Burlington Public Library
  22 Sears Street
  Burlington, MA  01803



Travel Sources

Sources to help you plan a safe and happy trip

 

Web Sites
National Park Service
National Park Service site

MassParks
Massachusetts state parks and recreation areas

Woodalls
Online listing of campsites for tenting or RV camping

Fodors.com and Frommers.com
These publishers of travel guides offer all sorts of travel tips

The Librarians' Index to the Internet
This site will lead you to a host of sites selected by librarians such as:

BedandBreakfast.com
Budgethotels.com
FreeCampgrounds.com
Hostels.com
Single Parent Travel Network
Vacationspot.com

ShawGuides
A guide to "Learning Vacations"

TravelChums
A travel-companion matching site for those who would rather not travel alone

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Travelers' Health
National Centers for Disease Control site focusing on travelers' health

Magazines

Current copy for use in library. Back issues may be borrowed.

Conde Nast Travel

Down East

National Geographic Traveler

Travel Holiday

Yankee Magazine

 

Books

 
In addition to standard travel books such as Fodor's, Frommer's, and the Mobil Travel Guides, the library also has:

Berman, Eleanor (2003) Traveling solo [910.202 BER]

Davey, Steve (2004) Unforgettable places to see before you die [910.202 DAV]

Discover America : a comprehensive travel guide to our country's greatest destinations [917.3 DIS]

Ehringer, Gavin (2004) 100 best ranch vacations in North America [917 EHR]

Elwell, Brenda (2003) The single parent travel handbook [910.24 ELW]

Ferguson, La Verne (2003) Europe by Eurail 2003 [914.04 FER]

Forsyth, David (2003) Globetrotting pets : an international travel guide [636.088 FOR]

Glassman-Jaffe, Marcia (2005) Fun with the family in Massachusetts; hundreds of ideas for day trips with the kids [917.33 GLA]

Golden, Fran W. (2003) Alaska cruises and ports of call [917.9804 GOL]

Ocko, Stephanie (2003) Spiritual adventures: a traveler's guide to extraordinary vacations [910.4 OCK]

Peterson's summer opportunities for kids and teenagers [796.543 PET 2003], [REF 796.54 PET 2005]

Weatheritt, Les (2004) Caribbean passagemaking : a cruiser's guide [917.29 WEA]

Where to weekend around Boston (2004) [917.4 WHE]

Where to weekend around Washington, D.C. (2004) [917.53 WHE]

Wiley, Kim (2005) Walt Disney World and Orlando with kids [917.5924 WIL]
 

Browse the shelves

 
As a general rule, Description and Travel books are grouped together in the 900 section of the Dewey Decimal System. For example:

910 - General travel titles
914 - Travel guides to Europe
917 - Guides to North America
917.1 - Canada
917.2 - Mexico
917.29 - the Caribbean
917.4 - New England
917.44 - Boston
917.59 - Disney World
917.9 - California

Browse also in these areas:

796.51 Hiking
796.54 - Camping
796.6 - Bicycling
793 - Games for travelers

 

Video and DVD

 
A wide selection of travel guides are available to both video and DVD format in our film collection on the first floor.
 

Language Instruction

 
Need to pick up a few phrases before traveling overseas? An extensive collection of language-learning materials (on cassette, CD, or video) are shelved in a special section on the second floor.

This page updated June, 2005