The Wonders of America’s State Parks [National Geographic]

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Enormous mountain ranges and breathtaking gorges. Wild sea shores and lazy rivers. Ghost towns and battlefields. Pristine lakes and coral reefs. Not to mention nearly 25,000 campsites, 52,000 miles of hiking trails, over 300 marinas, and hundreds of pools and ski slopes and golf courses. Encompassing more than 18 million acres of land, America’s state parks feature a variety of adventures that is nothing short of astounding. Professor Biography......Page 3 Table of Contents......Page 5 Course Scope......Page 7 Lecture 1 • Niagara Falls: America’s Oldest State Park......Page 10 Three Separate Falls......Page 12 Experiencing the Park......Page 13 Other Trails and Sites in the Park......Page 16 Planning Your Visit......Page 17 Lecture 2 • The Pennsylvania Wilds: Wilderness Reborn......Page 18 Leonard Harrison State Park and Colton Point State Park......Page 20 Cherry Springs State Park......Page 22 Kinzua Bridge State Park......Page 24 Cook Forest State Park......Page 26 Sinnemahoning State Park......Page 28 Lecture 3 • New York’s Adirondacks: “Forever Wild”......Page 30 Aquatic Activities......Page 32 The Great Camps......Page 33 The Adirondack Highlands......Page 34 Saranac Lake and Lake Placid......Page 36 Lake Champlain and Lake George......Page 38 Planning Your Visit......Page 39 Lecture 4 • Exploring New Hampshire’s White Mountains......Page 40 Franconia Notch State Park......Page 42 Crawford Notch State Park......Page 44 Mount Washington State Park......Page 46 Planning Your Visit......Page 47 Lecture 5 • The Yankee Coast: Plymouth to Montauk......Page 48 Pilgrim Memorial State Park......Page 50 The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey......Page 51 Fort Adams State Park......Page 52 Montauk Point State Park and Camp Hero State Park......Page 54 Planning Your Visit......Page 55 Lecture 6 • New Jersey Pineland Legends and Landscapes......Page 56 Starting Your Visit and Wharton State Forest......Page 58 Brendan T. Byrne State Forest......Page 59 Bass River......Page 61 Penn State Forest, Belleplain State Forest, and Double Trouble State Park......Page 62 State Parks along the Ocean......Page 63 Lecture 7 • The Tidewater South: America’s Birthplace......Page 64 Assateague State Park......Page 66 First Landing State Park......Page 67 Dismal Swamp State Park......Page 69 Jamestown Settlement......Page 71 The American Revolution Museum......Page 72 Planning Your Visit......Page 73 Lecture 8 • Georgia and Carolina Islands: Lost in Time......Page 74 Visiting Sapelo Island......Page 76 What to See on Sapelo Island......Page 77 Hunting Island......Page 78 Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site......Page 79 Fort Fisher......Page 80 Jockey’s Ridge State Park......Page 81 Lecture 9 • Southern Appalachian Peaks and Valleys......Page 84 DeSoto State Park......Page 86 Fort Mountain State Park......Page 88 Tallulah Gorge State Park......Page 89 The Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area......Page 92 Lecture 10 • The Florida Keys: Tropical Paradise Parks......Page 94 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park......Page 96 Bahia Honda State Park......Page 97 Indian Key Historic State Park......Page 98 San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park......Page 99 Long Key State Park......Page 100 Curry Hammock State Park......Page 101 Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park......Page 102 Planning Your Visit......Page 103 Lecture 11 • West Texas: Where the West Is Still Wild......Page 104 Big Bend Ranch State Park......Page 106 Visiting Big Bend Ranch’s Backcountry......Page 108 Palo Duro Canyon State Park......Page 109 Visiting Palo Duro Canyon State Park......Page 110 Lecture 12 • Adventures in the Ozarks and Ouachitas......Page 112 Ha Ha Tonka State Park......Page 114 Onondaga Cave State Park......Page 115 Ozark Folk Center State Park......Page 116 Lake Ouachita State Park......Page 117 Mount Magazine State