Seventy five million years ago a shallow sea covered today’s Great Plains area. This sea’s sedimentary layer is just one of the bands of rock comprising today’s Badlands National Park. We spent three days exploring the rock formations and viewing fossils, while hiking on trails under the ancient sea.
We recently had a Tuesday Quiz about northernmost U.S. cities. Now that we are traveling on the west coast of the United States, try your skill in naming the westernmost U.S. cities in this week’s quiz.
In the 18th century, adventurers traveled by canoe on boundary waters between the United States and Canada. Today’s Voyageurs National Park, established in 1975, encompasses 56 miles of the trade route. To best experience this park, we went into the backcountry for 50 hours by foot and paddle.
This week’s quiz is all about flags. For each state in the ten-question quiz, you will have four flag design options to choose from to find the correct one.
Lake Superior is the northernmost of the Great Lakes. The largest freshwater lake in the world by area, it is more like an ocean or an inland sea, measuring 350 miles wide and 160 miles long. In its northwest corner lies Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior.
At the beginning of our NPS Journey, we published a quiz that tested your knowledge in naming a U.S. National Park from its picture. Here is part two of this quiz: you have another six minutes to correctly identify 20 parks.
Ohio’s 85 mile long Cuyahoga River flows between Akron and Cleveland and into Lake Erie. By the 20th century, the Cuyahoga River became one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. The sad state of the river culminated when it caught on fire in 1969.
We are traveling through Minneapolis, Minnesota, which lies on the Mississippi River. This week’s Tuesday Quiz tests your knowledge of U.S. Rivers and the cities that lie on their banks. Can you match the correct city with its river?
In 1604 French explorer Samuel de Champlain sailed along today’s central Maine coast and noted an island that he called “Isle des Monts Deserts” because of the barren appearance of its mountains. Today, Mount Desert Island is the centerpiece of Acadia National Park.
Here are some panoramic photos that we took of the national parks that we visited, from the Everglades to Shenandoah. Click on any of the pictures for a larger view. Enjoy!
The Tuesday Quiz this week focuses on the physical side of geography. You must identify 13 different geophysical regions of the United States by selecting the correct area on a map.
Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park sits on the top of the Appalachian Mountains’ Blue Ridge Range. Skyline Drive runs for 105 miles through the park. We spent four days in the park being awe-inspired and humbled by the views while hiking several trails, with a focus on Shenandoah’s waterfalls.
