Nov 10
Aniakchak National Monument – You Will Probably Never See It – Monument Monday
by Chris Christensen Add commentscategories: usa
Not all national parks and monuments in the USA get the same amount of love from tourists. So while the Great Smokey Mountains will get more than 9 million visitors a year
Given its remote location and notoriously bad weather, Aniakchak is one of the least visited units of the National Park System. A vibrant reminder of Alaska’s location in the volcanically active “Ring of Fire,” the monument is home to an impressive six-mile wide, 2,500 ft. deep caldera formed during a massive eruption 3,500 years ago.
So that makes Aniakchak one of the greatest sites in the national park system that you will likely never see.
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Erik Smith
Says:November 22nd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Ok- I am trying to visit all the National Parks, but you are right, this is one I probably will never see!