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Congress protected lands adjacent to the three California state parks in 1968 with the creation of Redwood National Park. In 1994, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service agreed to jointly manage the four-park area for maximum resource protection.
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This satellite map poster print/photo covers Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado. This satellite print makes a great addition to our series of satellite posters, print, maps, and photos covering various parts of Colorado.
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This satellite map poster print/photo covers Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. It has been topographically enhanced to highlight natural terrain variations.
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included are prairie creek redwoods state park harry a merlo state recreation area humboldt lagoons state park yurok indian reservation smith river national recreation area six rivers national forest siskiyou wilderness the north fork smith river botanical area the broken rib botanical area and klamath national forest. the trails have been enhanced and road and trail mileage have been added to create a more usable map. includes utm grids for use with your gps unit. approximately 4.25in x 9.25in folded and 27in x 39in fully opened.
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Yosemite National Park, one of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and much more.
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Biscayne National Park is located in southern Florida, due east of Homestead, FL. The park preserves Biscayne Bay, one of the top scuba diving areas in the United States. Ninety-five percent of the park is under water. In addition, the shore of the bay is the location of an extensive mangrove forest.
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U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt originally created Olympic National Monument in 1909 and after Congress voted to authorize a redesignation to National Park status, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the legislation in 1938. In 1976, Olympic National Park became an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 it was designated a World Heritage Site. In 1988, almost all of the Olympic Peninsula was designated as the Olympic Wilderness, further enhancing the protection of the region. This scene depicts...
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Curecanti National Recreation Area, in Colorado, is formed by three reservoirs, named for corresponding dams on the Gunnison River. The national recreation area borders Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on the west. Panoramic mesas, fjord-like reservoirs, and deep, steep and narrow canyons abound.
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Shenandoah National Park has over 500 miles of trails, including 101 miles of the Appalachian Trail.
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Glacier National park was named for the glaciers that carved, sculpted, and formed this landscape millions of years ago. In 1850, 150 glaciers covered the landscape. Today only 27 glaciers left inside the park, a 75-80% decrease. If current warming trends continue, it is projected that between 2030 and 2050, there will be no more glaciers in Glacier National Park!
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Located on the rugged coast of Maine, Acadia National Park encompasses over 47,000 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds, and ocean shoreline. Such diverse habitats create striking scenery and make the park a haven for wildlife and plants.
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Long before any recorded human history in Yellowstone, a massive volcanic eruption spewed an immense volume of ash that covered all of the western U.S., much of the Midwest, northern Mexico and some areas of the eastern Pacific. The eruption dwarfed that of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 and left a caldera 30 miles wide by 45 miles long.
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This enhanced-color image of Zion Canyon in southwestern Utah was taken by the ASTER satellite. Zion Canyon is located in the lower half of the image amidst the crisscross pattern of rock formations. The canyon walls, made of red and white sandstone, rise 2,000-3,000 feet from the canyon floor and are peppered with hanging vegetation. Over a period of four million years, the Virgin River cut a path through the western edge of the Colorado Plateau to form the canyon. The river and its tributaries...
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Grab this beautiful wall print depicting Canada's oldest and most popular national park as seen from the LANDSAT 7 satellite.
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Big Bend is one of the largest, most remote, and least-visited national parks in the lower 48 United States. Big Bend's primary attraction is its hiking and backpacking trails.
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The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock. No other canyon in North America combines the narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
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Close to the California mainland, yet worlds apart, Channel Islands National Park encompasses five remarkable islands (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara which is not shown in this scene) and their ocean environment, preserving and protecting a wealth of natural and cultural resources.
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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve lies on the Pacific Coast of Alaska south of the St. Elias mountain range. The bay was set aside as a National Monument in 1925 and became its current National Park and Preserve in 1980, when approximately 85 percent of the park was designated a Wilderness Area. It has since been recognized as a UN Biosphere Reserve, in 1986, and a World Heritage Site, in 1992.
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Grand Canyon National Park is located in north-central Arizona about 80 miles northwest of Flagstaff. It runs for 215 miles along both sides of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (much of which is in Utah) and Lake Mead National Recreation (much of which is in Nevada).
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Located in northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park preserves a spectacular landscape rich with majestic mountains, pristine lakes and extraordinary wildlife. The abrupt vertical rise of the jagged Teton Range contrasts with the horizontal sage-covered valley and glacial lakes at their base, creating world-renowned scenery that attracts nearly four million visitors per year.
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Nestled in southern Colorado, North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind-shaped dunes glow beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains.
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park safeguards the world's finest example of a fossilized reef, a surprisingly complex and unique assemblage of flora and fauna, and West Texas' only legally designated wilderness.
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Joshua Tree was declared a national park in 1994 under the California Desert Protectin Act. Over 914 square miles of the park is dedicated to wilderness area. The park gets its name from the tree Yucca brevifolia.
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Katmai National Monument was created in 1918 to preserve the famed Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a spectacular forty square mile, 100 to 700 foot deep ash flow deposited by Novarupta Volcano. A National Park & Preserve since 1980, today Katmai is still famous for volcanoes, but also for brown bears, pristine waterways with abundant fish, remote wilderness, and a rugged coastline. The Park is located in mainland Alaska where the Alaska Peninsula first begins to reach southwestward into the Bering...
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Mount Rainier National Park was established on March 2, 1899, and encompasses 235,625 acres, ranging in elevation from 1,610' to 14,410' above sea level. The mountain is an active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow and ice, surrounded by old growth forest and stunning wildflower meadows. The park is also rich in cultural resources and was designated a National Historic Landmark District as an outstanding example of early park planning and NPS rustic architecture.
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