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Rocky Mountain National Park Map

The following content on Rocky Mountain National Park is licenced from National Geographic’s Guide to
National Parks of the United States
(9th Edition).

FOR AS LONG AS EARTH has been home to people and mountains, we’ve looked up with wonder at the grandeur of distant summits. The peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park offer fine examples of this sort of inspiration, with this exception: Here, wonder is replaced by immersion. Few places make it so easy to traverse a true alpine environment.

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Death Valley National Park Map

The following content on Death Valley National Park is licenced from National Geographic’s Guide to
National Parks of the United States
(9th Edition).

Hottest, Driest, Lowest, Largest . . . Death Valley dazzles, even intimidates, with superlatives. The largest national park in the Lower 48 has indeed recorded the world’s highest temperature (134° F), nets less than two inches of rain a year, and contains the lowest spot in North America. But those extremes can add up to fascination. Death Valley National Park is nothing short of spellbinding.

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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Map

The following content on Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is licenced from National Geographic’s Guide to
National Parks of the United States
(9th Edition).

THE LARGEST TREE ON EARTH (by volume). The highest mountain in the contiguous United States. One of the deepest canyons in North America. Some of the most remote wilderness in the Lower 48. It’s all about grand scale in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks—and yet these adjoining and jointly administered parks also offer a multitude of intimate natural treasures and experiences, both in the backcountry as well as closer to the heart of things.

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Lassen Volcanic National Park Map

The following content on Lassen Volcanic National Park is licenced from National Geographic’s Guide to
National Parks of the United States
(9th Edition).

ONE OF THE LEAST DISCOVERED PARKS in the western United States, Lassen Volcanic National Park is a real-world laboratory that shows how landscapes evolve over time following a major volcanic eruption. Boiling springs, mudflows, lava fields, and cinder cones reflect the park’s violent geologic legacy. But Lassen is much more than basalt and ash. The park also harbors numerous lakes and meadows, thickly forested areas, and a rich catalog of wildlife.

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Joshua Tree National Park Map

The following content on Joshua Tree National Park is licenced from National Geographic’s Guide to
National Parks of the United States
(9th Edition).

THE SIGNATURE SHAGGY TREE with the upturned branches accounts for the park’s name, but the enduring appeal of Joshua Tree National Park derives from its wide-open desert spaces spiced with arid mountain ranges and fantastic boulder formations. The presence of two desert ecosystems —the Mojave and the Colorado—permeated with echoes of tough old desert prospectors, add to the park’s fascinations.

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