Tag: “Trees”

9 places found.

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   Sequoia National Park

   Sequoia National Park is older but less crowded than nearby sibling Yosemite. The highlight of the park are the ancient giant sequoias, including the magnificent General Sherman and General Grant trees.

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   Armstrong Redwoods State Park

   A home to one of the largest groves of old growth redwoods, Armstrong's Grove is an incredible forest of some of the worlds largest trees. The grove has lots of trails and good picnicking areas.

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   Sawback Prescribed Burn

   Along a five kilometer section on the Bow Valley Parkway a prescribed burn, started by Parks Canada in 1993, can be seen.

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   Lewis Creek

   Lewis Creek, is a small trail, that is outside of Fish Camp, near Yosemite National Park, California. It's filled w/wildlife, water filled creek (when its Late Winter or Early Spring), tall pine trees, and possible-- Red Woods; and its a nice trail to take a stroll around to appreciate nature.
   
   In some conditions, its really necessary to wear snowblind sun glasses to prevent getting snow blind, boots, since the snow can reach upto 6' deep.
   
   It's off of Highway 41 North towards Yosemite, and have to go past Sierra Sky Ranch, which is about 2-5 miles from there, and you have to look closely for small signs that reads Lewis Creek ;)

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   Fog City Diner

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   Banff National Park

   Canada's oldest national park, Banff National Park was established in 1885. A jewel in the Canadian Rockies 120 kilometers (80 miles) west of Calgary, Alberta.

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   El Dorado Park -- Nature Center

   El Dorado Park, and El Dorado Park Nature Center is a place where family can go picnicking, or a couple, or just friends who wants to gather and meet up, to set a stroll around in the park or the Nature Center (wild life sanctuary).
   
   It has various species in the Nature Center, ranging from Great Egrets, Coyotes, Owls, Rabbits, Squirrels, to Monarch Butterflies if seeing them in the right season.
   
   Sometimes if the day is just right, the right brisk of ice-cold weather, you can see some residue on the wild flowers. Somedays the man made lake, and stream you'll be able to see the purest stillness in the water, to create mirror-like scenery.

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   Apple Hill

   Apple Hill, located off Highway 50 between Placerville and Lake Tahoe, is best known for the many apple vendors and beautiful scenery. There are wineries with tasting rooms, micro-breweries with tasting rooms, fruit vendors, and Christmas tree farms.

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   King and Queen Seat

   Rocks State Park is located in Jarrettsville, MD and there are great natural, dense wooded hiking trails, a wonderful waterfall, and a 190-foot rock outcrop called The King and Queen Seat. The movie 'Tuck Everlasting' was filmed in this park and features all of the aforementioned attributes to the area.
   
   The waterfall (Kilgore Falls) in the Falling Branch section of the park is Maryland's second highest vertical drop waterfall.