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#nationalparks+#photography from QT Luong, author:"Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey through America's National Parks" winner of 12 book awards.

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Our National Monuments wins five national book awards https://t.co/p8rGEn1ZQp

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"Many archeological sites have a Newspaper rock, but this one of best I have seen, with its multitude of petroglyphs clearly etched." https://t.co/0HqaOhzuAm

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Guide to Giant Sequoia National Monument: Northern Unit

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If you take the time to visit this park, you'll find some of the most scenic redwood groves anywhere in a setting which feels wonderfully remote.

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From the High Bluff Overlook, at the end of Coastal Drive, you look at a wild section of the coast, including the landmark Split Rock, which is beautiful at sunset.

Read the full article: Six Coastal Highlights of Redwood National Park
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Diving Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Park

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While the mountains of the Alaska Range range were distant, here we were at the base of the Brooks Range mountains (northernmost in the world).

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Temperatures below -40ºF (-40ºC) are very common and temperatures as low as -60ºF (-57ºC) are certainly possible–before factoring in windchill.

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From late afternoon to mid-morning the next day, I did not see another person around, which added to the sense of wilderness.

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"Of all U.S. national parks, Wrangell-St Elias provides arguably the easiest access to a glacier and the most interesting glacier to explore." https://t.co/Puic4xkiAL

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At the start of the Mauna Loa Road, the Kīpukapuaulu trail explores a hot spot of biological diversity

Read the full article: Exploring around and above Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Despite Snow Mountain being the peak closest to the San Francisco Bay where one can have such an adventure, it is overlooked by most, compared to more faraway destinations such as the Sierra Nevada or even Shasta and Lassen.

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Because of a continental location far from the oceans and a relatively high elevation, ranging for the most part from 7,000 to 9,000 feet, Yellowstone National Park has some of the longest and coldest winters in the US.

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Signs of the way early humans adapted to this harsh desert are observed as agave roasting pits, alcoves with blackened roofs, pottery shards, but the most impressive artifacts are the more than 400 petroglyphs panels.

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Like Bryce Canyon National Park, White Sands National Park is moderately sized and centered around a single geological feature that is unique and visually stunning.

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The boneyard of sequoia stumps provided a vivid reminder of the industrial-scale destruction that took place in the Converse Basin Grove.

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As I arrived there after dark, the huge parking lot was empty and snow-covered for a very different impression.

Read the full article: Indiana Dunes National Park: Impressions From the Shore
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In this post, I'll highlight my three favorite trails in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

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You'll find there a very wild coast.

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In this post, you will learn enough to plan your own trip there, or at least to know what you would see on this difficult, but exceptional and rewarding walk

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However, it may come as a surprise that the beach I found the most photogenic in the entire park is not only a walking distance from Cruz Bay and the visitor center, but also pretty quiet despite that proximity.

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