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  • The rising sun casts its first rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascades1.jpg
  • Water runs across boulder next to maples in fall colors in Zion National Park, Utah, USA
    NorthCreekFallColor.jpg
  • Water runs across boulder next to maples in fall colors in Zion National Park, Utah, USA
    NorthCreekFallColor.jpg
  • Wildflowers along the Sunrise Rim trail in the Sunrise area of Mount Rainier National Park in western Washington state in USA
    MountRainierSunriseRimFlowers4.jpg
  • Mount Rainier and Edith Creek, Washington, USA
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Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,411-foot (4,392 m) stratovolcano.  The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet. The highest point in the Cascade Range, around it are valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest and more than 25glaciers. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak every year and hide it from the crowds that head to the park on weekends.<br />
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Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by several glaciers and snowfields totaling some 35 square miles. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.<br />
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The park contains outstanding subalpine meadows and 91,000 acres of old growth forests.
    MtRainierEdithCreekFalls3.jpg
  • The setting sun casts its last rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesSunset2.jpg
  • Water runs through a narrow slit carved by the water in the soft sandstone in Zion National Park, Utah, USA
    SubwayCrack2.jpg
  • The rising sun casts its first rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascades1.jpg
  • Carpet of lupines on 1st Burroughs Mountain in Mount Rainier National Park in Western Washington, USA<br />
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Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,411-foot stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet. The highest point in the Cascade Range, around it are valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest and more than 25 glaciers. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak every year and hide it from the crowds that head to the park on weekends.<br />
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Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by several glaciers and snowfields totaling some 35 square miles. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.
    MountRainierSunrise1stBurrough2.jpg
  • Winter at Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state, USA
    SnoqualmieFallsWinter2.jpg
  • Abundance of wildflowers along creek in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, USA
    MountRainierNachesFlowers4.jpg
  • Carpet of lupines on 1st Burroughs Mountain in Mount Rainier National Park in Western Washington, USA<br />
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Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,411-foot stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet. The highest point in the Cascade Range, around it are valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest and more than 25 glaciers. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak every year and hide it from the crowds that head to the park on weekends.<br />
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Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by several glaciers and snowfields totaling some 35 square miles. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.
    MountRainierSunrise1stBurrough2.jpg
  • Wildflower meadow at Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA<br />
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Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,411-foot stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet. The highest point in the Cascade Range, around it are valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest and more than 25 glaciers. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak every year and hide it from the crowds that head to the park on weekends.<br />
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Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by several glaciers and snowfields totaling some 35 square miles. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.
    MtRainierMyrtleFallsFlowers1.jpg
  • Wildflower meadow at Paradise, Mount Rainier, Washington, USA<br />
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Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park encompasses 236,381 acres including all of Mount Rainier, a 14,411-foot stratovolcano. The mountain rises abruptly from the surrounding land with elevations in the park ranging from 1,600 feet to over 14,000 feet. The highest point in the Cascade Range, around it are valleys, waterfalls, subalpine meadows, old-growth forest and more than 25 glaciers. The volcano is often shrouded in clouds that dump enormous amounts of rain and snow on the peak every year and hide it from the crowds that head to the park on weekends.<br />
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Mount Rainier is circled by the Wonderland Trail and is covered by several glaciers and snowfields totaling some 35 square miles. Carbon Glacier is the largest glacier by volume in the contiguous United States, while Emmons Glacier is the largest glacier by area. About 1.8 million people visit Mount Rainier National Park each year. Mount Rainier is a popular peak for mountaineering with some 10,000 attempts per year with approximately 50% making it to the summit.
    MtRainierMyrtleFallsFlowers1.jpg
  • The rising sun casts its first rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascades1.jpg
  • The setting sun casts its last rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesSunset_two_exp_2-Edit.jpg
  • The rising sun casts its first rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascades1.jpg
  • The setting sun casts its last rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesSunset2.jpg
  • The rising sun casts its first rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascades1.jpg
  • Recreational boats in the marina of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington, USA
    FridayHarborSunrise.jpg
  • Water runs through a narrow slit carved by the water in the soft sandstone in Zion National Park, Utah, USA
    SubwayCrack2.jpg
  • Carpet of lupines on 1st Burrough Mountain in Mount Rainier National Park in Western Washington, USA
    MountRainierSunrise1stBurrough1.jpg
  • Wet leaves along the Mystic Lake trail on the north side of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
    RainierLeaves.jpg
  • Christine Falls in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state, USA
    MtRainierChristineFalls1.jpg
  • The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S., and also one of the largest.  It was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers.
    HohHallMossesTrail1.jpg
  • Conifers and blueberry shrubs in fall color at Mount Baker in Washington state, USA
    MtBakerTrees1_Blend.jpg
  • The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S., and also one of the largest.  It was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers.
