Tag: “National Refuge”

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  1. Sequoia National Forest

    Sequoia National Forest is located south of the eponymous national park, and is a worthy detour if you're traveling north from LA. The forest features plenty of trails and campgrounds - and if you're in a sports car, Highway 190 is a fantastic drive.

  2. Periyar Tiger Reserve

  3. Glacier Bay National Park

    The scenic route through the fabled Inside Passage to Alaska leads to Glacier Bay National Park. Here you'll find a spectacular, unspoiled labyrinth of deep fjords and dramatic glaciers plunging into the ocean, ringed by snow-capped peaks reaching to 15,000 feet -- the highest coastal mountains in the world.
    The nearest highway is hundreds of miles away; a cruise ship is the easiest way to see this unspolit wonderland.

  4. Galápagos

    The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands located about 600 miles off west of Ecuador. They are known throughout the world as the home to Darwin's finches and the famed Galápagos tortoises, as well as being called The Enchanted Islands as a result of their strong and unpredictable currents.

    Owned by Ecuador, 90% of the Galápagos Islands were established as a National Park in 1959.

  5. Badlands, SD

    Badlands National Park, South Dakota:

    For centuries humans have viewed South Dakota's celebrated Badlands with a mix of dread and fascination. The Lakota knew the place as "mako sica".

  6. Zion National Park

    A variety of canyons, and fields, nature, and pure beauty.

  7. Chaco National Park

    Chaco Canyon was a major center of Puebloan culture between AD 850 and 1250.

  8. Canyon de Chelly National Monument

    Canyon de Chelly is a National monument that is within the Navajo Nation and is in partnership with the National Park Service. Most of the land is off limits unless you are with a park ranger, or a Navajo guide, but you can see plenty from the ridge road that runs along it.

  9. Isalo National Park

  10. Huerquehue National Park