Tag: “National Parks”

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  1. National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido"

    The National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido" is situated in the Spanish side of the Pyrenees at Huesca, Aragón.
    Declared a National Park in 1918 by a Royal Decree, this IUCN Category II National Park becomes every year meeting point for mountaineers and
    families around Europe and even overseas.
    Today it has 156 km² and it's included in the Biosphere Reserve of "Ordesa-Viñamala" declared by UNESCO in 1997.

    Its orography is dominated by the calcareous mass (the biggest of Europe) of the massiff of the Three "Sorores", "Treserols", whose greater elevation is the "Monte Perdido" (3355m), from which in a more or less radial form descend a series of impressive mountainous crests and glacial valleys beeing the most characteristic the "Ordesa Canyon (or Valley)".

    In the French territory it's called "Pyrenees" National Park and it shares with Spain wonderful places like the "Circus of Gavarnie" (a glacial cirque with the highest waterfall in Europe with more than 400 meters of vertical fall) or the impressive "Brecha de Rolando -Brèche de Roland in french-" a natural gap, 40m across and 100m high at an altitude of 2804m.

  2. National Park Palenque

    Palenque is a national park (Spanish: parque nacional Palenque) in the state of Chiapas in Mexico well known for its famous mayan pyramids.

  3. Washington Monument

    This is the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

  4. Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park

    Find your inner Ansel Adams from the fantastic vista point at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park.

    Located on Highway 41 just before Wawona Tunnel as you leave Yosemite Valley, the view from the parking lot is one of the most photographed in the park.

    From here you can see El Capitan on the left, Bridalveil Falls on the right and Half Dome in the distance.

  5. Glacier National Park

    People rhapsodize about Glacier, but why? The pretty peaks and bright blue lakes?

  6. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

    The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, located near Folkston, GA, contains 438,000 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp. The park offers hiking and biking paths, fishing, canoeing, and historical and wildlife exhibits.

  7. Sawback Prescribed Burn

    Along a five kilometer section on the Bow Valley Parkway a prescribed burn, started by Parks Canada in 1993, can be seen.

  8. Buffalo River

    The Buffalo National River flows free over swift running rapids and quiet pools for its 135-mile length. One of the few remaining rivers in the lower 48 states without dams, the Buffalo cuts its way through massive limestone bluffs traveling eastward through the Arkansas Ozarks and into the White River.

  9. Ala Archa National Park

    Ala Archa is a large national park in Kyrgyzstan, located in the mountains and valleys surrounding the Ala Archa river, roughly 30km south of Bishkek.

  10. Aiguestortes National Park

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