Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia, protects birthplace and boyhood home of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates the history of the civil rights movement in the US. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Overall Rating ILNP Park Review “I have a dream that one […]
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Author: Dan Bourque
National Parks in Winter
For most of us National Park fans who live where there are seasons, winter is a time to stay inside and plan trips for next summer. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of people visit the parks in summer, but winter can actually be a great time to experience a National Park. Of course, there are […]
Review – America’s National Parks Owner’
Good Info at the Right Price (Free) The National Parks Foundation, the charitable partner of the National Parks Service, provides many great services, one of which is the 75-page America’s National Parks Owner’s Guide. This booklet, available in electronic form from the NPF website, is a useful resource to learn a little about a lot […]
Review – Ken Burns The National Parks –
Informative and Inspirational Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has hit another home run with his latest film, “The National Parks – America’s Best Idea.” The 12-hour, 6-part series explores the human side of the history of America’s National Parks from the first land set aside at Yosemite to the current day in a compelling and […]
Saguaro
Saguaro National Park, Arizona, founded in 1994, protects a piece of the Sonoran Desert, the only place in the world where the Saguaro (pronounced Suh-WAR-oh) cactus grows naturally. The Park is divided in two, east and west, flanking the city of Tucson. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity […]
Chiricahua
Chiricahua protects the amazing array of vertical rock formations formed by ancient volcanic activity and eons of erosion in southeast Arizona. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit I visited Chiricahua during October when I had an afternoon free during a trip to Tucson. Our Weather Clear with […]
Colonial
Colonial National Historical Park is really two separate parks which commemorate historic areas of early US history. Jamestown National Historic Site protects he location of the first permanent settlement in America while Yorktown Battlefield protects the location of the last major military action of the American Revolution. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP […]
You can run from the tornado, but you’ll
Shenandoah NP, Virginia We all have those moments in life when we see clearly what we SHOULD do in our brain, but we choose to ignore it. Well, one evening, I nearly let “National Park Fever” kill me. I was on a trip to Washington, D.C., and I decided to take the short drive out […]
National Mall
The National Mall, occupying the site of the “grand avenue” in L’Enfant’s original design for the U.S. capitol and placed under NPS management in 1965, is home to several key monuments and memorials including the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, National WWII Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. […]
Shenandoah
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, protects a long, narrow strip of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Unlike most parks, Shenandoah’s land was mostly settled, and a significant portion of it was deforested before the state of Virginia began to piece the park together. The park was established in December 1935, and since then, most of the forest […]
Manassas
Manassas NBP, established in 1940, protects the site of two major Civil War battles near Washington D.C. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Manassas NBP one evening in June while on a business trip to the D.C. area. Our Weather. Warm (low 80s) with isolated […]
Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, the first “National Seashore,” protects the beaches, dunes, wetlands and wildlife that comprise three major islands of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I took a brief driving excursion into Cape Hatteras after visiting the nearby Wright […]