others only tell you.







Using a Map and Compass


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Guide to safe exploration of the wilderness, with instructions for using a compass, reading maps, planning an outing, navagating in the field, and understanding the weather.




Field & Stream


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FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.