    HohMapleGrove5.jpg
  • The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S., and also one of the largest.  It was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers.
    HohBunchberry2.jpg
  • The Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesWinterMorning1.jpg
  • The Lake Quinault Lodge was built in 1926 in Olympic National Forest in Washington, USA. The hotel was designed by Robert Reamer, a Seattle architect, in a rustic style reminiscent of Reamer's work at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. It is a notable example of a rustic wilderness lodging, suited to its woodland environment on the southern side of the Olympic Mountains.
    LakeQuinaultLodge1.jpg
  • Conifers and blueberry shrubs in fall color at Mount Baker in Washington state, USA
    MtBakerTrees1_Blend.jpg
  • The setting sun casts its last rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesSunset2.jpg
  • "Flaming Ceiling ruin", ancient Anasazi ruins at Cedar Mesa, Utah, USA
    FlamingCeilingRuin2.jpg
  • "Flaming Ceiling ruin", ancient Anasazi ruins at Cedar Mesa, Utah, USA
    FlamingCeilingRuin1.jpg
  • Delicate Arch is a 65-foot-tall (20 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, USA. It is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and on a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1996. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch.
    DelicateArch.jpg
  • Mountain tarn reflecting Mount Rainier at dawn, Mount Rainier national park, Washington, USA
    MtRainierPlummerPeakTarn2.jpg
  • Christine Falls in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington state, USA
    MtRainierChristineFalls1.jpg
  • Winter below Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state, USA
    SnoqualmieFallsRiverWinter2 (Blend).jpg
  • The setting sun casts its last rays on the Border Peaks between USA and Canada in North Cascades national park in the midst of a very cold winter.
    MtBakerCascadesSunset2.jpg
  • The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S., and also one of the largest.  It was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers.
    HohMapleGrove4.jpg
  • The Hoh Rainforest is located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state, USA. It is one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S., and also one of the largest.  It was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers.
    OlympicHohArches2.jpg
  • "Flaming Ceiling ruin", ancient Anasazi ruins at Cedar Mesa, Utah, USA
    FlamingCeilingRuin3.jpg
  • Frog in Buck Farm Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park
    GrandCanyonFrog1.jpg
  • Horse at sunrise on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming
    Packhorse.jpg
  • Cowboy leading his horse on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming
    CowboyMikeWalking2.jpg
  • Mount Rainier from Tipsoo Lake
    MtRainierTipsoo9.jpg
  • Boulders along lake in the Enchantment Lakes area of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington
    EnchantmentsGnomeTarnRocks1.jpg
  • Seattle skyline from West Seattle
    SeattleSkyline5.jpg
  • Mountain Larches at Blue Lake in North Cascades National Park, Washington.  North Cascades National Park is a U.S. National Park located in the state of Washington. The park is the largest of the three National Park Service units that comprise the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. Several national wilderness areas and British Columbia parkland adjoin the National Park. The park features rugged mountain peaks and protects portions of the North Cascades range. Nearly all of the national park is protected as the Stephen Mather Wilderness, so there are few maintained buildings and roads within the North and South units of the Park. The park is most popular with backpackers and mountain climbers. One of the most popular destinations in the park is Cascade Pass, which was used as a travel route by Native Americans. It can be accessed by a four-mile (6 km) trail at the end of a gravel road. The North and South Picket Ranges, Mount Triumph, as well as Eldorado Peak and the surrounding mountains, are popular with climbers due to glaciation and technical rock. Mount Shuksan, in the northwest corner of the park, is one of the most photographed mountains in the country and the second highest peak in the park 9,127 ft or 2,782 m.
    Blue Lake and Spires 5.jpg
  • Space Needle and International Fountain at Seattle Center. Seattle Center is a park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington.
    SeattleInternationalFountain3.jpg
  • Sequoia and King Canyon National Park, California
    SequoiaForest2.jpg
  • Grand Canyon from Toroweap Point<br />
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The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona in the United States. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, the Havasupai Tribe and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.<br />
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and attains a depth of over a mile. Nearly two billion years of Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests that the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration.<br />
For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in the Hopi language) a holy site, and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.
    GrandCanyonToroweap.jpg
  • The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, United States, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It is 1,250 ft (381 meters) tall.[6] Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City.
    NYCEmpireState12.jpg
  • Leavenworth is a city in Chelan County, Washington, in Eastern Washington United States. The entire town center is modelled on a Bavarian village.  In December Leavenworth puts on the ultimate Christmas Festival: Leavenworth’s Town and Tree Lighting.
