Our National Treasures…
There are nearly 400 treasured units maintained and preserved by the National Park Service. Among these include national parks, monuments, preserves, recreation areas, lakes and seashores, rivers, trails and parkways. Also included are various historic and archaeological units including landmarks, memorials and battlefields. While national forests are maintained by the US Department of Agriculture I include them in my national park category because I treasure them as such. It has been my goal to visit each of these units both of the National Park Service and forest. I lost count at 56, even so I know I have a very long way to go. Here are just a few samples of our national treasures.
Parks listed in order top to bottom:
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky & Tennessee
Lassen National Volcanic Park, California
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
Serpent Mound, National Historic Landmark, Ohio
Colonial National Historic Park, Virginia
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Death Valley National Park, California
Saguaro National Park, Arizona
Acadia National Park, Maine
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Blue Ridge National Parkway, North Carolina & Virginia
I’m lucky to have been to many of those places! Beautiful photos! And they ARE treasures!!
Yes you are blessed, Thank you
Nice photos. I’ve been to Grand Tetons, Rocky Mountains, Crater Lake, Mesa Verde, Yellowstone, Saguaro, and Blue Ridge. I guess I have some more traveling to do.
Looks like you get around too. You’ve definitely been to some of our most beautiful places. With nearly 550 national parks & forests I have a lot more traveling to do too. Maybe I’ll see you on the road
Wow! You have been to all of these? Lovely portfolio of some stunning sites.
Sure have, probably more than a 100 places by now. There will be a few I don’t get to just because they’re only accessible by plain
Thank for visiting
Cool! Lucky lady.
WoW what beautiful places. I think my favorites are Mormon Row and White Sands – the top two. Lovely work.
They’re top of my list. Its hard choosing, so many beautiful places and so many memories and emotions tied to each. Thanks