My Travel Book
Sightseeing
Mostly Natural Areas, Parks & Wildlife/Recreation
Volcano
Active Volcano in Pacific Ocean
North Pole
Not the real North Pole!
Everglades
Not a swamp, but a very wide shallow "river of grass"
Death Valley
Low, Dry & Hot
Yellowstone Caldera
Supervolcano . . . hmmmm?
Mammoth Cave
Guided spelunking by lantern light
Scenic Drive through Redwood Forest,-put the top down and try to keep your eyes on the road :-)
93 locals recommend
Redwood National and State Parks
Scenic Drive through Redwood Forest,-put the top down and try to keep your eyes on the road :-)
Sunbeam Hot Springs
Roadside Hot Springs along the Salmon River
WARNING: Flood Danger! Be sure to check the Weather Forcast before hiking in the slots. Also it is best to stick to the easy trails so you can get back safely (Rule #1: NEVER go Down if not sure you can get back Up, because it is possible to get trapped,-Unable to Continue Forward or Go Back!)
There is a really cool crack in the rocks near Temple Mountain Campground. Search GCFE7E_fat-mans-misery for Coordinates and Directions.
Goblin Valley
WARNING: Flood Danger! Be sure to check the Weather Forcast before hiking in the slots. Also it is best to stick to the easy trails so you can get back safely (Rule #1: NEVER go Down if not sure you can get back Up, because it is possible to get trapped,-Unable to Continue Forward or Go Back!)
There is a really cool crack in the rocks near Temple Mountain Campground. Search GCFE7E_fat-mans-misery for Coordinates and Directions.
International Peace Garden
10939 Highway 281
New Orleans
Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
3759 McCreary's Ridge Rd
Olympic Peninsula
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Grand Canyon
Four Corners Monument
597 NM-597Chaco Canyon
Navajo Service Route 14
Mesa Verde National Park
Hovenweep National Monument
Rocky Mountains
From National Park in CO to Northern Peaks, hard to miss really!
Devils Tower
Badlands National Park
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Lake Itasca
Humble beginning of the mighty Mississippi River
Erie Canal
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-TunnelThis is a Toll Bridge!
Green Swamp
The Green Swamp will Eat You Alive! If you are a fly.
Hatteras
The park address is 100 National Park Road, Hopkins, SC
From Charleston - Take Interstate 26, Exit 145B. Take U.S. Highway 601 North to SC 48 (Bluff Road) to South Cedar Creek Road then right on Old Bluff Road to the park entrance.
From Interstate 77 (Exit 5) turn onto SC Hwy 48 East/Bluff Road, then take a slight right onto Old Bluff Road to park entrance.
Congaree River
The park address is 100 National Park Road, Hopkins, SC
From Charleston - Take Interstate 26, Exit 145B. Take U.S. Highway 601 North to SC 48 (Bluff Road) to South Cedar Creek Road then right on Old Bluff Road to the park entrance.
From Interstate 77 (Exit 5) turn onto SC Hwy 48 East/Bluff Road, then take a slight right onto Old Bluff Road to park entrance.
Blue Ridge Mountains
Luray Caverns
101 Cave Hill Rd
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Clara Barton National Historic Site
5801 Oxford Rd
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Rd
Washington Monument State Park
6620 Zittlestown RdThe Other Washington Momument
Allegheny Portage Railroad & Incline Trail
Allegheny Portage Railroad & Incline Trail
Niagara Falls
Historic Route 66 California Gateway
National Old Trails Road
Mojave Desert
Joshua Tree National Park
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
200 Palm Canyon Dr
Salton Sea
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
10 Organ Pipe DrLondon Bridge, Light Houses & Spring Breakers! Just about everyone and everything here is from away.
60 locals recommend
London Bridge
London BridgeLondon Bridge, Light Houses & Spring Breakers! Just about everyone and everything here is from away.
Oops, this PIN Is NOT located anywhere near the National Park. . . It is located near Baker, NV (by the Utah Boarder).
Great Basin
Oops, this PIN Is NOT located anywhere near the National Park. . . It is located near Baker, NV (by the Utah Boarder).
Pony Express Trail
Pony Express Trail
Crater Lake
Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve
21000 Caves Hwy
Lava Beds National Monument Road
Lava Beds National Monument RoadBy far the best lava cave experience I have found.
Yosemite Valley
Pinnacles National Park
Cabrillo National Monument Visitor Center
1800 Cabrillo Memorial Dr
Canaveral National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Padre Island
Big Thicket
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
400 Rapides DrHot Springs National Park
Geographic Center of the Nation Monument
415 5th Ave
Fantastic Caverns
4872 N Farm Rd 125Unique Jeep-Tram ride through caves
Extensive Trail System with many sights to see. . . .
444 mi from Natchez, MS to just before Nashville, TN
Natchez Trace Parkway
Natchez Trace ParkwayExtensive Trail System with many sights to see. . . .
444 mi from Natchez, MS to just before Nashville, TN
Gateway Arch Trail
Gateway Arch TrailTake a ride to the top
Effigy Mounds National Monument
151 IA-76
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home and National Museum
3027 E S St
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
2995 Lincoln Farm RdThe Other Lincoln Memorial
Historic Route 66
Historic Route 66 Trail
Sand Dunes Drive
Sand Dunes Drive
Weir Farm National Historic Site
735 Nod Hill Rd
Roger Williams National Memorial
282 N Main St
Cape Cod National Seashore
99 Marconi Site Road
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
69 Elm St
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
139 St Gaudens RdCadillac Summit Road requires a reservation from May 26 through October 19 **Tickets cost is $6 and must be purcchased online at Recreation.gov)
585 locals recommend
Acadia National Park
Cadillac Summit Road requires a reservation from May 26 through October 19 **Tickets cost is $6 and must be purcchased online at Recreation.gov)
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument access
Swift Brook Road1604/05 winter encampment of the French expedition led by Pierre Dugua to establish a "settlement" trading post. Relocated to Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1605 (two years before the settlement of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia by the English and ~100 years after settlement in what is now the Southern US by the Spanish).
Declared a National Monument in 1949. Redesignated an International Historic Site in 1984.
The mainland visitors site is located in Red Beach, 8 miles south of Calais.
Saint Croix Island
1604/05 winter encampment of the French expedition led by Pierre Dugua to establish a "settlement" trading post. Relocated to Port Royal, Nova Scotia in 1605 (two years before the settlement of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia by the English and ~100 years after settlement in what is now the Southern US by the Spanish).
Declared a National Monument in 1949. Redesignated an International Historic Site in 1984.
The mainland visitors site is located in Red Beach, 8 miles south of Calais.