We love exploring the National Parks and all of the other amazing places in the National Park System. There are hundreds of National Monuments and sites to enjoy. We share details about all of the ones we have visited to make your visit a little easier.
Upper Calf Creek Falls is an amazing waterfall that requires a short, strenuous hike to reach. This trail is popular because there are swimming holes to cool off, and the waterfall creates a tiny oasis in the southern Utah desert. This trail is quite a bit shorter than its sister Lower…
We love the national historical sites almost as much as we love national monuments and national parks. So on a recent trip to Seattle, we made a trip to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, which is right is right downtown. We found this site to be fun and very…
Mendenhall Glacier is a national site overseen by the US Forest Service just outside Juneau, Alaska. Since there are no roads to Juneau (no, not even a shabby dirt road), this venue can only be visited by ship or plane. We visited while on a cruise stopover in Juneau. If you…
Never Sink Trail is a short hike at the far east end of Curecanti National Recreation Area. This hike is flat and shady and provides a lot of opportunity to see wildlife. The hike goes out and back with no clear endpoint, so the distance is variable up to about 2…
Mesa Creek Trail is a short, beautiful trail in Curecanti National Recreation Area. We loved this trail because it borders right on Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. If you went to the park and were disappointed that it was so difficult to get down to the waters edge, then…
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is located just outside Alamosa, Colorado. This wildlife refuge has a driving tour and you can see many birds along the marshlands. We visited in August, and the mosquitoes were bad, but we still enjoyed a short hike that only ran about a quarter mile. There…