This booklet may help your understanding and appreciation of Rocky Mountain National Park, but in its limited pages only a superficial treatment can be given. The following publications—nearly all of them available for reference or purchase at the park museum information office or Fall River Pass exhibit room—have been found helpful sources of more detailed interpretation of the story of this park. Birds - Niedrach, Robert J., and Robert B. Rockwell, Birds of Denver and Mountain Parks. Denver Museum of Natural History, 1959.
- Peterson, Roger Tory, Field Guide to Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1941.
Plants - Clements, Edith S., Flowers of Mountain and Plain. H. W. Wilson Co., New York, 1926 (3d edition).
- More, Robert W., Colorado Evergreens. Denver Museum of Natural History, 1949.
- Guide to the conifers, with photographic illustrations.
- Nelson, Ruth Ashton, Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1953.
- The basic reference on the wildflowers of the region.
- Pesman, M. Walter, Meet the Natives. Cooperative Printing Co., Denver, rev. ed., 1960.
- A guide to the flora of the region, with a color-key arrangement; useful anywhere in Colorado.
- Preston, Richard, North American Trees. Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa, 1948.
- An illustrated guide to all species of trees of North America.
- Roberts, Harold and Rhoda, Common Wildflowers of Colorado. Museum Pictorial No. 8, Denver Museum of Natural History, 1959.
- Roberts, Rhoda, and Ruth Nelson, Mountain Wildflowers of Colorado. Museum Pictorial No. 13, Denver Museum of Natural History, 1957.
- Fifty common mountain wildflowers described and illustrated.
Fishes - Beckman, William C., Guide to the Fishes of Colorado. Leaflet No. 11, Univ. of Colorado Museum, Boulder, 1952.
Geology - Pearl, Richard M., Nature as a Sculptor. Denver Museum of Natural History, 1956.
- A geological interpretation of western scenery, chiefly Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Nature Association, Glaciers of Rocky Mountain National Park. Published in cooperation with National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1959.
- Glacier story of Rocky Mountain National Park, past and present.
- U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Mountain Area Map. 1955.
- Covers most of Colorado’s Front Range and explains its geology.
- Wegemann, Carroll, A Guide to the Geology of Rocky Mountain National Park. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1955.
- Helpful road logs and the general geologic story of the park.
Mammals - Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider, Field Guide to the Mammals. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1956.
- A manual for the identification of all mammals north of Mexico.
- Rodeck, Hugo G., Guide to the Mammals of Colorado. University of Colorado, Boulder.
Mountain Climbing and Hiking - Henderson, Kenneth, Handbook of American Mountaineering. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1942.
- A pocket-size book, almost encyclopedic in scope, giving detailed information on mountain climbing and life on the trail.
- Nesbit, Paul, Longs Peak, Its Story and a Climbing Guide. Published by Paul W. Nesbit, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1959.
- Ormes, Robert M., Guide to the Colorado Mountains. Sage Books, Denver, 3d revised edition, 1955.
Parks in General - Butcher, Devereux, Exploring Our National Parks and Monuments. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 4th edition, 1954.
- In cloth or paper covers; illustrated; gives succinct information on all our parks with natural-history backgrounds.
- Shankland, Robert, Steve Mather of the National Parks. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1955.
- The evolution of the National Park System and the life of the first director of the National Park Service.
- Story, Isabelle, National Park Story in Pictures. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1957.
- Tilden, Freeman, The National Parks: What They Mean to You and Me. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1955.
- Factual material on the parks, their significance, origins, and characteristics.
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