A little different take on the typical National Park hiking trail… to enjoy the Everglades, you often use elevated walkways to access the beauty, which also protects the important flow of fresh water and all the life it supports. Anhinga Trail – Everglades National Park. (Homestead, Florida)
Door County’s karst geology is characterized by fractured limestone bedrock and thin soil cover. Taking care to protect natural springs, streams and wetlands is vital to the health of water both above ground and below the surface – Harold C. Wilson Three Springs Nature Preserve is protected by the Door County Land Trust. (Sister Bay,…
A most unusual National Park as its focus is a set of historic buildings in the center of a small city – Hot Springs National Park. (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
A calm and sunny day along the west coast of Lake Superior, but this famous lighthouse guided mariners through gale and storm from 1910 to 1969 – Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. (Two Harbors, Minnesota)
Autumn leaves surround the North Shore Pavilion at Devil’s Lake State Park as seen from the West Bluff Trail. (Baraboo, Wisconsin)
The Minnehaha Creek meanders from Lake Minnetonka to the Mississippi River. “Minne” comes from Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota, and means water. Very appropriate for the land of 10,000 lakes and many, many ponds, creeks and rivers. (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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)