Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado, is one of the newest Parks in the nation, founded in 1999. It was originally created to protect the unique Black Canyon which is more sheer than any other having spots where the 2,600 foot tall canyon is deeper than it is wide. Visitor Rating (write your […]
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Cabrillo
Cabrillo National Monument lies on Point Loma near San Diego, California and protects several landmarks including the landing spot of Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo, an early lighthouse, World War II defenses, and an ecosystem of coastal tide pools. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Cabrillo […]
Death Valley
Death Valley, California, converted from a monument to a National Park in 1994, protects the lowest point in the US and the ecosystem surrounding one of the driest spots on Earth. At over 3,000,000 acres, Death Valley is also the largest National Park south of Alaska. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating […]
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada, is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) site which protects an expanse of unique red rocks and canyons in the mountains just west of Las Vegas. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Red Rock Canyon during an extended […]
Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, was established in 1964 and is home to thousands of red rock canyons,spires and arches twisted together into a bizarre landscape that is beautiful and yet otherworldly. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP Park Review In a Word. “Alien” “You answer us with […]
Arches
Arches National Park, Utah, established in 1971, is home to lots of arches! 2000+ as a matter of fact. Besides that, it’s got some phenomenal rock formations which will leave you thinking “this is unearthly!” Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP Park Review In a Word “Whimsical” “He […]
Colorado
Colorado NM, Colorado protects an amazing landscape of red rock canyons and giant red monuments near the Colorado River. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Colorado National Monument as part of a camping trip to western Colorado and southeastern Utah in June. Our Weather. Hot and […]
Congaree
Congaree Swamp, South Carolina, was designated a National Park in 2003 making it one of the Nation’s youngest parks. At only 22,000 acres, it is also one of the smallest. The park protects one of the few remaining old forest areas in the once vast eastern floodplain. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP […]
Great Sand Dunes
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, was authorized to become a National Park in 2000 to protect the highest sand dunes in North America. It took a few years for the National Park Service to purchase all the additional land covering the areas water sources, but the Dunes finally became a Park on September […]
Old Spanish Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail runs through six states, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah. The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management jointly protect sites of the Old Spanish Trail, a multi-branched trail which joined New Mexico and California via pack mule trains in the mid-1800s. Visitor Rating (write your own […]
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, at the corner of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, protects an area full of rich US history. George Washington chose this area as the location for a major US arsenal, Thomas Jefferson marveled at the beauty of the mountains rising from the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Meriwether Lewis […]
Dayton Aviation Heritage
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio, consists of several units around Dayton which are significant to three of Dayton’s most famous past residents, Orville and Wilbur Wright, inventors of the airplane, and Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first widely acclaimed African American authors. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review […]