    LeavenworthXmas-11.jpg
  • Mt Rainier at Reflection Lakes in Winter
    MtRainierChristineFallsWinter3.jpg
  • Leavenworth is a city in Chelan County, Washington, in Eastern Washington United States. The entire town center is modelled on a Bavarian village.  In December Leavenworth puts on the ultimate Christmas Festival: Leavenworth’s Town and Tree Lighting.
    LeavenworthXmas-3.jpg
  • Mount Shuksan in Washington state's North Cascades National Park reflecting in Picture Lake
    MtShuksanFall3.jpg
  • Footbridge across pond surrounded by maples in fall color, at Kubota Japanese Gardens, Seattle, Washington
    KubotaRedRailing2.jpg
  • West Point lighthouse in Seattle's Discovery Park
    West Point Lighthouse1.jpg
  • Seattle skyline from Kerry Park
    SeattleDowntownSkyline1.jpg
  • Mountain Larches at Prusik Peak
    EnchantmentsInspirationLake2.jpg
  • The Oneonta Gorge is in the Columbia River Gorge in the American state of Oregon. The U.S. Forest Service has designated it as a botanical area because of the unique aquatic and woodland plants that grow there. The basalt walls are home to a wide variety of ferns, mosses, hepatics and lichens, many of which grow only in the Columbia River Gorge.
    OneontaGorge1.jpg
  • West Point lighthouse in Seattle's Discovery Park
    West Point Lighthouse2.jpg
  • Crooked River and Smith Rock<br />
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Smith Rock State Park is an American state park located in central Oregon's high desert near the communities of Redmond and Terrebonne. Its sheer cliffs of tuff and basalt are ideal for rock climbing of all difficulty levels. Smith Rock is generally considered the birthplace of modern American sport climbing, and is host to cutting-edge climbing routes. There is sport climbing, traditional climbing, multi-pitch climbing, and bouldering.<br />
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The park contains the first U.S. climb rated 5.14. The area is well known for its challenging climbing routes so eventually all top climbers visit. In 1983, Allan Watts began to use sport climbing ethics which pushed American climbing to new levels. Shortly after, between 1992 and 2009, about 500 new climbing routes were added. This brought climbers from all over the world as Smith Rock became the world capital for sport climbing. To this day the park still attracts climbers from all over the world. The winter tends to be too cold (below freezing) for climbing and the summer months regularly reach the 100s °F. In addition to the world-famous rock climbing, Smith Rock State Park is host to many miles of hiking trails, the meandering Crooked River and views of the volcanic peaks of Oregon's Cascade Range.
    SmithRockBend1-LAB.jpg
  • Gnome Tarn and Prusik Peak in the Enchantment Lakes area of Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington
    EnchantmentsPrussikSunset1.jpg
  • Kayaks on the shoreline of Lake Quinault in Washington state's Olympic National Park
    LakeQuinaultKayaks1.jpg
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  • Wildflowers lining a creek along Naches Peak trail in Mount Rainier National Park
    MountRainierNachesFlowers2.jpg
  • Sunrise at Koki Beach in the town of Hana in Hawaii's Maui island<br />
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The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the State of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and unpopulated Kahoʻolawe. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP as of 2010. Other significant places include Kīhei (including Wailea and Makena in the Kihei Town CDP, which is the second-most-populated CDP in Maui); Lahaina (including Kāʻanapali and Kapalua in the Lahaina Town CDP); Makawao; Pāʻia; Kula; Haʻikū; and Hāna. Native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the island's name in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the navigator credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. According to that legend, Hawaiʻiloa named the island of Maui after his son, who in turn was named for the demigod Māui. The earlier name of Maui was ʻIhikapalaumaewa. The Island of Maui is also called the "Valley Isle" for the large isthmus between its northwestern and southeastern volcanoes and the numerous large valleys carved into both mountains.
    KokiBeachSunrise4.jpg
  • Footbridge across pond surrounded by maples in fall color, at Kubota Japanese Gardens, Seattle, Washington
    SeattleKubota1.jpg
  • CowboyTommyPalomino4.jpg
  • The ferry landing at Friday Harbor on San Juan island
    FridayHarborFerry1.jpg
  • Tulips in Skagit Valley during the annual Tulip Festival
    SkagitTulipSunrise5.jpg
  • Tulips in Skagit Valley during the annual Tulip Festival
    SkagitTulipsTree.jpg
  • Seattle's iconic downtown market in the evening
    SeattlePikePlaceMarket1.jpg
  • Seattle skyline from Kerry Park
    SeattleSkyline6.jpg
  • The Quinault River is a 69-mile (111 km) long[2] river located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It originates deep in the Olympic Mountains in the Olympic National Park. It flows southwest through the "Enchanted Valley".
