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 […]
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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 […]
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina, commemorates the location of man’s first flight in a heavier-than-air machine by Orville and Wilbur Wright in December 1903. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Wright Brothers NMem, North Carolina, in April via a 1/2 day driving excursion while […]
Pinnacles
Pinnacles National Park, California, is located just east of US 101 about 70 miles southeast of San Jose, CA. It is home to large formations of ancient volcanic spires in a very out-of-place setting among the rolling golden hills of central California. While it’s one of the oldest National Park lands, having been declared a […]
Redwood
Redwood National Park, California, was actually a latecomer to this area. Founded October 2nd, 1968, it joined three California State Parks in protecting some key groves of redwood trees, the tallest in the world, that grow only along a narrow strip of the California and Oregon coasts. Today, the area is jointly managed by the […]
DeSoto
DeSoto National Memorial, Florida, commemorates the spot Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto landed in 1539 and began his ill-fated search for gold and treasures. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Overall Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited DeSoto during May as part of a trip to see family in the Tampa, […]
Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, was founded in 1972 to preserve the surprisingly diverse wilderness of the southern Guadalupe Mountains, a range created from an enormous fossilized reef rising up from the Chihuahuan Desert. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP Park Review In a Word. “Unexpected” “He […]
Sequoia and Kings Canyon
Sequoia National Park, the second oldest Park next to Yellowstone, was established in 1890 to protect the Giant Sequoia tree species found only in this area of the world. The Giant Sequoia is the largest of all living organisms, but their existence was threatened by logging before the Park was created. Kings Canyon National Park, […]
Walnut Canyon
Walnut Canyon, National Monument, Arizona, is home to a unique set of ancient Sinagua Indian ruins tucked into a scenic canyon 10 miles East of Flagstaff on I-40. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Walnut Canyon on the way to Petrified Forest NP in March […]
Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, which lays across the mountainous border between Tennessee and North Carolina, was established in 1934 to protect some of the densest “old-growth” deciduous forest in the world. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Scenery Uniqueness Wildlife Diversity ILNP Park Review In a Word. “Refreshing” “How lovely […]
Tuzigoot
Tuzigoot NM protects a well-preserved ancient Sinagua Indian ruin on a hillside near Cottonwood, Arizona on US Alt 89. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. We visited Tuzigoot as part of our 8-Park Southwest tour in March. In one day, we were able to see three ruins […]