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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Richmond

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia, consists of several units in and around Richmond, Virginia which protect the locations of key Civil War battles and defensive positions which protected the Confederate capitol of Richmond in two campaigns in 1862 and 1864. The park is also home to the historic Tredegar Iron Works, a civil war-era hospital […]