    QuinaultRiver8.jpg
  • Washington state ferry in Elliott Bay with the Mount Rainier in the distance
    SeattleFerry4.jpg
  • Seattle residential buildiings and Mt Rainier
    SeattleSkylineAndMtRainier.jpg
  • Wildflowers near Kingsland,Texas
    Bluebonnet Sunset.jpg
  • Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River near Page, Arizona ..... Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped meander of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Arizona, in the United States. Horseshoe Bend is located 5 miles downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about 4 miles southwest of Page. It is accessible via hiking a 1.5-mile round trip from U.S. Route 89, but an access road also reaches the geological structure, as it is part of a state park. Horseshoe Bend can be viewed from the steep cliff above. The overlook is 4,200 feet (1,300 m) above sea level, and the Colorado River is at 3,200 feet (980 m) above sea level, making it a 1,000-foot (300 m) drop
    HorseshoeBendSunrise1.jpg
  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
    SecondWave3.jpg
  • Rock formations in the North Coyote Buttes unit of the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument
    TopRockHamburger1.jpg
  • Havasu Canyon is a paradisaical gorge where turquoise waters cascade into travertine pools and graceful willows and lofty cottonwoods provide shade and greenery in an extraordinary setting of towering red sandstone cliffs beneath a cerulean sky. It is a side branch of the Grand Canyon that was once the home of a prehistoric people but more recently it has been the occupied by the Havasupai for the past 800 years.
    HavasuCascades3.jpg
  • Agave Americana, or Century Plant, photographed in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas.  The tiny yellow blossom between the leaves of the plant is not an agave blossom.
    CenturyPlantAndFlower (Nikon).jpg
  • Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park, in autumn
    HohLeavesAndMoss.jpg
  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park is in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas and contains Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas at 8,749 feet (2,666.7 m) in elevation. Located east of El Paso, it also contains El Capitan, long used as a landmark by people traveling along the old route later followed by the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line. Visitors can see the ruins of an old stagecoach station near the Pine Springs Visitor Center. Camping is available nearby at the Pine Springs Campground. The restored Frijole Ranch House is now a small museum of local ranching history and is the trailhead for Smith Spring. The park covers 86,367 acres (134.95 sq mi; 349.51 km2) and is in the same mountain range as Carlsbad Caverns National Park which is located about 25 miles (40 km) to the north in New Mexico. Numerous well-established trails exist in the park for hiking and horse-riding. The Guadalupe Peak Trail offers perhaps the most outstanding views in the park. Climbing over 3,000 feet (910 m) to the summit of Guadalupe Peak, the trail winds through pinyon pine and Douglas-fir forests and offers spectacular views of El Capitan and the vast Chihuahuan Desert.
    TexasGuadalupeCapitan1-New2.jpg
  • Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Ben National Park, Texas. Big Bend National Park in the U.S. state of Texas has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. It contains more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals.<br />
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The national park covers 801,163 acres, which is larger than the state of Rhode Island. Few other parks exceed this park's value for the protection and study of geologic and paleontologic resources. A variety of Cretaceous and Cenozoic fossil organisms exist in abundance. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts estimated to be 9,000 years old, and historic buildings and landscapes offer graphic illustration of life along the international border in the 19th century.<br />
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The park exhibits dramatic contrasts and its climate may be characterized as one of extremes. Dry and hot late spring and summer days often exceed 100 °F in the lower elevations. Winters are normally mild but sub-freezing temperatures occasionally occur. Because of the range in altitude from approximately 1,800 feet along the river to Emory Peak in the Chisos Mountains at 7,832 feet a wide variation in available moisture and temperature exists throughout the park. These variations contribute to an exceptional diversity in plant and animal habitats. Some species in the park, such as the Chisos Oak (Quercus gravesii), are found nowhere else in the United States.
    BigBendSantaElenaCanyon1.jpg
  • Two cowboys resting at a delipidated cabin in Wyoming
    TwoCowboysMusicPlace3.jpg
  • Spurs on wall in tack room on ranch in eastern Wyoming
    TackRoomSpurs1.jpg
  • Western saddle, blanket and lasso in tack room on ranch in northeastern Wyoming
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  • Horses running on a snow covered field on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming
    RunningHorses3.jpg
  • Cowgirl on riding across a ridge at sunrise on a ranch in northeastern Wyoming
    Cowgirl1.jpg
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  • Cowboy on horse silhouetted against the rising sun and morning sky in eastern Wyoming
    CowboySunrise1.jpg
  • Campfire on ranch in northeastern Wyoming
    CowboyCampfire3.jpg
  • Billy Bob's honky tonk in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Texas
    BillyBobs4-Edit.jpg
  • Dead branch creating a stark reflection in Rampart Lakes in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area of Washington state
    RampartsLakesLimb.jpg
  • Sand dune in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in west Texas
    GuadalupeDune-Vertical-New2011.jpg
  • CowboyMikeMoon2.jpg
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