{"product_id":"state-park-pass-americas-best-idea-for-dog-lovers-paperback","title":"State Park Pass - America's Best idea For Dog Lovers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Gelbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational parks are America's best idea - state parks are a dog's best idea. National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparks may have been called \"America's best idea,\" but for dog lovers, they often\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efeel like the nation's biggest tease - epic trails and grand vistas, yet dogs are rests-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ericted to paved pull-outs and campgrounds in all but a handful of parks. Enter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estate parks: America's second best idea, and arguably the best idea of all for those\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho hike with four paws in tow. With hundreds of hidden waterfalls, forest loops, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseaside trails, and historic landscapes that welcome dogs as fellow adventurers, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estate parks offer an affordable, wide-open alternative to crowded national parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the promise of the State Park Pass-a roadmap to the trails, cabins, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equirky treasures where America's natural wonders aren't just admired from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eparking lot, but experienced side-by-side with your best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState parks are America's democratic idea - affordable, welcoming, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edog-friendly. They preserve local pride and natural beauty while inviting everyday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euse, from a Saturday morning hike to a week-long family vacation. The National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePark Service, created in 1916, saw its role as protecting landscapes and sites of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enational wonder. In the early days few qualified; even today there are only some\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efive dozen. Over the years another 400 or so national monuments, historic sites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand seashores have been placed with the park service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday there are thousands of state parks across 18 million acres - a patchwork\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equilt of lakes, beaches, forests, and historic sites with roughly one billion visits an-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enually - far surpassing the attendance at national parks. It all began with Niagara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalls in 1885. America's greatest natural attraction of the 19th century was be-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecoming tawdry with sideshow attractions and industrial development so New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreated the Niagara Falls State Reservation, the nation's first true state park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s there were still relatively few\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estate parks. Many states had no state park system at all and the parks that did exist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere largely undeveloped. Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorps (CCC) to put young men to work and between 1933 and 1942 more than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e700 parks were constructed in 40 states. Since the federal government was footing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe bill, these new natural playgrounds could easily have been absorbed into the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Park Service system. But the NPS wanted no part of running these \"pic-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enic parks.\" Washington's logic was: wonder and grandeur belong in the national\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystem; recreation belongs to the states.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd America's dogs have been wagging their tails ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePick a state. Now go build your next doggie dream vacation around state parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67836736209048,"sku":"9781935771791","price":31.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/TBdJ3cckWo9781935771791.webp?v=1793278343","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/state-park-pass-americas-best-idea-for-dog-lovers-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}