Travel to the US National Parks

If you are traveling to or in the United States then the National Park system highlights some of the best that the USA has to offer. Sites range from historic to natural and from small urban parks to vast stretches of park land. There are enough natural parks, monuments, seashores, and recreation areas to visit one per day for a year.

North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park

North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park

North Dakota. Why would anyone want to go to North Dakota? It is a fair question. North Dakota is the least visited state in the United States. When one mentions North Dakota, ...
Weaving Machine – Lowell, Massachusetts – Daily Photo

Weaving Machine – Lowell, Massachusetts – Daily Photo

This is a picture of a Weaving Machine at the Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell used to be the center of industrialization in the United States. It was the ...
Long Way Down – North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona – Daily Photo

Long Way Down – North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona – Daily Photo

One thing that is very difficult, if not impossible, to express with a picture of the Grand Canyon is the enormous scale of the whole thing. Never do I feel as frustrated ...
Half Dome – Yosemite National Park – Daily Photo

Half Dome – Yosemite National Park – Daily Photo

Half Dome in Yosemite National Park is one of the National Parks that is one of over 100 parks with 17 free entrance days this year.
“Big Joe” on the Green River – Dinosaur National Park, Colorado – Daily Photo

“Big Joe” on the Green River – Dinosaur National Park, Colorado – Daily Photo

“Big Joe” is the name of the raft, not the name of the guide with the big hat (which I want to say was Scotty). But I thought this was a great ...
Rainbow Arch – Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah – Daily Photo

Rainbow Arch – Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah – Daily Photo

Bryce Canyon is not actually a canyon (it is an natural amphitheater) so that is a strange name for the national park, but it is one of the most beautiful national parks ...
Crinolated Hills – Death Valley, California – Daily Photo

Crinolated Hills – Death Valley, California – Daily Photo

You can see in this photo how much the landscape of Death Valley is shaped by erosion. With very little vegetation on the hills they as sculpted by the wind and by ...
Death Valley Color – Death Valley, California – Daily Photo

Death Valley Color – Death Valley, California – Daily Photo

Death Valley is a barren place but also surprisingly beautiful. This shot shows some of the colors of the landscape and the varied geology. For more travel photos check out Photo Friday.
Pu’uhonua o Honaunau – Big Island, Hawaii – Daily Photo

Pu’uhonua o Honaunau – Big Island, Hawaii – Daily Photo

Traditional Hawaiian carvings at the Pu’uhonua o Honaunau (the Place of Refuge) National Historic Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Lava Glow – Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii – Daily Photo

Lava Glow – Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii – Daily Photo

Night time lava glow in Halema’uma Crater, Volcanoes National Park. The glow only becomes apparent after sunset.