 | National Geographic the American Road: Atlas & Travel Planner (NG Road Atlases) by National Geographic Society
Buy used from: $6.82 The first thing you're gonna need are some maps to help you get to where you can get lost--this book is great for that (though a little out of date)
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 | Michigan Atlas & Gazetteer
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $13.83 More detailed atlases can be handy, especially if you ever miss an exit in the middle of nowhere in Michigan's Upper Penninsula--they have these things for all the states
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 | Lonely Planet Great Lakes by Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Buy used from: $15.76 Lonely Planet Guides are great for cutting through the touristy BS and actually getting useful info and guidance (an aside: There is no blue like the blue of Lake Superior )
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 | National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, Fourth Edition by National Geographic Society
Buy used from: $3.35 A great book for brief introductions to the wonders held in America's National Parks (though it lacks seashores, lakeshores, historical parks etc) you could be lost a long time
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 | Hiking Yellowstone National Park, 2nd (Hiking Guide Series) by Bill Schneider
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.31 Hiking is one of the best ways to lose oneself. Falcon Guides are great. This one, the one on Teton (same author), and the Great Smoky Mountains guide are among the best-written in the series
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 | 50 Hikes in Kentucky: From the Appalachian Mountains to the Land Between the Lakes (50 Hikes Guides) by Hiram Rogers
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $6.14 The books in this "50 Hikes" series are also great places to look for places to hike (the Michigan edition is written by the great bard of "getting lost" Jim Dufresne)
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 | Best Hikes With Children Michigan (Best Hikes with Children) by Jim Dufresne
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.59 Speaking of Dufresne...the Michigan volume of this series is a great example of his writing. The books in this series encourage and equip you for getting your kids involved in getting lost
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 | Backpacking Tips: Trail Tested Wisdom from FalconGuide Authors by Bill Schneider
Buy used from: $0.13 Backpacking is another great way to lose yourself. This little book (also by Falcon) is full of great info
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 | National Geographic TrailSmart Complete National Park Set
Wherever you're going, if you're going far, you're gonna want to have some decent maps. There are all kinds of maps available in this series
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 | Ultima Thule by Davis McCombs
Buy new: $32.00 / Used from: $1.66 I love tor ead stuff inspired by where I'm going or have been...read this if you're going to Mammoth Caves
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 | The Singing Wilderness (The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book Series) by Sigurd F. Olson
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.02 I haven't been to Quetico Provincial Park or Voyageurs National Park, but I sure want to go after reading this--a classic
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 | John Muir : Nature Writings: The Story of My Boyhood and Youth; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Mountains of California; Stickeen; Essays (Library of America) by John Muir
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $13.98 Its fun to read old-timey descriptions of places and then actually see them today
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 | Views from the Sleeping Bear: Photographs of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by Thomas Kachadurian
Buy used from: $9.49 I find it helps you plan a trip if you have a visual of what the guides are talking about
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 | Sixties Sandstorm: The Fight over Establishment of a Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 1961-1970 by Brian C. Kalt
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $8.75 It is also great to know some of an area's local history
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 | The Legend of Sleeping Bear Edition 1. (Legend (Sleeping Bear)) by Kathy-Jo Wargin
Buy used from: $1.53 Stories capture the imagination (especially in children--they have not yet grown as dull and ingrown as most adults) and gives meaning
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 | There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tales)
Buy used from: $0.01 There is nothing like a little travel humor to break up the bad parts of a long drive
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 | The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw by Patrick F. McManus
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.01 Speaking of humor...there is no better humorist of the outdoors than Mr. McManus
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 | Bear Aware, 2nd by Bill Schneider
Buy used from: $0.02 Speaking of Bears...Falcon puts out this great little awareness book. Get it!
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 | Hiking Olympic National Park (rev) by Erik Molvar
Buy used from: $1.98 Man...I would really like to go here someday...
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 | Hiking Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Hiking Guide Series) by Laurel Scheidt
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $6.30 ...here too...
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 | Lonely Planet Alaska by Jim Dufresne
Buy used from: $4.85 ...and here...
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 | Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks by Erik Molvar
Buy used from: $1.58 ...I would love to check this place out...
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 | 50 Hikes in South Florida: Walks, Hikes, and Backpacking Trips in the Southern Florida Peninsula, First Edition by Sandra Friend
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $10.50 ...its been a long time since I went to Florida...
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 | Passport to Your National Parks
Buy used from: $1.91 These little books are excellent!!!
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 | ESV Classic Reference Bible, Hardcover, Red Letter Text
Buy new: $17.81 / Used from: $7.94 Wherever I go one book and its Author will be with me. With Him...as far away from hone as we ever get, we will never be truly lost.
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