One of the most interesting and varied National Parks in the United States is Big Bend National Park, located in southwest Texas. It is like having three different parks in one. The reason for this is due to the topography and how it includes rivers, dessert, and mountains into it. This park has 800,000 acres […]
North Dakota’s Badlands
The Badlands are located in west central North Dakota, near Medora, in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a 70,446 acre area separated into three units: the North, South and Elkhorn Ranch Units. The landscape is beautiful but treacherous, containing steep slopes, loose soil, slippery clay and deep sinking sand. Despite the harshness of the land, there […]
Arches National Park in Utah
In a region of 73,000 acres, resides the red desert land of Arches National Park in Utah, home of over 2,000 natural stone arches. Arches, fins, balanced rocks, pinnacles and spires made of sandstone and in some areas, millions of years old, wait to greet you. The number one destination in Arches National Park is […]