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WITH THE WORDS “I shall never forget the feeling of aweness it gave me” pioneer Carlsbad Caverns explorer Jim White recalled the time around 1898 when he first saw the newly discovered cave by the flickering light of a kerosene lantern. Carlsbad Caverns National Park continues to awe.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area map delivers unmatched detail and helpful information for paddlers, anglers, hikers, and other adventurers looking to explore the 70,000-acre park.
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BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON sprawls Cuyahoga Valley National Park. A park between two cities? Yes, one with a vast array of pleasures. In what other park can you ride a scenic railroad, stop at a roadside farm to buy fresh-picked blueberries, watch a glassblower create a decorative bowl, jog alongside a 19th-century canal, and hear a concert by one of the nation’s finest symphony orchestras?
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THE ONLY NATIONAL PARK entirely south of the Equator and one that the U.S. government leases rather than owns, the National Park of American Samoa is a South Pacific Polynesian paradise. The small archipelago boasts deep blue waters, coral reefs teeming with fish, secluded beaches, and what just might be the most pristine air in the world.
The Chugach National Forest in south-central Alaska offers you a breathtaking landscape. Over half a million visitors visit Chugach National Forest every year.
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IN THE HEART OF THE ARCTIC, Kobuk Valley National Park is one of the least visited parks in the system, seeing maybe 15,000 travelers a year. There are neither roads nor entrance gates here. Nearly all is wild. What people miss by passing it by, though, are 100-foot-tall sand dunes, some of the oldest evidence of human settlement in North America, and the chance to experience a quarter-million caribou on the move.
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IF WE IMAGINE what mountains should look like, these are the ones. Snowcapped crags sharpened by glaciers rise abruptly above the sage-covered plain of Grand Teton National Park. A chain of alpine lakes filled with trout sparkles at their feet, while the Snake River winds smooth and fast through tree-lined channels. A gentler range stands to the east; together with the Tetons it encloses the valley called Jackson Hole.
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ONLY ONE OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS is named for a person, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a most fitting honor. President Theodore Roosevelt is arguably the most influential conservationist in American history. It was his experience in North Dakota—a place with “a desolate, grim beauty of its own, that has a curious fascination for me”—that set him on the path that would see him establish five national parks, 18 national monuments, and scores of wildlife reserves and national forests.
White Mountain National Forest Map is the perfect companion for anyone planning a trip to the stunning White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area map delivers unmatched detail and valuable information to assist you in exploring this land of contrasts.
