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America’s Prized Treasures BY KIMBERLY DIJKSTRA
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ome of nature’s finest masterpieces are preserved within national parks for everyone to enjoy. Visitors come from all over the world to see our gorgeous landscapes, snow-peaked mountains, vast deserts, lush forests and iconic coastlines. These protected areas, home to unique geological features and wildlife, are not only wonderful for sightseeing, but are valuable to maintaining the biodiversity humanity needs to survive. If you’ve never been to a national park, what are you waiting for? The America the Beautiful Annual Pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites, including all 60 national parks. The $80 cost covers entrance for all passengers in a single vehicle and is free for current military members—quite the bargain for what you get in return. Read on for just a taste of what United States national parks have to offer.
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Glacier
The mountains of Glacier National Park are a sight to behold. This area of Montana is known as the Crown of the Continent, but its value extends far beyond North America. The 10 million acres of high peaks, clear waters, forest, prairie, wetlands and glacial-carved valleys are considered one of Earth’s “last Edens,” where wildlife thrives in untouched habitats. Water from these glaciers flow to the Pacific, Hudson Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Yellowstone
Yosemite
President Grant established Yellowstone as the first national park in 1872. Located in the northwest quadrant of Wyoming, this 3,400-squaremile park contains lakes, canyons, rivers, mountain ranges and the notorious Old Faithful geyser. Notably, Yellowstone Lake is positioned above a volcanic caldera, also known as a supervolcano, which has the potential to erupt with an explosion more than a thousand times as powerful as Mount St. Helens. Luckily, there’s no sign of eruption just yet.
Officially established in 1890, during spring and summer each year Yosemite sees millions of visitors, who are attracted to the park’s signature rock formations, many waterfalls and boundless wilderness. The drive down Tioga Road into Yosemite Valley is as breathtaking as the actual park. Located within the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, the park was a favorite of naturalist and author John Muir, photographer Ansel Adams and countless hikers, kayakers, bird watchers and campers today.
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Death Valley
A study in superlatives, Death Valley is like no other place on Earth. It boasts the highest air temperature ever recorded in the world—134 degrees in 1913, the lowest point in North America—at an elevation of 282 feet below sea level, and wildlife that exists nowhere else in the world—the rare and extremely endangered fish called Devils Hole Pupfish. These extremes are what draw visitors to the park, which is not the lifeless wasteland it sounds like. The 3.4-million-acre area contains the most striking landscapes, from mountain ranges and sand dunes to badlands and natural hot springs. (Yosemite and Death Valley photos by Kimberly Dijkstra)
Arches
The natural arches and bridges contained within Arches National Park are a wonder to behold. Dubbed the “Holey Land” by Utah.com, the park features 2,000 named arches that beckon hikers, bikers, off-roaders, rafters, photographers, climbers, campers and stargazers to the red rock wonderland.
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