Most visited national parks - top 10
Acadia National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Olympic National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Parks_of_the_United_States
Travel - Nearby - 840 miles
CO - The Great Sand Dunes
Depart San Antonio + 7:30 =500m = Amarillo Tx
Depart Amarillo + 6:00 = 390m = Alamosa
Great Sand Dunes National Park is located 35 miles northeast of
Alamosa, Colorado, reached by U.S. Highway 160 and State Highway 150
from the south, or from State Highway 17 and County Lane 6 from the
west.
Computer road mapping programs sometimes
cannot fully distinguish types of roads or trails, and may route
visitors via either Mosca Pass (hiking trail) or Medano Pass
(high-clearance 4WD only). The only paved access to the national park is
via the two routes listed above.
camping = Pinyon Flats Campground is a National Park
Service campground located one mile north of the Visitor Center. It is
open May through October. $20/night
(4) SA departure - 3:30 pm - stop over Amarillo
(5) Amarillo departure - 7:00 am - arrive park = 2:00 pm
(6) Park /Camp Full Day
(7) Part Departure - 8:00 am - arrive SA 10:00 pm
[TOTAL JOURNEY = 1 PTO]
Travel - Nearby - 1,240 miles
UT - Zion National Park
T Depart San Antonio + 6:30 =450 m = Carlsbad, NM (3pm)
F Depart Carlsbad+ 1:30 = 75m = Roswell (8a-11pm) (12n-3p)
F Depart Roswell + 5:00 = 340m= pass Albuquerque/Gallup
S Depart Gallup+ 6:45 = 365m= Zion National Park
S park/camp full - 4 pm depart
F Depart Roswell + 5:00 = 340m= pass Albuquerque/Gallup
S Depart Gallup+ 6:45 = 365m= Zion National Park
S park/camp full - 4 pm depart
Travel Sequence
Travel Sequence
Alaska - Katmai ; Glacier Bay; Kenai Fjords; Lake Clark; Wrangell –St. Elias;Denali;Kobuk Valley;
Texas Big Bend - Guadalupe Mountains -
New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns -
Colorado - Great Sand Dunes -
South Dakota - Badlands - Wind Cave -
Wyoming - Grand Teton - Yellowstone -
Utah - Zion - Bryce Canyon -Capitol Reef- Canyonlands-
(back) Colorado- Black Canyon of the Gunnison - Mesa Verde -
Arizona - Grand Canyon - Petrified Forest - - Saguaro
Washington - North Cascades; Olympic; Mount Rainier (north to south)
Organ - Crater Lake
Parks, by States
Arizona
- Saguaro - Petrified Forest - Grand Canyon
Texas
-Big Bend - Guadalupe Mountains
Montana
- Glacier
Nevada
- Great Basin
New Mexico
- Carlsbad Caverns -
Utah
- Zion -Bryce Canyon -Capitol Reef- Canyonlands
Colorado
- Great Sand Dunes - Black Canyon of the Gunnison - Mesa Verde -
South Dakota
-Badlands - Wind Cave - Wyoming - Grand Teton - Yellowstone
Washington
- North Cascades; Olympic; Mount Rainier (north to south)
Organ
- Crater Lake
Parks - info
Wilson Mountain Trail, Sedona
Wilson Mountain Trail, Sedona
Mt. Wilson in Sedona
Wilson
Mountain Trail: The route continues southwards over open grassy flats
and reaches the junction with the alternative (2.8 mile) path from
Midgley Bridge, 1.8 miles from the starting point at the Encinoso picnic
area. Unlike the largely wooded and sheltered North Wilson Trail, the
southerly route (the Wilson Mountain Trail) is much more exposed though
equally steep, winding across sunny slopes bearing typical chaparral
vegetation including manzanita, yucca, cacti and oak. Past the junction,
the trail heads directly towards the mountain, bending north then south
and finally north again, climbing the bushy hillside up to a shallow
ravine at the edge of the plateau, which is followed to a saddle in a
wooded area, where the path forks. Some parts of the ascent are through
thick groves of new trees that will need regular trimming to keep the
trail from becoming overgrown. The junction is next to a metal box
(containing firefighting equipment) chained to a tree, and a sign which
indicates the two choices - Sedona Overlook (0.6 miles) to the south or
North Canyon Overlook (1.7 miles) to the north.
Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona (north AZ)
Antelope Canyon is the most-visited
and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is
located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two
separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as
Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Lower Antelope Canyon or The
Corkscrew
Glacier - San Antonio, 1,900 miles
Most visited national parks - top 10
- Acadia National Park
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Teton National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Olympic National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Zion National Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Parks_of_the_United_States
Travel Sequence
Alaska - Katmai ; Glacier Bay; Kenai Fjords; Lake Clark; Wrangell –St. Elias;Denali;Kobuk Valley;
Texas Big Bend - Guadalupe Mountains -
New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns -
Colorado - Great Sand Dunes -
South Dakota - Badlands - Wind Cave -
Wyoming - Grand Teton - Yellowstone -
Utah - Zion - Bryce Canyon -Capitol Reef- Canyonlands-
(back) Colorado- Black Canyon of the Gunnison - Mesa Verde -
Arizona - Grand Canyon - Petrified Forest - - Saguaro
Washington - North Cascades; Olympic; Mount Rainier (north to south)
Organ - Crater Lake
States
Arizona - Saguaro - Petrified Forest - Grand Canyon
Texas -Big Bend - Guadalupe Mountains
Montana - Glacier
Nevada - Great Basin
New Mexico - Carlsbad Caverns -
Utah - Zion -Bryce Canyon -Capitol Reef- Canyonlands
Colorado - Great Sand Dunes - Black Canyon of the Gunnison - Mesa Verde -
South Dakota -Badlands - Wind Cave - Wyoming - Grand Teton - Yellowstone
Washington - North Cascades; Olympic; Mount Rainier (north to south)
Organ - Crater Lake
Wilson Mountain Trail, Sedona
Mt. Wilson in Sedona
Wilson Mountain Trail: The route continues southwards over open grassy flats and reaches the junction with the alternative (2.8 mile) path from Midgley Bridge, 1.8 miles from the starting point at the Encinoso picnic area. Unlike the largely wooded and sheltered North Wilson Trail, the southerly route (the Wilson Mountain Trail) is much more exposed though equally steep, winding across sunny slopes bearing typical chaparral vegetation including manzanita, yucca, cacti and oak. Past the junction, the trail heads directly towards the mountain, bending north then south and finally north again, climbing the bushy hillside up to a shallow ravine at the edge of the plateau, which is followed to a saddle in a wooded area, where the path forks. Some parts of the ascent are through thick groves of new trees that will need regular trimming to keep the trail from becoming overgrown. The junction is next to a metal box (containing firefighting equipment) chained to a tree, and a sign which indicates the two choices - Sedona Overlook (0.6 miles) to the south or North Canyon Overlook (1.7 miles) to the north.
Antelope Canyon, Page Arizona (north AZ)
Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Lower Antelope Canyon or The Corkscrew
Antelope Canyon is the most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is located on Navajo land near Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, photogenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as Upper Antelope Canyon or The Crack; and Lower Antelope Canyon or The Corkscrew
Glacier - San Antonio, 1,900 miles
