Rocky Ledges of Gulpha Creek
A steady flow of water over the rocky ledges of Gulpha Creek – Hot Springs National Park. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
A steady flow of water over the rocky ledges of Gulpha Creek – Hot Springs National Park. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
The rugged landscape comes into view as the morning sun emerges over Point Imperial – Grand Canyon National Park. (North Rim, Arizona)
Springtime comes to the Fraser Valley as snow maintains its hold on the Continental Divide. (Winter Park, Colorado)
Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area with Lake Wisconsin in the background – just one stop along the 1,000 mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail. (Lodi, Wisconsin)
Marquette Park and Lake Shore Drive on Mackinac Island with Lake Huron in the background . Note: Whether it’s spelled Mackinac, as in Island or Bridge, or Mackinaw, as in City, it’s pronounced the same way, with an “aw” at the end. (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
Home to the largest concentration of hoodoos on Earth, this geological wonderland is here today, gone tomorrow (at least in the geologic timeline of the universe). Rim Trail – Bryce Canyon National Park. (Bryce Canyon City, Utah)
Smooth stone beach and the crystal clear waters of Green Bay from Peninsula State Park . Established in 1909, Peninsula’s 3,776 acres has eight miles of shoreline in Door County, and is Wisconsin’s third largest state park. (Fish Creek, Wisconsin)
A lone sailboat makes its way through Resurrection Bay toward the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean, dwarfed by the costal mountains of Alaska. (Seward, Alaska)
Looking across an expanse of ocean which is Biscayne National Park , with downtown Miami on the distant horizon. 95% of the park’s 270 sq miles is water. As such, sailing, paddling and snorkeling are popular ways to experience it. (Homestead, Florida)
The Pacific Northwest offers both temperate oceanic rainforest and warm-summer Mediterranean climates, making for beautiful hiking areas, like the remote Lower Dungeness Trail along the Dungeness River – Olympic National Forest. (Sequim, Washington)