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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lake Mead
Lake Mead is the largest man-made lake in the US. The National Recreation Area is home to not only the lake but also thousands of acres to explore and the massive Hoover Dam, once the largest concrete dam in the world. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. […]
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. […]
Florissant Fossil Beds
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument’s claim to fame is its large collection of plant and insect fossils and gigantic petrified redwood stumps in central Colorado. In addition to the petrified inhabitants, the monument is also home to a wide variety of wildflowers and a Colorado homestead preserved from the 1870s. The monument is located off […]
War in the Pacific
War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam, protects portions of important and bloody battlefields where the US Marines landed and retook Guam from the Japanese during WWII. Beyond the Guam campaign, the park was established to “commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of those participating in the campaigns of the Pacific Theater of World War […]
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 […]