HAPPY NATIONAL PARKS WEEK!

Marion Pellicano Ambrose

This week is National Parks Week. We celebrate the gifts of nature in their full grandeur all over the 50 United States. It’s important to preserve these monuments to our past and hope for our future. Check out Our Amazing Planet’s choices for 8 must see National Parks. I think ANY National Park that you can possibly visit is a MUST SEE! Enjoy!

                       Sandstone Arches - Arches National Park, Utah

            Moonbow at Yosemite Falls - Yosemite National Park, California

Old Faithful Geyser - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Crater Lake - Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah

Glaciers - Glacier National Park, Montana

Redwood Trees - Redwood National Park, California

All photos courtesy of National Parks Service.

Here is a sample of some of the National Parks in several states. To find the parks in your state go to:

http://www.nps.gov/hfc/cfm/carto.cfm

National Parks in Florida

11 park sites were found in Florida.

• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Biscayne National Park
• Canaveral National Seashore
• Castillo de San Marcos NM
• De Soto National Memorial
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Fort Caroline National Memorial
• Fort Matanzas NM
• Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

National Parks in Maine

4 park sites were found in Maine.

• Acadia National Park
• Appalachian National Scenic Trail
• Roosevelt Campobello International Park (no map available)
• Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Parks in New York

26 park sites were found in New York.

• African Burial Ground
• Appalachian National Scenic Trail
• Castle Clinton NM (no map available)
• Eleanor Roosevelt NHS (no map available)
• Ellis Island
• Erie Canal
• Federal Hall National Memorial (no map available)
• Fire Island National Seashore
• Fort Stanwix NM
• Gateway National Rec Area
• General Grant National Memorial (no map available)
• Governors Island NM (no map available)
• Hamilton Grange National Memorial (no map available)
• Home of Franklin D Roosevelt NHS
• Manhattan Sites (no map available)
• Martin Van Buren NHS
• North Country National Scenic Trail (no map available)
• Sagamore Hill NHS
• Saint Paul's Church NHS (no map available)
• Saratoga NHP
• Statue of Liberty NM
• Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace NHS
• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS (no map available)
• Upper Delaware Scenic and Rec River
• Vanderbilt Mansion NHS
• Women's Rights NHP

National Parks in California

27 park sites were found in California.

• Cabrillo NM
• California National Historic Trail
• Channel Islands National Park
• Death Valley National Park
• Devils Postpile NM
• Eugene O'Neill NHS (no map available)
• Fort Point NHS
• Golden Gate National Rec Area
• John Muir NHS
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Lava Beds NM
• Manzanar NHS
• Mojave National Preserve
• Muir Woods NM
• Pinnacles NM
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Pony Express National Historic Trail
• Port Chicago
• Presidio of San Francisco
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front NHP (no map available)
• San Francisco Maritime NHP
• Santa Monica Mountains National Rec Area
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
• Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Rec Area
• Yosemite National Park

National Parks in Illinois

6 park sites were found in Illinois.

• Chicago Portage NHS (no map available)
• Illinois and Michigan Canal Natl Heritage Corridor (no map available)
• Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
• Lincoln Home NHS (no map available)
• Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (no map available

National Parks in Texas

13 park sites were found in Texas.

• Alibates Flint Quarries NM
• Amistad National Rec Area
• Big Bend National Park
• Big Thicket National Preserve
• Chamizal National Memorial
• Fort Davis NHS
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Lake Meredith National Rec Area
• Lyndon B Johnson NHP
• Padre Island National Seashore
• Palo Alto Battlefield NHS
• Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River (no map available)
• San Antonio Missions NHP

National Parks in Tennessee

12 park sites were found in Tennessee.

• Andrew Johnson NHS
• Appalachian National Scenic Trail
• Big South Fork National River and Rec Area
• Fort Donelson National Battlefield
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Obed Wild and Scenic River
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (no map available)
• Shiloh National Military Park
• Stones River National Battlefield
• Trail of Tears National Historic Trail (no map available)

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/national-park-park-amazing-structures-1394/