Denali National Park and Preserve

Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Alaska. It is home to the content's highest peak, Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet. This vertical rock wall of ice would be a challenge to any climber. Mount Foraker at 17,400 feet would also bring great excitement to those who climb it.

Grizzly Bear.

Don't be surprised if you see both black bears and grizzly bears while on your trip. They are very commonly found all over the grounds of Denali.

Dog Sledding.

At Denali it is extremely hard to predict the weather because it changes so often. In one day you could experence sun, wind, rain, and clouds. That is why it is very important to bring plenty of layers of clothing. It is so unpredictable that at times there is even snow in July.

Moose found on the grounds.

Denali is full of so many activities that it imposible to become bored, you could be occupied for months!

Some of the activities that Denali offers are as follows.

- Day Hiking

- Backpacking

- Camping

- Fishing

- Mountaineering

- Photography

- Cross Country Skiing

- Dog Mushing

- Snowshoeing
- Winter Camping

- Winterfest

White Water Rafting.

Everglades National Park

The Everglades National Park, located in Florida, is the third largest national park in the United States.

It covers an area of 1.5 million acres or around 2,400 square miles. It is open year round. There are many different types of activities for people of all ages to do. They include hiking trails, canoe and kayak trails, fishing, boating, camping, and ranger guided activities. There are also a variety of tours, such as wildlife tours by boat, on many different trails throughout the park.

On a monthly basis, there is an Art Exhibit held at the main entrance to the Park.

History: Due to the harmuful effects of drudging and draining in the area of the Everglades, a man named Ernest Coe decided he wanted to stop it by creating the area into a national park. In 1934, he convinced Congress to designate the Everglades as a national park. It took another 13 years to aquire the land and secure funding for it.

Weather: The weather consists of two main seasons: the busy, dry season and the slow, wet season.

Fees: You can either buy a 7-day pass for $10 or a 1-year pass with unlimited visits for $25.

So if you want lots of fun for a low cost, then go to Everglades National Park.

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Arizona

Map

The Grand Canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It has most viewers in awe at first view. This breathtaking beauty is 1,904 square miles long. Even though it's not the biggest or deepest canyon in the world, it is known for its detailed landscape and colors, as well as the exquisite and well preserved display of erosion layering. It was created from centuries of not only erosion, but also by the carving from the Colorado river, which also allows for boat tours. From some parts, it is one mile in depth, and is about the size of Delaware.

Cliff View

Some of the everyday activities at the park are:

• helicopter tours
• biking/hiking
• horse back riding
• donkey back riding
• hunting
• paintball
• boating/rafting
• star gazing

Deer Creek Falls

The Grand Canyon is one of the oldest national parks in America. Its two main entrances are the North and South Rim. South Rim has more popular hiking trails, because they are flatter and have a good view. The rugged North Rim is preferred by the more adventurous hiker. Anyone who has hiked any North Rim trails would recommend that you take plenty of water, snacks, and brakes.

Aerial View

Natives have been living in the canyon for 4,000 years. Evidence of small "split twig figures are among the oldest of the finds. The first Natives were called the Hopi, and also believed that spirits lived in the canyon.

Sky Walk (built in 2007)

There are many picturesque viewpoints, but none so daring as the sky walk. This area allows visitors to look directly down on the canyon, being that it has a durable glass flooring, about 2 inches thick. It is so high up that it is taller than the world's tallest skyscrapers. The maximum capacity is 800 people, but only up to 200 are are actually let on at once. The wall of glass around the side is thought of as a "safety guard" for intimidated visitors.

Visit the Grand Canyon National Park!

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is located in Montana. It's about 1,600 square feet with elevations that can go up to 3,150-10,466 feet. About 2 million people visit each year. While there you can go,
-camping
-horseback riding
-fishing
-bicycling
-cross country skiing
-hiking



Camping at Bowman Lake.

In 1910, President Taft signed a bill establishing glacier as the country's 10th National Park. Scientists predict, that by the year 2020, all the glaciers will be gone due to global warming. In 1850, about 150 glaciers were within the park. In the early 2000's the park officials had reported that only 35 glaciers remained. The largest glaciers are Grinnell and Blackfoot.