Park......Page 119 Cossatot River State Park–Natural Area......Page 120 Beavers Bend State Park......Page 121 Lecture 13 • State Parks along the Mighty Mississippi......Page 122 Itasca State Park......Page 124 The Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site and Mark Twain State Park......Page 125 Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site......Page 126 Columbus-Belmont State Park......Page 127 Delta Heritage Trail State Park......Page 128 Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site......Page 129 Lecture 14 • Presidential Parks in the Land of Lincoln......Page 130 Lincoln State Park......Page 132 Brown County State Park......Page 134 John James Audubon State Park......Page 135 Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site......Page 136 Sites in Springfield, Illinois......Page 137 Lecture 15 • The Great Lakes: Back from the Brink......Page 138 South Bass Island State Park......Page 140 Indiana Dunes State Park......Page 141 Peninsula State Park......Page 142 Mackinac Island State Park......Page 144 Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park......Page 145 Lecture 16 • The Black Hills: Nature and Native Heritage......Page 148 Custer State Park......Page 150 Exploring Custer State Park by Vehicle......Page 151 The George S. Mickelson Trail......Page 153 Bear Butte State Park......Page 154 Planning Your Visit......Page 155 Lecture 17 • Parks of the Colorado Front Range......Page 156 State Forest State Park......Page 158 Eldorado Canyon State Park......Page 161 Mueller State Park......Page 163 The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area......Page 164 Lecture 18 • Southwest Red Rock and Desert Canyon Parks......Page 166 Red Rock State Park and Other Sedona-Area Parks......Page 168 Valley of Fire State Park......Page 169 Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park......Page 172 Kodachrome Basin State Park......Page 173 Escalante Petrified Forest State Park and the Anasazi State Park Museum......Page 174 Planning Your Visit......Page 175 Lecture 19 • California’s Badlands: Anza-Borrego......Page 176 Borrego Valley and Borrego Springs......Page 178 The Borrego Badlands......Page 180 To the South......Page 181 The Vallecito Valley......Page 183 The Carrizo Badlands and the Jacumba Mountains......Page 184 Lecture 20 • Big Blue: The Beauty of Lake Tahoe......Page 186 Emerald Bay State Park......Page 188 D. L. Bliss State Park......Page 190 Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point......Page 191 Cave Rock State Park......Page 192 Sand Harbor State Park......Page 193 Lecture 21 • California’s Coastal Redwood Parks......Page 194 Background on the Redwoods......Page 196 Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park......Page 197 Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park......Page 199 Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park......Page 200 Other Parks and Planning Your Visit......Page 201 Lecture 22 • Washington’s Orca Islands: The San Juans......Page 202 Lime Kiln Point State Park......Page 204 Moran State Park......Page 206 Sucia Island Marine State Park......Page 208 Matia Island Marine State Park......Page 209 Lecture 23 • Alaska’s State Parks: The Last Frontier......Page 210 Wood-Tikchik State Park......Page 212 The Challenges of Wood-Tikchik State Park......Page 213 Attractions at Wood-Tikchik......Page 214 Visiting Wood-Tikchik......Page 216 Chugach State Park......Page 217 Visiting Chugach’s Turnagain Area......Page 218 Visiting Chugach’s Girdwood Area......Page 219 Visiting Chugach’s Anchorage Hillside Trails Area......Page 221 Lecture 24 • Hawaii’s Primeval Napali Coast......Page 222 Ha‘ena State Park......Page 224 The Kalalau Trail......Page 225 Napali Coast Wilderness State Park......Page 226 Crawler’s Ledge and Beyond......Page 227 Nu‘alolo Kai and Miloli‘i State Parks......Page 228 Polihale State Park......Page 229 Waimea Canyon State Park......Page 230 Koke‘e State Park......Page 231 Bibliography......Page 232 Parks List......Page 242 Image Credits......Page 252