view gallery |  Virgin Islands National Park - Virgin Islands
in National Parks (U.S.) Virgin Islands National Park covers over 7,000 acres. The park includes hiking trails, camping sites, beaches, and coral reefs. posted by: Free2bme29 location: US Virgin Islands date approved: 4/19/2013 last visited: 4/15/2013 |
view gallery |  Fort Donelson National Battlefield - Tennessee
in National Parks (U.S.) The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. posted by: nomadwillie location: Tennessee date approved: 3/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Little Rock Central High School NHS - Little Rock, AR
in National Parks (U.S.) The nine African-American students' persistence in attending the formerly all-white Central High School was the most prominent national example of the implementation of the May 17, 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. posted by: nomadwillie location: Arkansas date approved: 3/17/2013 last visited: 5/4/2013 |
view gallery |  Brice's Cross Road NBS - Baldwyn MS
in National Parks (U.S.) The Confederate victory at Brices Cross Roads was a significant victory for Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, but its long term effect on the war proved costly for the Confederates. Brices Cross Roads is an excellent example of winning the battle posted by: nomadwillie location: Mississippi date approved: 3/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Natchez Trace Parkway - Saltillo MS
in National Parks (U.S.) The Natchez Trace Parkway stretches for 444 miles between Tupelo, MS and Nashville TN posted by: nomadwillie location: Mississippi date approved: 3/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mount Rushmore National Memorial
in National Parks (U.S.) This entrance to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is on US Highway 16/16A at the southwestern corner of Keystone, South Dakota. posted by: brwhiz location: South Dakota date approved: 3/17/2013 last visited: 9/2/2012 |
view gallery |  Richmond National Battlefield Park - Richmond, VA
in National Parks (U.S.) A National Historic Landmark District, the 22-acre site and remaining structures serve as the main visitor center for the Richmond National Battlefield Park of the National Park Service. posted by: nomadwillie location: Virginia date approved: 3/13/2013 last visited: 3/29/2013 |
view gallery |  Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP - Stonewall Jackson Shrine - Woodford, Va
in National Parks (U.S.) Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson died in an outbuilding on the Chandler plantation in the rural community of Guinea Station. Today, the Jackson Shrine is part of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. posted by: nomadwillie location: Virginia date approved: 3/8/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Golden Gate NRA - Rancho Corral De Tierra - Montara, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) Rancho Corral De Tierra is the newest addition to Golden Gate National Recreation Area. At nearly 4,000 acres, Rancho is one of the largest undeveloped parcels of land on the San Mateo peninsula. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 3/8/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Maggie L Walker National Historic Site - Richmond VA
in National Parks (U.S.) The historic site protects the restored and originally furnished home of Walker. posted by: nomadwillie location: Virginia date approved: 2/18/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Rocky Mountain National Park
in National Parks (U.S.) The southwestern entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park is on US Highway 34 (Trail Ridge Road) about one mile north of Grand Lake, Colorado. posted by: brwhiz location: Colorado date approved: 2/7/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm - Oxon Hill, MD
in National Parks (U.S.) Oxon Cove Farm is a working farm on the outskirts of Washington DC. posted by: nomadwillie location: Maryland date approved: 2/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Paterson Great Falls - Paterson NJ
in National Parks (U.S.) In November 2011 Paterson Falls was designated as our 397th National Park. posted by: nomadwillie location: New Jersey date approved: 2/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Golden Gate - Crissy Airfield - San Francisco, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) The story of Crissy Field is inexorably linked to the early history of aviation in the United States. Named in honor of Major Dana Crissy, Crissy Field was the military’s first Air Coast Defense Station on the Pacific coast. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 2/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Great Basin National Park - NV
in National Parks (U.S.) Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near the Utah border. posted by: nomadwillie location: Nevada date approved: 1/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Golden Gate - Crissy Field Center - San Francisco, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) This new Crissy Field Center was opened to replace the former center, which was is too close to a San Francisco road improvement to remain active. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 12/4/2012 last visited: 2/13/2013 |
view gallery |  Petrified Forest National Park ~ South Entrance
in National Parks (U.S.) The south entrance to Petrified Forest National Park is just north of US Highway 180, about 17 miles southeast of Holbrook, Arizona. posted by: brwhiz location: Arizona date approved: 11/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Petrified Forest National Park ~ Painted Desert Visitor Center
in National Parks (U.S.) The Painted Desert Visitor Center is located at the north entrance to the Petrified Forest National Park, just north of Interstate Highway 40 Exit 311, about 25 miles east of Holbrook, Arizona. posted by: brwhiz location: Arizona date approved: 11/20/2012 last visited: 1/31/2013 |
view gallery |  Petrified Forest National Park ~ Rainbow Forest Museum
in National Parks (U.S.) The Rainbow Forest Museum of the Petrified Forest National Park is located near the south entrance to the Park, about 2 1/2 miles north of US Highway 180. posted by: brwhiz location: Arizona date approved: 11/20/2012 last visited: 5/25/1987 |
view gallery |  Petrified Forest National Park ~ North Entrance
in National Parks (U.S.) The north entrance to Petrified Forest National Park is just north of Interstate Highway 40 Exit 311, about 25 miles east of Holbrook, Arizona. posted by: brwhiz location: Arizona date approved: 11/20/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Lake Mead NRA ~ Lakeshore Scenic Drive
in National Parks (U.S.) Lakeshore Scenic Drive begins at the Lake Mead Visitor Center (now being remodeled) on US Highway 93 northeast of Boulder City and continues to the junction with Lake Mead Parkway and Northshore Road. posted by: brwhiz location: Nevada date approved: 11/10/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  San Juan Island National Historical Park
in National Parks (U.S.) A national park on San Juan Island in Washington offers trails along the shore, through the woods and prairie, whale and bird watching and preserves the history of the American and English Camps of the Pig War in 1859. posted by: La de Boheme location: Washington date approved: 10/10/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Golden Gate - Phleger Estate - Woodside, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) This tranquil park was once severely logged and century-old redwood stumps and remnants of steam mills are still in evidence. But along its miles of trails, and tumbling creeks, second-growth redwoods and firs are rising again. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 9/25/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Golden Gate - Bolinas Ridge - Sonoma County, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) Bolinas Ridge is the high pastural land to the east of Olema Valley in Sonoma County, California. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 9/21/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit - Oregon
in National Parks (U.S.) The Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - Oregon posted by: ddtfamily location: Oregon date approved: 9/10/2012 last visited: never |
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