#great falls national park

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old carriage road

photo: David Castenson

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Sol Duc River

Olympic National Park, Washington

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The road to Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Oct 2023

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What would happen if we embraced change instead of fearing it?

Photo: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan

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Great Falls of the Potomac, from the Maryland side.

Feb. 2021

Explore:

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Baby, it’s cold outside.

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President Rutherford B. Hayes (far right), First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes, and their party visiting Yosemite -- which was still ten years away from becoming a National Park -- on October 21, 1880. President Hayes was not only the first President in American history to visit the West Coast of the United States while in office, but he was the first incumbent President to travel west of Salt Lake City and only the second to travel west of the Rocky Mountains (his immediate predecessor, Ulysses S. Grant had visited Utah in 1875).

The President's "Great Western Tour", which lasted from August 26-November 6, 1880 took the Presidential party through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming Territory, Utah Territory, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington Territory, Arizona Territory, New Mexico Territory, Colorado, and Kansas en route to the Hayes family home, "Spiegel Grove" in Fremont, Ohio in time for Hayes to cast his ballot for fellow Ohioan James Garfield to be his successor.

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For visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove is an immediate draw. The famous loop road draws millions of visitors each year. However, there is a quieter and less well known spot on the other side of the park. Cataloochee Valley stands in the northern end of the park on the North Carolina side of the mountains. Both of these locations offer scenic beauty, historical buildings, and wildlife viewing unrivaled elsewhere in the national park. Cataloochee and Cades Cove are both wonderful locations in the national park. So that begs the question, Cataloochee vs Cades Cove: which one should you choose?

(via Cataloochee vs Cades Cove: Which Scenic Location Should You Visit? - Florida Man on the Run)

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swamp trail

photo: David Castenson

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some nice pictures from different parks ft. cookie

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Montana was admitted as the 41st U.S. state on November 8, 1889.

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Celebrate the simple beauty of today!

Photo: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

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Waterfall at Great Falls National Park in Paterson, New Jersey.

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Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance - photo preview

(photos 1-6, 8, 10-11, 13-27 are from parade.com, phots 7 & 29 are from justjarred.com)

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Great Basin National Park, Nevada

I headed out on a short backpacking trip. The route followed old mining road and passed through the ruins of a briefly thriving community. From there, I stopped by the lake, climbed to the top of the nearby peak, then dropped to a second lake for the night.