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The Unusual Story Behind Death Valley National Park's Popular …
Sep 14, 2014 · Death Valley National Park has plenty of colorful place names, including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Last Chance Mountain, and Devil's Golf Course, so modern-day visitors might be understandably curious about the one given to one of the most popular scenic overlooks in the park: Zabriskie Point.. The explanation may be a bit surprising, since the name is tied to an activity not usually ...
Caldera Or Crater…What’s The Difference? - National Parks Traveler
Jan 9, 2024 · Editor's note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #70
Jan 6, 2024 · How many of you have visited Fossil Butte National Monument in Wyoming? Considered “America’s aquarium in stone,” you’ll have seen some of the world’s best-preserved fossils. According to the NPS, “The fossils found here once lived in and around a large freshwater lake 52-million-years ago in the early Eocene epoch.”
By the Numbers: Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Jun 24, 2011 · The battle popularly known as "Custer's Last Stand," and now also recognized as the last stand of the Plains Indians (who called it the Battle of the Greasy Grass), was fought in southeastern Montana on June 25-26, 1876. Here are some highlight statistics for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and the battle it commemorates. 320,959 Recreational visits in …
In Search Of Reasonable Housing For National Park Service …
Nov 14, 2021 · At Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, housing was a crucial issue for park employees before the East Troublesome Fire burned into the western edge of the park in 2020. Then that fire destroyed some employee housing and turned a dire issue into a truly critical one. Some relief should come in two years, when construction is expected to begin on housing to replace those units lost to the ...
Gone Missing In The National Parks
An intended half-mile-long hike to Spruce Tree House, a well-preserved dwelling carved into a sandstone cliff face at Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado, ended in tragedy for Mitchell Dale Stehling, 51, and his family in the summer 2013.
National Parks Quiz And Trivia #30
May 7, 2021 · Pu’ukoholā National Historic Site on the island of Hawai’i is a place “where you can walk in the footsteps of a king. King Kamehameha was one of the most striking figures in Hawaiian history, a leader who united and ruled the islands during a time of great cultural change.
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The Geology Of Petrified Forest National Park
Gazing out across Petrified Forest National Park, it's hard to believe that this view once was thick with vegetation, streams, and animals. But that was hundreds of millions of years ago, during the Late Triassic Period when the land mass was much, much …