Shenandoah National Park is located in the U.S. state of Virginia. Almost 40% of the land area of 79,579 acres has been designated as wilderness and is protected as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The highest peak here is the Hawksbill Mountain […]
National Parks
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Bryant Park , located in New York City , is a 9.603 acre (39,000 m²) large green oasis and one of the most pleasant parks in Manhattan. Bryant Park is managed by a private not-for-profit corporation, the Bryant Park Corporation […]
standard Lincoln Park , Chicago’s largest public park
Lincoln Park is Chicago’s largest public park spanning 488,86 ha (1.8875 mi²) along the Chicago, Illinois lakefront and facing Lake Michigan. The Lincoln Park Zoo is included in the park that also features beaches, nature reserves, and harbors. History Lincoln Park wasn’t […]
standard Fairmount Park , Philadelphia
Fairmount Park , located on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia , is one of the world’s largest municipal parks consisting of 63 parks, with 9,200 acres (3,700 ha) and containing several million trees and America’s oldest zoo. Fairmount Park […]
standard Belle Isle , the largest island park
Belle Isle , located only a couple of miles away from downtown Detroit is the largest island park in the US covering 982-acre (1.534 sq mi). It’s larger than Central Park in NYC and the third largest island in the Detroit River […]
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Stone Mountain located in Georgia , is a quartz monzonite dome with an elevation of 1,686 feet (513 m) above sea level and 825 feet (251.5 m) above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is well-known for its geology and for […]
standard Cascades – Cascade Range
The Cascades, also called Cascade Range is a major mountain range in North America ranging from British Columbia through Washington , Oregon to Northern California. Cascade Range includes non-volcanic mountains like North Cascades but also well known volcanoes called High […]
standard Boston Common , world’s first public urban park
Boston Common or The Common located in Boston, Massachusetts is world’s first public urban park . The Boston Common comprises 50 acres (20 ha) of land and it is part of the Emerald Necklace of parks and parkways . A visitors’ […]
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The Public Garden or Boston Public Garden located in the center of Boston, Massachusetts, is a large park next to the Boston Common. Flora The Public Garden is planted with a wide assortment of native and introduced trees such as […]
standard Seattle Center
Seattle Center is a park , arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington. The 74-acre (300,000 m2) site was used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition . First built for the 1962 World’s Fair, the Seattle Center is located […]
standard Balboa Park , nation’s largest urban cultural park
Balboa Park , nation’s largest urban cultural park ,located in San Diego, California , is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) park named after the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Balboa Park’s is home to a variety of cultural attractions including […]
standard Riverside Park , New York City
Riverside Park located on the Upper West Side Manhattan , New York City is a public park stretching four miles from 72nd to 158th streets along the Hudson River. Riverside Park is truly one of the nicest spots in Manhattan […]
standard Giant’s Causeway , a ladder from the sea
The Giant’s Causeway located in Northern Ireland close to the town of Bushmills is an area of more than 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986, and […]
standard Parque das Nacoes , Lisbon
Parque das Nacoes also called Park of the Nations , located in the capital of Portugal , Lisbon , is a leisure, commercial, and residential area that covers an extensive area next to the Tagus estuary. History In the 90’s […]
standard Jasper – Final Frontier Skiing
Jasper Ski Resort is giving tourists a great feeling of final frontier skiing. Located on the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Marmot Basin , Alberta , Canada , one unique feature of the resort is that when you arrive […]