Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, was established in 1978 after decades of attempts to protect these beautiful lands from further incursion. The park is actually a patchwork of public and private lands including several state parks. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Weather. Mostly clear and upper 80s. […]
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Category: Natural Beauty
Channel Islands
Channel Islands National Park, California, encompasses five of the Channel Islands off the coast of California near Santa Barbara and the waters surrounding them. Some of these islands were overrun by non-native species and are being restored to their natural state while others stand as the last vestige of California as it used to be. […]
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans 2,180 miles across 14 states from Georgia to Maine. It is a “public footpath,” and was devised and built by private citizens between 1921 and 1937. It runs through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the eastern United States including two national parks, a couple of smaller national […]
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, Arizona, a National Park since 1919, is home to one of the best-known natural landmarks in the world. There is no way to adequately describe how seeing such a marvel for the first time literally takes your breath away. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP […]
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Organ Pipe Cactus
Organ Pipe Cactus NM in southwest Arizona protects the only area of the US where this unique species of cactus grows. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Arizona during October when I had an afternoon free during a trip to Tucson. […]