Fire is an essential to Glacier's ecosystem, it maintains a natural balance and reduces the build-up of the dead fall and organic matter in the park. In the year 2003, about 144,000 acres of land burned because of the multiple wildfires.

Wildfire in Glacier National Park

In the park there are many variations of wild life. Some animals live in a certain part of the park. For example, elk live in the prairies on the east side of the park. Snow-white mountain goats live on the steepest of slopes along the Continental Divide and golden-mantled ground squirrels live in the alpine meadows at Logan Pass. The grizzly bear population in Glacier is one of the largest remaining in the lower 48 states.

Glacier Park Grizzly Bear

Glacier park is one of the oldest, tallest, biggest national park, and has one of the greatest sceneries on Earth. Glacier Park has about 250 lakes. The largest lake is Lake McDonald with a length of 10 miles. The smallest lake is Swiftcurrent Lake, and is most famous for it's great beauty. The most beautiful is St. Mary Lake because it is surrounded by mountains. The best time to visit is from May to October.

The Weeping Wall

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is located in east central California. It was established on October 1, 1890. The park was established because people wanted to preserve the central Sierra-Nevada region and the natural resources that contributed to the park. Native Americans were the first residents that settled there about 7,000 years ago. It's the third oldest national park in the country.


The park is about 1,200 square miles and extends to more than 13,000 feet above sea level. Some of the main attractions are Yosemite Valley, the alpine wilderness. and the three groves of Giant Sequoias.
These are the Giant Sequoias.

Yosemite National Park has 27 different varieties of trees. The oldest and biggest are the Giant Sequoias. There are three groves of these trees. Giant Sequoias are the largest trees on Earth. They can grow to reach 250 to 300 feet tall and 35 feet wide and can live as long as 3,000 years. The oldest is about 2,700 years old and is call the Grizzly Giant.


Yosemite Valley is a canyon that was carved by glaciers. It's best known for its giant cliffs and impressive waterfalls. Also in Yosemite Valley is El Capitan which, at nearly 4,000 feet, is the largest single granite rock on Earth. Half Dome is another important feature that is 4,733 feet tall and allows a view of the entire valley.

El Capitan is the biggest single rock in the world.

This is Half Dome.


Waterfalls are what Yosemite National Park is best known for. Yosemite Falls is the highest water fall in North America. With a drop of 2, 425 feet, Yosemite Falls is the fifth tallest waterfall in the world. Yosemite Falls


There are many things to do at Yosemite Park such as hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, birdwatching, rafting, camping, and fishing. At night, the sky is very dark and that makes a great opportunity to look at the stars. There are over 800 miles of hiking trails in the park.


About 300 to 500 black bears bears live in the park. Yosemite is also home to many other animals such as golden eagles, California bighorn sheep, great gray owls , mule deer, coyotes, squirrels, steller's jay, and peregrine falcons.

Bryce Canyon National Park

Rainbow Point(above) is one of 13 other viewpoints in Bryce

Canyon National Park including sunset Point and Yovimpa Point.

In the winter you can snowshoe or cross-country

ski across the top plateau of the park

Pronghorns: They are the fastest land mammal on the

continent and the second fastest land mammal in the world.

There are also approximately 59 other species of mammals in the park

You can take horseback rides or mule rides

through the Bryce Canyon

Location: Southern Utah

Area:37,277 acres =58.2453 square miles

Formed from erosion

been forming for about 10 million years

Many limestone, sandstone, and mud-stone creations fill the park

Three endangered species live in this park- Prairie Dog, California condor, and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.

These unique formations are called "hoodoos"

Huge blocks moved to form what we call Table Cliffs and Paunsaugunt Plateaus

These Table Cliffs rise 2,000 feet above the other layers of Paunsaugunt

You can see more than 7500 stars at night in Bryce Canyon

Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake National Park


The Summer View of Crater Lake.

