Celebrating completing the Silver State!
Great Basin NP, Lake Mead NRA and Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM are above. 1/2 of Lake Mead NRA is in Arizona, but I spent more time kayaking on the Nevada side and hiking near Spirit Mountain. A small piece of Death Valley NP extends into Nevada, and sections of the California, Old Spanish and Pony Express NHTs cross the state. Great Basin NHA extends into Utah around Topaz. Enjoy!
Celebrating completing the Beaver State!
Crater Lake NP, John Day Fossil Beds NM, Lewis & Clark NHP, and Oregon Caves NMP are all above. Parts of the Nez Perce NHP and sections of the Ice Age Floods NGT, Lewis & Clark NHT and the California & Oregon NHTs are in Washington too. The view from Cascade Head biosphere is below.
Celebrating completing the Evergreen State!
Ebey’s Landing NHR, Fort Vancouver NHS, Klondike Gold Rush NHP, Lake Chelan NRA, Lake Roosevelt NRA, Mount Rainier NP, North Cascades NP, Olympic NP, Ross Lake NRA, San Juan Island NHP and Whitman Mission NHS are all above. Affiliate Wing Luke Museum is in Seattle, which is part of both the Mountains to Sound Greenway NHA and the Maritime Washington NHA. Parts of the Lewis & Clark, Nez Perce and Manhattan Project NHPs and sections of the Ice Age Floods NGT, Lewis & Clark NHT and Oregon NHT are in Washington too.
Celebrating completing the Gem State!
City of Rocks NR, Craters of the Moon NMP, Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, Minidoka, and Nez Perce NHP are all pictured above. A piece of Yellowstone is in Idaho, plus the Ice Age Floods NGT, California & Oregon NHTs, and the Lewis & Clark NHT.
Celebrating completing the Peace Garden State!
All three units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Fort Union Trading Post and Knife River Indian Villages, plus the affiliated International Peace Garden are above.
[Sorry for not following the alternate Saturdays posting schedule this week, but Rhode Island is such a small state that it slipped through my rigorous editing process. Enjoy the bonus state photo summary!]
The three parks above—Blackstone River Valley, Roger Williams and Touro Synagogue—are all in the Ocean State, as is part of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route. The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor extends from Providence to Worcester in Massachusetts, and includes Slater’s Mill (pictured) in Pawtucket.
Connecticut has only one park, the lovely Weir Farm NHP above. Coltsville NHP is in the process of becoming a park, and three trails pass through, Appalachian, New England and Washington-Rochambeau. Connecticut also shares the Last Green Valley NHC and the Upper Housatonic Valley NHA with Massachusetts.
The Buckeye State has an outstanding national park, Cuyahoga Valley, three presidential sites—First Ladies, Garfield, and Taft—plus Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers, Dayton Aviation, Hopewell Culture and Perry’s Victory, below. Parts of the North Country and Lewis & Clark trails are in the state, along with affiliate Fallen Timbers & Fort Miamis.
The Hoosier State has a national park, Indiana Dunes, a historic park, Clark, and a national memorial, Lincoln Boyhood, all below, plus the Lewis & Clark NHT runs along the state’s southern edge.
The Prairie State is home to 2 new parks, New Philadelphia NHS and Springfield 1908 Race Riot NM, as well as Pullman NHP and Lincoln Home NHS, all shown above. Part of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley NM is in Illinois, though public access to the church is limited. Several national trails also pass through the southern tip of the state, including Lewis & Clark, Mormon Pioneer, and the Trail of Tears. There are also NPS related sites, Bronzeville NHA, Chicago Portage and the IL & MI Canal NHA, as well as—below—the WHS Cahokia Mounds and three Frank Lloyd Wright designs: Oak Park, Robie and Unity Temple. Enjoy!
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