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Grand Canyon National Park

Yavapai Geology Museum
  • Type: Place

Open daily: 8 am - 7 pm. Yavapai Geology Museum offers one of the best vantage points for an overview of Grand Canyon geology. The building is right on the very edge of the canyon rim at Yavapai Point, The Museum Features: a bookstore and museum shop, large picture windows for viewing the canyon, and a variety of exhibits about the geology of Grand Canyon. Restrooms are in a separate building adjacent to the parking lot. The shuttle bus stop is also on the parking lot.

Grand Canyon National Park

Moran Point
  • Type: Place

This viewpoint is named for Thomas Moran, an artist well known for his landscape paintings of the western United States. His work helped to create many national parks. Explore this point for a good spot to watch the shadows and changing light throughout the day, just as the artist did.

Bryce Canyon National Park

Sunset Point
  • Type: Place

Sunset Point offers vistas of some of the most famous and breathtaking of Bryce Canyon's hoodoos. Nowhere are the colors of Bryce Canyon's rock better displayed than from Sunset Point.

Capulin Volcano National Monument

Top of Capulin Volcano
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The highest elevation of Capulin Volcano is 8182 feet (or 2494 meters) above sea level and can be accessed by hiking the Crater Rim Trail.

Grand Canyon National Park

Grandeur Point
  • Type: Place

This location offers one of the better views of the layers and depths of the canyon in the area of Grand Canyon Village. It also provides especially fantastic aerial views of the switchbacks on the upper and middle portions of Bright Angel Trail.

Boquillas Canyon Trail
  • Type: Place

The Boquillas Canyon Trail is a great way to enjoy one of the three major canyons located in Big Bend National Park. This trail is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) round trip and parallels the Rio Grande for a short distance where it first enters Boquillas Canyon.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Fierce Competition
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Death Valley National Park

Ubehebe Crater
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Discover Death Valley’s explosive past at this volcanic crater.

John Muir and his efforts to preserve Mount Rainier
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John Muir and his efforts to preserve Mount Rainier As president of the newly formed Sierra Club, John Muir gave numerous lectures and wrote various articles advocating for the preservation of Mount Rainier from the years 1893 to 1899. Muir also made efforts to unite other organizations across the nation who were pursuing the same cause.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Devil's Den
  • Type: Place

Devil's Den illustrates how the geology and topography of the land itself profoundly influenced the battle. Devil's Den is a rock outcrop located between the main Federal and Confederate lines during the Battle of Gettysburg. The boulders here were hotly contested on July 2, 1863, when fighting swirled around this spot.

Saratoga Spa State Park
  • Type: Place

The Saratoga Spa State Park is significant for its contribution to the development of the city of Saratoga Springs, for its role in the history of conservation, recreation, and medicine, and for the outstanding design of its buildings and landscaping.

Arches National Park

Skyline Arch Trail
  • Type: Place

A short, out-and-back hike on well defined trail leads to an arch in a high wall. On a cold night in November 1940, a large chunk fell out of this arch, instantly doubling the size of its opening. Roundtrip Distance: 0.4 mi (0.6 km) Time: 10-20 min Elevation Change: 28 ft (8 m)

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

The Valley Overlook
  • Type: Place

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Chilkoot Trail and Dyea National Historic Landmark
  • Type: Place

From 1897 to 1899, thousands of prospectors and "boomers" used the Chilkoot and White Pass Trails to reach the Klondike and Upper Yukon Valley during the Klondike gold rush.

Cape Nome Mining District Discovery Sites National Historic Landmark
  • Type: Place

The discovery of gold at Anvil Creek on September 20, 1898, was the first large gold placer strike to be made in Alaska proper. The resulting rush to Nome in 1899-1900 was Alaska's greatest gold stampede.

Grand Canyon National Park

Series: Telling Time at Grand Canyon National Park
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This article series is adapted from the Natural Resources Report Telling Time at Grand Canyon: 2020 Update. Articles in the series, including numeric ages of Grand Canyon rocks, geoheritage of Grand Canyon’s rock record, and missing time at Grand Canyon as well as a full glossary and list of references.

Geoheritage of Grand Canyon National Park’s Rock Record
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Grand Canyon is one of the most superlative geologic locales in the world with a rock record spanning approximately one third of the planet’s history and important records of the Proterozoic Eon and Paleozoic Era.

Death Valley National Park

Eureka Dunes
  • Type: Place

The Eureka Dunes lie in the remote Eureka Valley, an enclosed basin at 3000 foot elevation located northwest of Death Valley. The dunes cover an area only 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, yet they are the tallest sand dunes in California, possibly the tallest in all of North America. They rise suddenly more than 680 feet above the dry lakebed at their western base. As tall as these dunes are, they are dwarfed by the impressive limestone wall of the Last Chance Mountains.

Bryce Canyon National Park

Rainbow Point
  • Type: Place

At 9,115 ft (2,778 m) this and Yovimpa Point are the highest viewpoints in the park. Tectonic uplift has lifted this entire scene from sea-level over the course of the last 20 million years to later be dissected by tributaries of the Colorado River.

Arches National Park

Balanced Rock Viewpoint and Trail
  • Type: Place

Balanced Rock is visible from the park road. Although parking is limited, many visitors stop to complete the short hike around the feature's base for unusual and up-close perspectives. This loop trail is partly paved and may be accessible to wheelchairs. Climbing on Balanced Rock is prohibited. Roundtrip Distance: 0.3 mi (0.4 km) Time: 15-30 min Elevation Change: 35 ft (11 m)