Crosscountry Skiing

-Crater Lake was formed by a large volcanic eruption and the emptying of magma, due to loss of magma inside the volcano it cannot hold itself up and it forms a crater, which was then filled by water and made a lake
-Before it was a crater it was called Mount Mazama
Crater Lakes view in the Winter.


-It is believed that it took around 400,000 years for Mount Mazama to build up but around 5700 BC it collapsed and turned into Crater lake which is located in Oregon and was discovered 1853 by John Wessly Hillman who before called it Deep Blue Lake because of how blue the water was Another Summer View
-Since its not a natural lake it has no streams or rivers running in or out of it, but since its a depression snow and rain run into it and thats how Crater Lake gets its water supply



The Boat Around Wizard Island
















Biking Around The Top
-In Crater Lake you can take a boat on the surface of the lake, drive around the edge, go rock climbing on some of the mountains that reach over 8,000 feet, camp at Mazama Village, or stay at the historic lodge


Another Great Winter View
-In the winter there is crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing in certian areas
-The island in the middle by where the boat trip goes around is called Wizard Island, you can look at it up close as you take a boat trip around the lake and see all of the park itself
-Theres also the animals. There are so many animals to find in Crater Lake National Park.
The Summer ranges from Black Bear, Elk, and even Bald Eagle




















Bald Eagle Black Bear

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is located in the state of California.

This park contains the worlds largest living thing, the General Sherman Tree, this tree is over 1,000 years (shown below).

Also, the Sequoia forest contains the worlds oldest trees as well as the largest.

In this park there is also the Kings Canyon, the deepest canyon in the United States.

This park contains vast wilderness, large mountains, deep canyons, the world's largest trees, and carvens (the picture below is of Mt. Whitney).

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park contains the second largest road-free wilderness area in America.

There is about 850 miles of trails to follow here.

The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park offers tours of the crystal cave tours daily (except for when it's closed for Winter), this crystal cave contains a variety of different sized stalacitites and stalagmites in a range of different colors.

There is a wide range of animals in this park, from common to rare spieces of animals. some of the animals include deer, wolverines, mountain lions, bears, gray fox,, Bobcats, racoons, Coyotes, and a wide variety of rare fish and reptiles.

Fishing is allowed in most areas.

The climate of the park varies, depending on where you are, so dress in layers!

Most of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park is open all year round, but the lower parts of Kings Canyon are closed for the winter.

Death Valley National Park

The mountains in Death Valley

Death Valley National Park got its name because of its extreme conditions and history. Settlers moving west during the end of the 19th century crossed this area and many of them died while crossing.



Deathy Valley National Park is located in California, just east or the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This park is known for its unique and differing elevation levels. Death Valley is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere going down about -84 meters (-252 feet) below sea level. This area is called Badwater. The highest elevation in Death Valley is around 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) above sea level. There are many narrow, winding gorges and streams flowing through the park. The tempuratures are so diverse in this park that in the valley area it can be around 130 degrees F on a summer day and have snow capped mountains for most of the year. This park holds the second highest tempurature in the world with 134 degres F in 1913.

Mountains in Death Valley

Death Valley holds alot of high ranking for just one park. Not only does it have the deepest depression in the western hemisphere, or the second highest tempurature, it also is the largest park in the Continetal United States.

The crater

There are plenty of fun and time occupying activites to do in Death valley National Park, such as:

• Auto Touring
• 4x4 trails
• Hiking
• Walking
• Self Guided Trails (Golden Canyon Trail, Harmony Borax Works, and Salt Creek Nature Trail)
• Cross country/ Backpacking trips
• Short/ Day Hikes

Off road trails

There are 56 mamals, 36 reptiles, 5 amphibians, 6 fish, and nearly 400 different types of birds living in this park. Some of these animals are:

1. Birds: roadrunner, raven, great-tailed grackle... LOTS more.
2. Mammals: bighorn sheep, kit fox, coyote, antelope ground squierrel, kangaroo rat, black-tailed jack rabbit...
3. Reptiles: chuckwalla, horned lizard, zebra-tailed lizard, sidewinder..
   4. Fish: pupfish...

Sidewinder

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