view gallery |  Juan Bautista de Anza trail - Monterey, CA
in National Parks (U.S.) Juan led some 240 men, women, and children on an epic journey to establish the first non-Native settlement at San Francisco Bay. Today, the 1,200-mile Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail connects history, culture, and outdoor recreation. posted by: T-Team! location: California date approved: 06/01/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  North Cascades National Park - Sedro-Woolley, WA
in National Parks (U.S.) North Cascades National Park features the rugged mountain peaks of the North Cascades Range, the most expansive glacial system in the contiguous United States, and the headwaters of numerous waterways. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Washington date approved: 05/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Moore Homestead - Skagway AK
in National Parks (U.S.) The Moore Homestead - Skagway AK posted by: kJfishman location: Alaska date approved: 05/04/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  William Howard Taft National Historic Site - Cincinnati OH
in National Parks (U.S.) William Howard Taft National Historic Site was the birthplace and childhood home of William Howard Taft, the 27th president and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. It is a two-story Greek Revival house built circa 1845. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/12/2023 last visited: 03/12/2023 |
view gallery |  Hopewell Culture National Historical Park - Chillicothe OH
in National Parks (U.S.) Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous peoples who flourished from about 200 BC to AD 500. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/11/2023 last visited: 03/11/2023 |
view gallery |  James A. Garfield National Historic Site - Mentor OH
in National Parks (U.S.) James A. Garfield National Historic Site is located in Mentor OH. The site preserves the Lawnfield estate of the 20th president of the United States, and includes the first presidential library established in the United States. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/05/2023 last visited: 03/05/2023 |
view gallery |  First Ladies National Historic Site - Canton OH
in National Parks (U.S.) The First Ladies National Historic Site was established in 2000 to commemorate all the United States first ladies and comprises two buildings: the Ida Saxton McKinley Historic Home and the Education & Research Center. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 03/03/2023 last visited: 03/03/2023 |
view gallery |  Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park - Dayton OH
in National Parks (U.S.) Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is a six-unit park located in and around Dayton, Ohio. Inside the Wright Cycle Company complex is the Visitor Center and Museum at 16 South Williams Street, Dayton, OH 45402 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Ohio date approved: 02/27/2023 last visited: 02/27/2023 |
view gallery |  Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River - Beach Lake PA
in National Parks (U.S.) The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is a unit of the National Park Service designated under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It stretches along 73.4 miles (118.1 km) of the Delaware River. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Pennsylvania date approved: 02/25/2023 last visited: 02/25/2023 |
view gallery |  Saratoga National Historical Park - Stillwater NY
in National Parks (U.S.) Saratoga National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Town of Stillwater in eastern New York, 30 miles north of Albany. The park preserves the site of the Battles of Saratoga. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New York date approved: 02/19/2023 last visited: 02/19/2023 |
view gallery |  Pecos National Historical Park - Pecos NM
in National Parks (U.S.) The park, operated by the National Park Service, encompasses thousands of acres of landscape infused with historical elements from prehistoric archaeological ruins to 19th-century ranches, to a battlefield of the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Mexico date approved: 01/20/2023 last visited: 01/20/2023 |
view gallery |  El Morro National Monument - Ramah NM
in National Parks (U.S.) El Morro National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Cibola County, New Mexico. The monument preserves the remains of a large prehistoric pueblo atop a great sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Mexico date approved: 01/18/2023 last visited: 01/18/2023 |
view gallery |  El Malpais National Monument - Grants NM
in National Parks (U.S.) El Malpais National Monument is a National Monument located in western New Mexico. The name El Malpais is from the Spanish term Malpaís, meaning badlands, due to the extremely barren and dramatic volcanic field that covers much of the park's area. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Mexico date approved: 01/17/2023 last visited: 01/17/2023 |
view gallery |  Bandelier National Monument - Los Alamos NM
in National Parks (U.S.) Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (13,629 ha) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Mexico date approved: 01/14/2023 last visited: 01/14/2023 |
view gallery |  Fort Christina Unit-First State National Historical Park - Wilmington DE
in National Parks (U.S.) It was here, along the banks of the Christina River, over 375 years ago, that the first Swedish and Finnish American settlers aboard the Kalmar Nyckel and the Fogel Grip landed and settled the first American Swedish colony called New Sweden. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Delaware date approved: 01/13/2023 last visited: 01/12/2023 |
view gallery |  New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve - Brown Mills NJ
in National Parks (U.S.) New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve (also known as Pinelands National Reserve) is a national reserve that encompasses the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The Pinelands is a unique location of historic villages and berry farms. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 01/07/2023 last visited: 01/07/2023 |
view gallery |  Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area-Kittatinny Point - Columbia NJ
in National Parks (U.S.) Hike to the top of Mount Tammy for a bird’s eye view of the spectacular Delaware Water Gap. The Park has 40 miles of the Middle Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River and 67,000 acres of forested mountains and riverine valleys, posted by: Don.Morfe location: New Jersey date approved: 12/27/2022 last visited: 12/28/2022 |
view gallery |  Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument - Fritch, TX
in National Parks (U.S.) The Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument offers a daily tour of the quarries - in Fritch, Texas. posted by: The Snowdog location: Texas date approved: 11/01/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mississippi NRRA - Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park - Anoka City MN
in National Parks (U.S.) Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a Partner Site with Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park. Power generation was discontinued in 1966, so the dam is now used for recreation. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Minnesota date approved: 09/20/2022 last visited: 09/20/2022 |
view gallery |  McCoys Ferry-Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park - Big Pool MD
in National Parks (U.S.) Fords and ferries were once located all along the 184.5 miles of the C&O Canal, providing places to cross the Potomac River. McCoys Ferry was one of those crossing sites. During the Civil War, the ferry was on the border between two warring nations. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 09/10/2022 last visited: 08/20/2022 |
view gallery |  Four Locks-Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park - Big Pool MD
in National Parks (U.S.) Located on the small peninsula known as Prather's Neck, Four Locks was named for the series of four canal locks – 47 through 50 – of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, built at the site between 1836 and 1838. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 08/26/2022 last visited: 08/20/2022 |
view gallery |  Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail - Williamsport MD
in National Parks (U.S.) The Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail marker is on the grounds of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath-historic park at the Conococheaque Creek Adequate. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 08/12/2022 last visited: 08/02/2022 |
view gallery |  Seneca Creek Aqueduct and Lock 24-Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park - Poolesville MD
in National Parks (U.S.) Lock 24 “Rileys” & Seneca Aqueduct--The C&O Canal had 11 aqueducts and 74 lift locks... but one was both a lift lock and an aqueduct! This engineering marvel is located at mile 22.7, at the mouth of Seneca Creek. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 08/12/2022 last visited: 04/02/2023 |
view gallery |  Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park-Edwards Ferry - Poolesvile MD
in National Parks (U.S.) Edwards Ferry is at lock 25 of the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park in Poolesville MD. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 08/12/2022 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
view gallery |  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park- Monocacy Aqueduct - Dickerson MD
in National Parks (U.S.) The Monocacy Aqueduct — or C&O Canal Aqueduct No. 2 — is the largest aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, crossing the Monocacy River just before it empties into the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Maryland date approved: 08/02/2022 last visited: 03/26/2023 |
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