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National Parks Service -- U.S. Parks
Features information on U.S. parks, phone numbers, maps and campground information.

TrailWorks
How-to advice for hikers and rafters, as well as park and forest information and maps.

GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
This extensive site provides worldwide outdoor destinations features and information on trails, scenic drives, wilderness areas -- even archaeology sites. Activities categories include biking, horseback riding, adventure cruises and more.

Great Outdoors
Adventure resource for climbers, cyclers, fly fishing enthusiasts and more. News, features and tips.

How to Use a Compass
Tutorial on just that.

History of the Compass
Be a hiker and a scholar: About.com tells the story of the inventors behind the indispensable gadget.

Park Search
From bird watching to biking, this easy-to-use service from L.L. Bean allows you to search North America's parks and forests by region, state, name, activity or service.

Riversearch.com
Profiles of more than 53 rivers in 10 countries, as well as links to selected whitewater outfitters.

Terraquest
Virtual expeditions to different regions of the world.

Mungo Park
Explore the archives of the now-defunct Interactive expeditions site from Microsoft.

21st Century Adventures 'Ezine
Attractive site geared to the adventurous. Photo essays, quizzes and virtual essays enhanced with Real Audio.

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