San Francisco, Pacifica, and Marin County, Calif.
Visited: May 31, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 201 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The sprawling prototype for an urban National Park. The Site’s 76,500 acres include miles of ocean and bay coastlines, restored marshlands, historic defense structures, redwood groves, cliffside views, ridgeline hikes, Alcatraz Island and the San Francisco [...]
Archive for May, 2005
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Pinnacles National Monument
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Paicines, Calif.
Visited: May 25, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 200 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Craggy rock spires that rise from the rolling chaparral-covered hills near the central California coast, evidence of a violent ancient volcanic eruption along the San Andreas Rift Zone.
BEAUTY (7/10)
Not until you near the top of the Pinnacles do you realize [...]
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
near Fresno, Calif.
Visited: May 19, 2005
NPS Site Visited: 197 and 198 of 353
NPS Website; Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
Two large (736,000 acres), diverse (14,000 feet in elevation difference) and jointly run National Parks nestled in the Sierra Nevada wilderness of east central California. The Parks include most of the world’s giant sequoia trees, including the largest [...]
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Simi Valley, Calif.
Visited: May 12, 2005
NPS Site Visited: Not an NPS Site
Presidential Library Visted: 9 of 12
Local Website
WHAT IS IT?
The Presidential Library, Museum and final resting place of our 40th president, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
BEAUTY (6/10)
The Reagan Library, in itself nothing spectacular, can lay claim to being the Presidential Library with the best scenery. Situated on [...]
